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Dirt Road Blues (1997) part 1: They going down 61 Highway by Jochen Markhorst II          The troublingest woman I ever seen Gon’ walk down that dirt road, ’til someone lets me ride Gon’ walk down that dirt road, ’til someone … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I have loved Dark Eyes from the first moment I heard it and am always sad about the fact Bob’s hardly ever played it on tour.  It is a delicate beautiful song of sadness and world weariness.  … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: I first came across Playing for Change a couple of years ago when I stumbled upon this version of The Bands’ The Weight on YouTube This is from their website https://playingforchange.com/ Playing For Change is … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Not a Dylan song I particularly care about, and when this ramble through Dylan songs (which rather obviously is being undertaken in alphabetical order) got to Country Pie I suspected this was going to be another song … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Said by some art historians that Leonardo da Vinci replaces the bad-boy Apostle John with Mary Magdalene in the painting “The Last Supper”. Christ’s bond with her is much stronger than the relationships He has with His … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The trouble with this song is that although it isn’t a 12 bar blues it feels as if it ought to be created as one, and that thought has obviously sunk into the minds of many of … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: For this episode, I thought we could take a look at some performances Bob made at a series of televised galas down the years. First from the Gershwin Gala in 1987 is Bob’s … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “Down along the cove” is not one of my favourite Dylan compositions, simply because there isn’t much there.  The lyrics seem to me to be profoundly ordinary, the song doesn’t fit with the rest of the album, … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst I           They going down 61 Highway Mozart, Van Gogh, Garrincha, Charley Patton, Nick Drake, Baudelaire… our history is rich with exceptionally gifted artists who, for various reasons, do not manage to cash in on their otherworldly talent … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood OK this is where it gets a bit silly.  There are so many many many covers of Don’t think twice that it is impossible to say this is the best, or anything remotely like that.  Except that … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Let’s take another meander through some various artists compilation albums in search of more one-off Dylan performances! First up from the Hank Williams tribute album Timeless (my pick for the all-time greatest tribute … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The next song in the alphabetical list is the lesser known “Dirty Lie” which has one superb cover version by The Secret Sisters.   But I’ve already raved about that here, so if you want to hear that … Continue reading →

Last week Jochen Markhorst’s eleventh English Dylan book was published, and this week the German and Dutch versions: Bringing It All Back Home – Bob Dylan’s 2nd Big Bang.  Available, as usual, through Amazon. The book contains an elegant foreword … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This, I suspect, is going to be one of the articles in this series that is skipped by quite a few readers who so kindly generally follow me on this daily meander through Dylan’s catalogue in alphabetical … Continue reading →

Details of all the cover versions of Dylan songs, and links to all the previous episodes, are included at the end of the article. by Larry Fyffe According to the Dylavinci Code, Jesus Christ meets up with Mary Magdalene in … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood The thing about Dignity is the rhythm of the bass – I defy anyone who listens to the music of Dylan (as opposed to just focussing on the lyrics) not to recognise the song from that bouncing … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… To Be Alone With You (1969) part 1: The country music station plays soft To Be Alone With You (1969) part 2: That boy’s good To Be Alone With You (1969): part 3:  Shadow Kingdom To … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Are my choices of cover versions related to how I feel when writing these little pieces?   Most certainly yes.  It is not that I have great mood swings generally, although I am a fairly emotional fellow – … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Part 1: Dylan Released and Unreleased Dylan Released and Unreleased: 2 – The usual, Pretty Boy, People get ready. Dylan Released and Unreleased: 3 – Hard to Handle the full one hour video Dylan … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Code broken in song lyrics, clues hidden among moderisms,  reveal that singer/songer/musician Bob Dylan takes on personas that often speak as or of Jesus Christ. The song beneath tells of the return of Jesus to the shores … Continue reading →