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By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) An index to the Never Ending Tour series of articles can be found here. The previous episode (Things come alive or they fall flat) was published here. In 2003 we find some of the most exciting … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is one of those moments where there is a cover version I have raved over so much on this site that I suspect most of the series’ dozen or so readers will know exactly where I … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In his lyrics, singer/songwriter/musician oft expresses the trials and tribulations that a performer faces. Once a work is waxed in the black plastic of a vinyl record (though more likely burned on a CD in these modern … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VII        The pale and the leader I been lookin’ at my shadow, I been watching the colors up above Lookin’ at my shadow, watching the colors up above Rolling through the rain and hail, looking for … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood One of the few Dylan songs that I re-arranged myself for the band I was in at the time was “I am a lonesome hobo” and I recall adding a descending bass which across the first line … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Let’s take a look at some more lost Dylan performances from the 60s all the way to the 90s.  First “Only A Pawn In Their Game”  from Newport 1963. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l3kjsbmZ-g0 Tony: I am … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dramatic, powerful, message dominated… what can you do with Hurricane? The opening of Ani DiFranco’s version really is challenging and menacing, which is of course a big contrast with Bob’s original which always seems to me to … Continue reading →

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 →