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1: Tarantula 2: The Tarantula Crawls Across The Circus Floor and 3: Arachnida Is Dead 4: The Bride and 5: The Return of Tarantula 6: Everybody loves a critic and  7: Hopalong Bob 8: Mad, Bad, And A Stranger To … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan’s music is known for many things, one of which is the interesting chord changes that he incorporates into some of his songs.   But Political World turned that upside down by giving us a song that … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood High Water 2007  I would imagine that performing a song about a flood, indoors, on stage, requires quite a bit of re-thinking.  But doing it with a song that has already been rethought so much that as … Continue reading →

This series looks at recordings Bob Dylan has made of songs he did not write.  A list of previous episodes in the series can be found at the end.  As ever in the series, Aaron selects the songs and makes … Continue reading →

1: Tarantula 2: The Tarantula Crawls Across The Circus Floor and 3: Arachnida Is Dead 4: The Bride and 5: The Return of Tarantula 6: Everybody loves a critic and  7: Hopalong Bob 8: Mad, Bad, And A Stranger To … Continue reading →

This article continues from NET 2010 Part 2.1 Mostly Padova: Fires on the Moon By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Net 2010 Part 2.1 concluded with a version of Cold Irons Bound.  Good as that is, it might not, however, be the … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Every year of the NET we can find outstanding concerts, and some are memorable beyond their particular year. We remember Prague of 1995, Berlin 1996, Glasgow 2004 and Brixton 2005 as important milestones along the way. … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood OK, so I am getting old, but looking at the title “Please Mrs Henry” it took me a few moments to recall how the song went.   I did get there, but it shows that as a Dylan … Continue reading →

Tarantula The Tarantula Crawls Across The Circus Floor and Arachnida Is Dead The Bride and the Return of Tarantula The Tarantula Files parts 4 and 5 By Larry Fyffe Part 6: Mad, Bad, And A Stranger To Know (C)ompared to … Continue reading →

Country Pie (1969) part 1: People try and read so much into songs Country Pie (1969) part 2: Slap that drummer with a pie that smells Country Pie (1969) part 3:  I’m your wicked Uncle Ernie Country Pie (1969) part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Aaron (with whom, as you may know, I have been writing the “Other People’s Songs” series) recently emailed me pointing out an article in Far Out Magazine from way back in August 2022, based on an interview … Continue reading →

Previously in this series 1: Tarantula 2: The Tarantula Crawls Across The Circus Floor and Arachnida Is Dead 3: The Bride and the Return of Tarantula By Larry Fyffe Part 4: Everybody loves a critic The writer of the ‘novelette’ … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Country Pie (1969) part 1: People try and read so much into songs Country Pie (1969) part 2: Slap that drummer with a pie that smells Country Pie (1969) part 3:  I’m your wicked Uncle Ernie Country … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Singer/songerwriter Bob Dylan ~ well known for adopting and adapting themes from traditional romantic ballads, from the Holy Bible too, about gamblers, outlaws, human nature, and hypocrisy: Now Brennan being an outlaw Upon the mountain high With … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Intro from Tony:  I should explain, in case you have not come across any of our joint articles before, that Aaron and I play a little game which keeps us amused, in which Aaron … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe ‘Drifting Too Far From Shore’ is a masterpiece of sarcasm, and a murder ballad to boot. Movies impact how Bob Dylan writes his songs; he’ll take on the persona of one or more characters from famous … Continue reading →

  Country Pie (1969) part 1: People try and read so much into songs Country Pie (1969) part 2: Slap that drummer with a pie that smells Country Pie (1969) part 3:  I’m your wicked Uncle Ernie by Jochen Markhorst … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Two songs today, because they come next to each other in the alphabetical order of Dylan songs and because in both cases cover versions are hard to find.   In the case of “Peggy Day,” this is a … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe As noted before: The seemingly immortal Achilles is a Greek warrior who’s sent to take Helen back from the Trojans. But he’s betrayed by the Greek commander who steals a captured woman from him, and so Achille’s … Continue reading →

Country Pie (1969) part 1: People try and read so much into songs Country Pie (1969) part 2: Slap that drummer with a pie that smells by Jochen Markhorst III         I’m your wicked Uncle Ernie Listen to the fiddler play … Continue reading →