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By Tony Attwood Mike Johnson opened the section of his magnificent “Never Ending Tour” series on 2009 with the comment, “We now arrive at what must be the most frustratingly brilliant, difficult, disastrous and contentious year of the NET – … Continue reading →

Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 1: Things grow at night by Jochen Markhorst   II          Une voix d’outre-tombe Not a word of goodbye, not even a note She gone with the man In the long black coat … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Artists often present a valley as symbol of peace and harmony – supposedly, a heavenly place to live, a paradise where one ought to remain. For others, the simple life is dull; isn’t exciting enough; lacks both … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood The trouble with the 12 bar blues is that there are so many millions of them around it is hard to do much that is new – although of course the great musicians most certainly still achieve … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and the Maritimers (part 1) Bob Dylan And The Maritimers  (Part II) By Larry Fyffe Being from Cornhill, New Brunswick, not that far from the rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it’s easily seen that singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

This is article 98 in the Never Ending Tour series.   The full index of past articles is available here.   The articles for 2008 are NET 2008, part 1, Industry Standards and Dallas Delights NET 2008 Part 2 Something’s out of … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst   I           Things grow at night The camera swings up, wide-shot of the cloudless, sweltering sky containing a solitary bird of prey circling. No matter then whether it is a steppe eagle, a kestrel or a greylag … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth For thy love it better than wine Because of the savour of thy good ointments Thy name is as ointment poured forth Therefore do the virgins love thee … Continue reading →

by Patrick Roefflaer Released                     Augustus 12, 1981 Illustration                   Pearl Beach Photographer             Howard Alk Art-director                  Pearl Beach “For those who care about where Bob Dylan is, they should listen to ‘Shot of Love’”, declared the singer himself in … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Through his creative imagination, Percy Shelley tends to present an optimistic poetic picture as to the workings of the Cosmos on both its micro- and micro- levels: If  winter comes can spring be far behind Poet John … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst   No comments are known from Dylan about the uncrowned king of underground comics, Robert Crumb. And comments vice versa are not too flattering: “When Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and all that folknik stuff came … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: First release by Mississippi Sheiks in June 1932 From World Gone Wrong Liner notes by Bob Dylan : “BLOOD IN MY EYES is one of two songs done by the Mississippi Sheiks, a … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood The truth is I am disappointed that so many of Dylan’s songs have no cover versions recorded, or if they do, just one or two which don’t really take us any further forward in our understanding of … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Parts 1 & 2) Bob Dylan and the Two Riders Part III and IV Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Part V and VI) Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Part VII and VIII) … Continue reading →

Mississippi, Desolation Row, Where Are You Tonight, Tombstone Blues… every now and then I get so carried away by a song that I almost drown in it. Granted, the Ravages of Time have not yet had the chance to do … Continue reading →

NET 2008, part 1, Industry Standards and Dallas Delights NET 2008 Part 2 Something’s out of whack: Salzburg and Odense NET 2008 part 3: Controversy Surrounds Him NET 2008 Part 4 Drowning in the honky-tonk lagoon By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) … Continue reading →

Previously… Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Parts 1 & 2) Bob Dylan and the Two Riders Part III and IV Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Part V and VI) Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Part VII) By … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood There are some cover versions of Dylan songs which I fear the casual listener may never get to hear simply because he/she listens to the opening 20 seconds or so and then makes a decision not to … Continue reading →

Crossing The Rubicon part 1: A hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-fighting guy Crossing The Rubicon part 2: That day I’ll always remember Crossing The Rubicon part 3: So many things that we never will undo Crossing The Rubicon part 4: Red River … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan And The Two Riders (Parts 1 & 2) Bob Dylan and the Two Riders Part III and IV Part V The prophet Isaiah tells the authorities of Northern Israel and Judah that God is not … Continue reading →