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By Larry Fyffe Naysayers and the the connoisseurs of ‘high art’ alike claim Bob Dylan is not deserving of the Nobel Prize in Literature because, for one thing, the singer/songwriter/musician is not that familiar with those artists considered worthy thereof. … Continue reading →

Les Paul’s have sent in another Dylan co-composition – as part of a project we’ve been running for a number of years now relating to lyrics written by Dylan for which no music has been created by Bob Dylan himself. … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part 1 Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part II Bob Dylan And Bayard Taylor (Part III) by Larry Fyffe Very unlikely that writers Bayard Taylor and William Blake are aware of the poems of Edward … Continue reading →

Previously in this series NET 1998 Part 1: One who sings with his tongue on fire. There is an index to the entire series on the Never Ending Tour here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In Part 1 of 1998 (see … Continue reading →

Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) part I: Rose of England Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) part II : A Song Of Ice And Fire by Jochen Markhorst   III         I love you, but you’re strange My love she speaks like … Continue reading →

We first mentioned Tioga Pass in July 2020 with a plea for anyone who could complete this song. As we noted at the time Tioga Pass is a song that was seemingly recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, on … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part 1 Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part II by Larry Fyffe Our rowboat journey across the wide and wavy Jungian Sea continues. Sentimental Bayard can be grouped in with the anti-Puritan Romantic Transcendentalist poets … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Part 1 of this series covering Bob’s 1969 nomination for Best Folk Performance appeared here: Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins And part 2: Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins 2: Best male rock vocal 1980! Aaron: … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) part I: Rose of England II          A Song Of Ice And Fire At the end of July 2021 is finally the release of Welcome 2 America, the album that Prince recorded in … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part 1 By Larry Fyffe With poets William Blake and Bayard Taylor, singer/songwriter/ musician Bob Dylan sails upon the misty sea in a shoe filled with rhymes. William Blake envisions a new dawn of love … Continue reading →

Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) part I by Jochen Markhorst [Publisher’s note: this article appeared on Untold Dylan recently, before Jochen’s series on Gates of Eden had finished.  That was entirely the editor’s fault, and he has been sent to … Continue reading →

Review  by Tony Attwood I’ve had “Bob Dylan’s Malibu” by Martin Newman on my desk and indeed my living room sofa for several  weeks now, pondering how to write this review.  Actually more than that.  Could even be a couple … Continue reading →

The story so far… Gates Of Eden part I: The Lady In The Water Gates Of Eden part II: As if he was just taking dictation Gates Of Eden part III: Hello lamppost, nice to see ya Gates Of Eden … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Part 1 of this series covering Bob’s 1969 nomination for Best Folk Performance appeared here: Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins We enjoyed doing that one so much we thought we’d inflict another on you.   This … Continue reading →

Selection by Aaron Galbraith, commentary by Tony Attwood This is our celebration of the best, and the more unusual, cover versions of Dylan’s music.  You can find our previous articles here. You might also enjoy: Over 200 of the greatest … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Bliss Carman was a pre-Modernist Canadian poet who in his day  makes references the poetry of the ancient Greeks (like Sappho) with their visions of the Fields of Elysium. Carman does this in terms of the … Continue reading →

We’ve now completed a review of 1997 – here are the details Never Ending Tour, 1997, part 1.  The Lonely Graveyards of the Mind Never Ending Tour 1997, part 2: Hanging onto a Shadow Never Ending Tour 1997, part 3: … Continue reading →

Gates Of Eden part I: The Lady In The Water Gates Of Eden part II: As if he was just taking dictation Gates Of Eden part III: Hello lamppost, nice to see ya Gates Of Eden part IV: Out of … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “All directions at once” is a series which looks at Bob Dylan’s writing as it evolves over time, rather than focusing on individual songs or albums, or an individual theme through Bob’s career.   The index of all … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Poet and writer Bayard Taylor, if the overuse of the rhyme  ‘fire’/’desire’ be any indication, is at least aware of the poetry of pre-Romantic William Blake: An example thereof: Then to the savage race, who knew no … Continue reading →