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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream part 7: I’ve never been able to read the damned thing

by Jochen Markhorst Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 3: … Continue reading →

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All Directions at once 64: Something borrowed something blue

By Tony Attwood A full index of the articles in this series can be found here. Our series looking at Dylan’s songs in the order they were written, to try and ascertain his thoughts and the reasons why he wrote … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan And The Dylavinci Code Part 1

by Larry Fyffe Singer/songwriter Bob Dylan drops a big clue concerning the  real story behind the biblical Jesus in a recent song that he writes: I searched the world over For the Holy Grail I sing songs of love I … Continue reading →

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NET, 2000, part 4: Back to Bedrock One

So far Dylan in 2000 has been covered via Never Ending Tour 2000, Part 1 – Master Vocalist: Finding voice NET, 2000, Part 2. Master Vocalist – Please heed these words that I speak NET 2000 Part 3: Master Vocalist … Continue reading →

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How to Start Listening to Bob Dylan

Music is such a wonderful thing. It can lift spirits, improve your mood and help to create wonderful memories. Both listening and playing are such amazing things, which is why it is not surprising to see just how many people … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 6: Caput vel cauda

by Jochen Markhorst Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 3: Your waitress: Captain America … Continue reading →

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Dylan re-writes Dylan: Hard Rain and Ring them Bells

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In the first little venture into the idea of exploring how Bob Dylan can re-write his own songs (to which we gave the adventurous name  Dylan re-writes Dylan) we looked particularly at how the … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XVII)

An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. by Larry Fyffe Already pointed out, the influence from writers of figurative-laden tracts, that later became described as ‘Gnostic”, shows up in the … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream part 5: Almost like a Buster Keaton or something

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 5 by Jochen Markhorst VIII       Almost like a Buster Keaton or something I ran right outside, I hopped inside a cab I went out the other door, this Englishman said, “Fab” As he saw … Continue reading →

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Dylan re-writes Dylan: Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In the first little venture into a possible series on Dylan re-writes Dylan we looked particularly at how the music was changed between one version of “We better talk this over” and another. Taking … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XVI)

An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. by Larry Fyffe In Greek/Roman mythology, Hera, the wife of the Thunder God, punishes Venus by cursing her, and with Dionysus the Goddess … Continue reading →

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The art work of Bob Dylan’s albums: 31 – Good as I Been to You

This is part of our series reviewing the art work on Dylan’s albums.  There is a full index to the series here. by Patrick Roefflaer Released: October 27, 1992 Photographer: Jimmy Wachtel Art-director: Dawn Patrol, LA For his first entirely … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 4

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 3: Your waitress: Captain America by Jochen Markhorst … Continue reading →

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Dylan rewrites Dylan. Finally grasping what Bob did with “We better talk this over”

By Tony Attwood Way back in the dark ages (well, 2008 actually) I wrote a review of We Better Talk This Over in which I said ‘“We better talk this over” is hardly a great song, but it does have … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XV)

An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. By Larry Fyffe The dogma of ‘original sin’ is rooted in the following biblical verse: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered the … Continue reading →

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NET, 2000, part 3: Master Vocalist: Rock and Roil.

This is episode 50 of our complete history of the Never Ending Tour.  The complete index is to be found here.   The last two episodes were Never Ending Tour 2000, Part 1 – Master Vocalist: Finding voice NET, 2000, Part … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 3: Your waitress: Captain America

by Jochen Markhorst Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow V          Your waitress: Captain America I went into a restaurant lookin’ … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XIV)

An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. by Larry Fyffe Throw a Passover feast at the time that Jesus Christ is nailed to the cross by the Romans, and the … Continue reading →

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All Directions at once part 63: Completing “Time out of Mind”

The five songs Dylan composed in 1997 take us on a strange journey as he worked to complete the recordings for Time Out of Mind.  An index to the full series is here The articles covering 1996 are All Directions … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan and Gene Simmons joint compositions: make of them what you will

Research by Aaron Galbraith, commentary by Tony Attwood This is a review of part of the Gene Simmons’ $2000 10 disc “Vault“ box set in which Simmons and Bob Dylan talk and work a little on evolving a song together. … Continue reading →

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