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The complete index to the Never Ending Tour series of articles has been updated to include the six articles covering 2006.  You can find the full index here. Never Ending Tour, 2006, Part 1, Enter The Organ Grinder By Mike … Continue reading →

Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 1: Dreamin’ of Henry Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 2: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 3: I don’t reckon I got no reason to kill nobody Dreamin’ Of You … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan as Timothy Part 1 By Larry Fyffe The song lyrics of Bob Dylan contain mulitudes of biblical characters; one of them being Timothy (though he’s not mentioned by name). As if biblical Christian Timothy, half-Jewish, half-Greek, in his … Continue reading →

A list of previous articles in this series is given at the end. By Tony Attwood Next up in this series is Like a Rolling Stone, except that Aaron and I covered that song in depth in the “Beautiful Obscurity” … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Why it’s plausible to construe that the narrator in “Red River Shore” takes on the role of a modernized Elijah, wrapped in a cloak of misery, is because the narrator of another song, “SlowTrain Coming”, without him being … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Other people’s songs. How Dylan covers the work of other composers Other People’s songs: Bob and others perform “Froggie went a courtin” Other people’s songs: They killed him Other people’s songs: Frankie & Albert Other people’s … Continue reading →

Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 1: Dreamin’ of Henry Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 2: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 3: I don’t reckon I got no reason to kill nobody Dreamin’ Of You … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Though rather mysterious, and Gnostic-like, the New Testament of the Holy Bible posits that the sinful suffer two deaths – one when their physical body dies; the second when the unworthy are punished to varying degrees in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In my post “Obscurity and Clarity” I was seeking to make the point that songs don’t have to be about anything, and hinting that attempts to force meaning into songs might on occasion be doing the artist … Continue reading →

The complete index to the Never Ending Tour series of articles has been updated to include the six articles covering 2006.  You can find the full index of all 86 articles here. 2006, Part 1, Enter The Organ Grinder By … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts I and II) Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts III & IV) Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Part V and VI) by Larry Fyffe Biblical Queen Jezebel gets eaten by dogs because she stood up against the … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Other people’s songs. How Dylan covers the work of other composers Other People’s songs: Bob and others perform “Froggie went a courtin” Other people’s songs: They killed him Other people’s songs: Frankie & Albert Other people’s … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A list of past articles is given at the end of this piece. If you have dipped into this series in the past you’ll possibly have come across a note which says that the point of a … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts I and II) Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts III & IV) by Larry Fyffe Part V There’s a big cryptic clue in the song “Red River Shore” that reveals the songwriter is indeed speaking therein … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood Supposing you suddenly decided you wanted to write a song, I suspect the first thing you might do is ponder what it is going to be about.  For example you might want to write a piece about … Continue reading →

Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 1: Dreamin’ of Henry Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 2: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 3: I don’t reckon I got no reason to kill nobody Dreamin’ Of You … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts I and II) By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Part III) In the Old Testament, prophet Ezekiel has to contend with double-dealing Abolah and Aholibah; then, prophet Elijah with Ahab and Baal-worshipper Jezebel. So spins the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is going to be an oddity in this series, because I can only find one cover of “Lenny Bruce” and obviously as that is the only version by another artist I’ll include it.   If you know … Continue reading →

Never Ending Tour 2005 part 1: Choice cuts from London and Dublin Never Ending Tour 2005 part 2: More choice cuts from London and Dublin. Never Ending Tour 2005 part 3: Seattle Stopovers NET, 2005, Part 4, Hello, Goodbye: First … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst IV         If moonshine don’t kill me Well, I eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m dry / Live my life on the square Even if the flesh falls off my face / It won’t matter, long … Continue reading →