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By Robert Ford, On the eve of Bob Dylan’s forthcoming tour of the United Kingdom it seems appropriate to have a quick look back at his performing history in this part of the world. He first came to the UK … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Preface: I should have written this at the start of the very first article in this series but I didn’t, so here it is now.  What fascinates me most in looking at the songs Bob selected for … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan has a lot the gall to make fun of Aretha Franklin in “Tarantula”.  He claims that she is naive (words, spellings, and punctuation may vary a bit in different editions and bootlegs  thereof). Below, … Continue reading →

  Please note: Jochen’s latest book “Rough and Rowdy Ways” is now available on Amazon ———– by Jochen Markhorst  I           We haven’t got any words for it man I paid fifteen million dollars, twelve hundred and seventy-two cents I paid … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood As you may have noticed, Untold Dylan doesn’t advertise anywhere – we just sit here publishing between five and seven articles a week, with almost 4000 articles published and still online. So occasionally, as we have approached … Continue reading →

Details of the previous articles in this series which focusses on Dylan’s music, rather than his lyrics, is given at the end of the article. By Tony Attwood My last article in the series “No Nobel Prize for Music” took … Continue reading →

A great song makes quantum leaps “A great song mutates, makes quantum leaps, turns up again like the prodigal son. It crosses genres. Could be punk rock, ragtime, folk-rock, or zydeco, and can be played in a lot of different … Continue reading →

  Links to the articles that appeared in this series are published at the foot of this article By Mike Johnson It may be a little too easy to say that Bringing It All Back Home is a transitional album. … Continue reading →

Selection (but not the recordings) by Tony Attwood In this series, I am trying to find one recording of a concert in each year, which represents in some way what Bob was doing and sounding like in that particular year.  … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In this series, rather than review what Bob said about each song in his “Philosophy” book, written after he got the Nobel Prize for literature, I am offering recordings of the song/s in question, and my own … Continue reading →

Links to all the previous articles in the “No Nobel prize for music” series are given at the end of this article. By Tony Attwood In recent articles, I have been arguing that as Bob continued to write songs at … Continue reading →

By Jochen Markhorst More than five years ago, on March 8, 2020, Tony posted here on Untold “Desolation Row – The Origins of the Title”, being Chapter 1 of my attempt to write an article about “Desolation Row”, which got … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe (T)he little old man is planning revenge just as the same old time train shakes his picture of whistler’s mother painting off the wall (Bob Dylan: Tarantula) American James Whistler, who settled down in Britain, was a … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood In this series, I am trying to find one recording of a concert in each year, which represents in some way what Bob was doing and sounding like in that particular year.  But I am also looking … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood By Tony Attwood I’m going to make a confession.   I can’t remember all of the articles we’ve published on this site.   Worse, I can’t even remember all of the articles I personally have written for this site. … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In this series, rather than review what Bob said about each song in his “Philosophy” book I am offering recordings of the song/s in question, and my own thoughts on the song and its origins.  And I … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This series explores the argument that the structure and approach to the music in Dylan’s compositions is of equal interest and equally worthy of study, as his lyrics (to which most commentators devote their entire attention).  Recognising … Continue reading →

By Jochen Markhorst More than five years ago, on March 8, 2020, Tony posted here on Untold “Desolation Row – The Origins of the Title”, being Chapter 1 of my attempt to write an article about “Desolation Row”, which got … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe Fragmentation, a hallmark of Post-Modernism: (P)haedra pounding her knuckles into apiece of water – scratching her snake bites (Bob Dylan: Tarantula) A tale from Greek mythology is given a humorous twist: Well Phaedra with her looking … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood In this series, I am trying to find one recording of a concert in each year, which represents in some way what Bob was doing and sounding like in that particular year. A list of all the … Continue reading →