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Ashley Hutchings, Bob Dylan, bass playing and the English folk music tradition

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Back in 2019 Ashley Hutchings of Fairport Convention put together the Million Dollar Bash festival to celebrate 50 years since Dylan’s performance at the Isle Of Wight.   And for the event Hutchings put … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part VIII)

Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies part 1 Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part V) Bob … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Obscurity: The Hour that the Ship Comes In.

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood On this site we look at cover versions of Dylan songs in two ways.  One is simply by listing covers that we enjoy, song by song as in: Covers of Dylan songs The other is … Continue reading →

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Early Roman Kings part 8: I got the John the Conqueror root

by Jochen Markhorst Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings (2012) … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This article is part of the Bob Dylan and Friends series.   You can find an index to other articles in this series here. Tony: Bob and Van Ronk knew each other from back in … Continue reading →

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NET, 1999, part 6. Honky Tonk Dylan: Despair and sentimentality.

The Never Ending Tour This series charts the NET from its origins in 1987 to the present day, with multiple examples of Dylan’s performances through the period in question.  The full index is here. NET, 1999, Part 1: Every night in … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part VII)

Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies part 1 Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part V) Bob … Continue reading →

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Me and Bob: personal memories part 2: Me and Eric

This continues from part one which can be found here. Me and Eric by Roger Gibbons It was a struggle to get to meet Eric Clapton.   His address was well documented and his driveway gate was generally open.  Of course, … Continue reading →

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All Directions 60: After the interregnum, the compositions of 1996 

By Tony Attwood The last episode in this series was All Directions at Once: Dylan at the end of 1990 The index to the series, with yet another attempt at getting the numbering to make sense, can be found here. … Continue reading →

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part VII: Ding Dong Daddy

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings (2012) part IV: You … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More  Mythologies (Part VI)

Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies part 1 Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part V) by … Continue reading →

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Dylan adjacent artists part 2: Bob and Larry Campbell

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood The people we are looking at in this series are going to be artists who have a direct connection to Dylan and his work or life. So they could be from his backing bands, … Continue reading →

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Me and Bob: Personal memoires

by Roger Gibbons I went to school with Sir Kazuo Ishiguro.   Well I vaguely remember a Japanese boy who was in his first year at Woking Boys grammar school when I was in my last year.   I had been a … Continue reading →

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Never Ending Tour, 1999, part 5 – Inside the museum.

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) My problem with reviewing Dylan’s 1999 performances is that there is just too much good stuff. I have settled into doing about four posts per year, with about 10 audio files per post, and here I … Continue reading →

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part VI: The beauty of the flames

  by Jochen Markhorst Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part V)

Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies part 1 Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) By Larry Fyffe Lilith is represented in a number … Continue reading →

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Only a Pawn in their Game: the unique cover versions

By Tony Attwood 220 selected cover versions of Dylan songs Beautiful Obscurity: The man in me Hollis Brown, and why does it all have to be like this? The album of extraordinary rarities now has its own page. Beautiful Obscurity: … Continue reading →

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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: the art work

This article is part of a series in which we explore the creation of the covers of Bob Dylan’s albums.  An index of previous articles can be found here. by Patrick Roefflaer Released:        July 23, 1973 Photographer Manuel Palomino Art-director: … Continue reading →

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part V: I will massacre you

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings (2012) part IV: You … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV)

Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies part 1 Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III)   by Latte Fyffe Sexually wanton Lilith be not only a southern queen, she’s a spectre that … Continue reading →

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