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By Tony Attwood From what we know about Bob Dylan’s creativity in relation to the world of song writing, for him, songs just happen – they emerge as songs, and then are, as often as not, subject to change, sometimes … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This first version is by Dave & The Biscuit Rollers, a band whose style is known as “high-powered bluegrass music.”   And yes it is.  It’s a really fun mix of harmonies, excellent harmonies and just plain fun.  … Continue reading →

  A month ago, Jochen’s book on “Nashville Skyline” was released. In English, German and Dutch. It is available on Amazon: Nashville Skyline: Bob Dylan’s other type of music (The Songs Of Bob Dylan): Markhorst, Jochen: 9798377036241: Amazon.com: Books Here … Continue reading →

  Silvio is one of those songs Bob wrote with Robert Hunter, and performed with Grateful Dead – this recording comes from the year of the song’s release.  By my reckoning it is the 25th most played song by Dylan … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe Oedipus “Tarantula” by Bob Dylan is a sludgy story that mixes fluid facts with flowing fictions. Of possible interpretations, there are many. Therein, for one example, be French Normans, led by William the Conqueror; their arrows … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: As I am going to be busy next week with a medical procedure, I thought I would put together a quick “Other people’s songs” for Tony to look at. So this time I … Continue reading →

    I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood We have already had one Warren Zevon song in this list of Dylan favourites: ‘Desperado Under the Eaves’,   And now it is time for a second: ‘Lawyers, Guns, and Money’.  And we do have several recordings of … Continue reading →

An index to all 111 previous episodes in this definitive series on the Never Ending Tour can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Some songs seem to have their peak years in terms of their live performances. Those are … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “I don’t know what it’s about,” said Bob, and that’s good enough for me.  I like poems and songs and abstract works of art that are not about anything.   After all why does art have to be … Continue reading →

I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 3 I’ve … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe 38: Claudette The Travelling Tarantula Show carries biblical allusions and allegories, often dark humorous ones, on its ink-stained back. Claudette, the sandman’s pupil wounded in her fifth year in the business & she’s only fifteen & go … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The songs that we have covered so far in this series are listed at the end of this piece, and if you’ve played through the songs, or indeed already know them, I rather suspect you might have … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on the series The Never Ending Tour by Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet). This version of “Don’t think twice” turned up in 2000 (noted in the review “Back to Bedrock part one”) The song is obviously a song of … Continue reading →

    I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 9 by Jochen Markhorst IX         “Yes” is the answer to your question I traveled from the mountains to the sea I hope that the gods go … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: The song is best known from its 1939 recording by Harry James and his Orchestra, with Frank Sinatra on vocals. Tony: It was very common in the music of the first half of … Continue reading →

Links to the previous articles in this series are provided at the end. By Larry Fyffe Nadine & Nadine who comes running & says ‘Where’s Gus?’ & she’s salty about the bread he’s been making off her worms … (Bob … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The question is always: why is this artist or this band covering this particular Dylan song?  And sadly the answer is too often “because it is a Dylan song and people like Dylan songs”.   What that then … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You … Continue reading →

  There is an index of other articles from this series at the end of the article. By Tony Attwood I started this series with the Sam Stone song (“Death of an Unpopular Poet“) and if you want it, there … Continue reading →