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All Directions 68: Paying tribute to everyone – and then some

By Tony Attwood This is part of the series “All Directions at Once” which aims to consider Bob Dylan’s compositions as a sequence of works, rather than individual pieces or songs that that can be understood by being examined line … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Obscurity: Playing for Change, including one of the greatest covers ever

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood There is an index to some of the other entries in this series here. In the series, Aaron in the USA selects some cover versions of Dylan songs and sends them to Tony in … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code (Part XIII)

Bon Dylan And The Dylavinci Code (Part XIII) by Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1 Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part II) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part III) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI … Continue reading →

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Never Ending Tour, 2001, Part 3, In bed with the blues

This series traces the performances of the Never Ending Tour from 1987 onward.  This is episode 56 in the series, and a full index to the series can be found here. The previous articles on 2001 are Love and fate: … Continue reading →

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Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (1969) part 3 … and cheating husbands

Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (1969) part 1: To have and have not Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (1969) part 2: Slut wives cheating   by Jochen Markhorst III         … and cheating husbands Dylan is quite … Continue reading →

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Bob’s nephews, Luke & Seth Zimmerman. A failure to grasp what’s going on.

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Some 2 years I wrote a piece documenting the music of Bob’s two nephews, Luke & Seth Zimmerman. At the time I didn’t ask for Tony’s opinion on the music, so I thought it … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code (Part XII)

Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1 Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part II) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part III) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part IV) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part V) … Continue reading →

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Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (1969) part 2: Slut wives cheating

Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (1969) part 2 by Jochen Markhorst II          Slut wives cheating I should have left this town this morning But it was more than I could do Oh, your love comes on so strong … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Obscurity – A Smorgasbord of Delights?!

By Aaron Galbraith (in USA) and Tony Attwood (in UK) In this series Aaron Galbraith based in the USA picks out interesting cover versions of Bob Dylan’s songs and Tony Attwood in the UK attempts to write a review of … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code Part XI

Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1 Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part II) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part III) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part IV) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part V) … Continue reading →

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All Directions at once: Where Bob Dylan went after “Tell Ol Bill”

by Tony Attwood “All Directions at Once” traces Bob’s song writing in the order in which the songs were written while noting the themes and influences that can be heard in the music.  There is an index to the whole … Continue reading →

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Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (1969) part 1: To have and have not

  by Jochen Markhorst I           To have and have not In 2004, out of 22,838 entries from 111 countries, Habseligkeiten is chosen as “German word of the year”. The jury, which included singer/songwriter Herbert Grönemeyer and author Uwe Timm, state … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part X)

Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1 Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part II) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part III) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part IV) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part V) … Continue reading →

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NET, 2001, part 2: The Spirit of Protest: acoustic 2

This series traces the performances of the Never Ending Tour from 1987 onward.  This is episode 55 in the series, and a full index to the series can be found here. The previous article in the series (2001 part 1) … Continue reading →

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Cold Irons Bound (1997) part 6 (finale): The cat’s in the stew

by Jochen Markhorst Cold Irons Bound (1997) part 1: Dear Dr Ralph Cold Irons Bound (1997) part 2: To live is to be alone Cold Irons Bound (1997) part 3: He who is alone now, will long so remain Cold … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Obscurity: You angel you

In this series Aaron Galbraith based in the USA picks out interesting cover versions of Bob Dylan’s songs and Tony Attwood in the UK attempts to write a review of the performance while the song is playing, and without looking … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part IX)

  Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1 Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part II) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part III) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part IV) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part … Continue reading →

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Cold Irons Bound (1997) part 5: A very ornate, beautiful box

by Jochen Markhorst   V          A very ornate, beautiful box Oh, the winds in Chicago have torn me to shreds Reality has always had too many heads Some things last longer than you think they will There are some kind … Continue reading →

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Maybe Someday: The edit you’ve never, ever heard before.

By Paul Thompson and Tony Attwood Paul: Hi Tony.  I’ve been enjoying your Dylan website. I just read your entry on the song “Maybe Someday,” where you wrote this: “If I could be given something impossible, just once, I would … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan and the Dylanvinci Code Part VIII

Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part VIII) Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1 Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part II) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part III) Bob Dylan And The DylavincI Code (Part IV) … Continue reading →

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