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By Larry Fyffe The reality of mournful death marches into the flowery pastures of the American NeoTranscendentalist Romantic poem quoted beneath: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Highway 61 is such an original concept, and we have all now heard Dylan’s version so often, that it is stuck.  Most people who play it, stick pretty close to what Bob did.  The beat, the melody, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Recently in the “A Dylan Cover a Day” series I mentioned the work of Francesco Garolfi.  To my delight and surprise, Francesco Garolfi saw the piece and got in touch with me – which says a lot … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Links to all the previous articles in this series are given below. — There is a particular challenge to be found in a song with very limited melody or indeed a song with virtually no chord changes … Continue reading →

Dirt Road Blues (1997) part 6 by Jochen Markhorst Dirt Road Blues part 1: They going down 61 Highway Dirt Road Blues part 2: The troublingest woman I ever seen Dirt Road Blues part 3: But your brains are staying … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A list of the previous articles in this series is given at the foot of the page. Inevitably Jochen got to this song before I started work on this little article today, but as I generally do, … Continue reading →

A full index to the Never Ending Tour series is here.    This article launches 2003; the articles for 2002 are… Part 1: Never Ending Tour, 2002,, Seattle Showdown Part 2  Tickling the Ivories Part 3: Manchester and other outstanding performances Part 4: Magnificent … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I was hoping that someone might have done a cover of that old stomper, “Had a dream about you baby” but no one has – or at least if they have I can’t find a copy on … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood An index to this full series of Dylan Released and Unreleased is given at the end of the piece.  As always with these articles by Aaron and Tony, Aaron in the USA chooses the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Being an atheist the notion that I have got to serve somebody doesn’t sit very well with me – except in the sense of being as kind and helpful to my fellow humans as I can.  It’s … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Themes expressed in prose, plays, poetry, and song-and-music deal with the trials and tribulations of human existence. From the Bard, hopes of happiness found in a life so brief: If he thrives, and I be cast away … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Today (2 January) is a public holiday in England, wherein I reside, and as a result there ain’t much doing.  No dances are scheduled, the football team I support are not playing (having been beaten yesterday) and … Continue reading →

Dirt Road Blues part 1: They going down 61 Highway Dirt Road Blues part 2: The troublingest woman I ever seen Dirt Road Blues part 3: But your brains are staying south Dirt Road Blues (1997) part 4: Gross as … Continue reading →

by mr tambourine This is the final article in the series continuing from The mysteries of Bob: Performances and recordings since 1989. Part I The mysteries of Bob: Performances and recordings since 1989 Part II Fifteen songs were recorded for … Continue reading →

by mr tambourine This continues from The mysteries of Bob: Performances and recordings since 1989. Part 1 Heading towards Bob’s next studio album, World Gone Wrong, here’s some Wikipedia info that might be useful for you: Similar to how he … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood I’m cheating up to a point.   Jochen found the Ken Hamm version of this song – but the link we put up when he wrote his review has now disintegrated, so I’ve found another one.  Now you … Continue reading →

by mr tambourine I’m sometimes intrigued by how much Dylan fans actually don’t know or aren’t aware of about Bob, even though they have, and show, a desire to know a whole lot more than they already do. By no … Continue reading →

A full index to the Never Ending Tour series is here.    The articles for the earlier parts of 2002 are Part 1: Never Ending Tour, 2002,, Seattle Showdown Part 2  Tickling the Ivories Part 3: Manchester and other outstanding performances Part 4: … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood A list of the articles published previously in this meandering series is given at the end of the piece. I’ve never counted 4th Time Around as a major Dylan composition and given that Bob has only played … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood   This made for TV movie was recorded in 1963 at Westinghouse TV Studio and starred The Brothers Four, Barbara Dane, The Staples Singers and Bob Dylan. The promotional poster is pretty cool too! Unfortunately … Continue reading →