Monthly Archives: January 2018

By Tony Attwood According to Heylin there is only one version of this song available, but I’ve found two, and I think they are different.  Not very different, but they are performed in different keys (one tone apart).  On the … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe After the privately-owned American Columbia Broadcasting System prohibits Bob Dylan from singing Woody Gruthie/Paul Robeson-inspired anti-fascist songs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’, the young singer-songwriter ‘flees’ across the border to record a number of songs on … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood What do I mean by forgotten?   Obviously not completely forgotten, since I’ve managed to pick up links to the songs on the internet so you can hear them if you don’t have your own copy.  But generally … Continue reading →

  BY Larry Fyffe A Christian theme is readily detected in the song lyrics of ‘Duquesne Whistle” by Bob Dylan: I can hear a sweet voice steadily calling Must be the mother of our Lord (Bob Dylan: Duquesne Whistle) Dylanologist … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This post edited slightly on 7 Jan 2018 after a further thought suddenly struck me while I was playing the song over and over in my head This is one of the utterly, absolutely brilliant pieces of … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe That the Bible is selectively quoted by modern-day metaphorical ‘Assyrians’ and ‘Babylonians’ – those who idol worship coffers filled with gold and silver – is a theme found in a number of song lyrics by Bob … Continue reading →

New Orleans Rag Between “Bob Dylan’s Dream” and “With God on our side” Dylan wrote a number of songs that ultimately, in most cases, were not used on any of the albums.  Songs such as Farewell Talkin Devil  All over … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan covers a song that bespeaks the biblical Book of Job: There was a man in the land of Uz Whose name was Job A that man was perfect and upright And one that feared … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 was the second Bob Dylan collection of songs that  Sony Music published with the idea of stopping recordings of Bob’s early songs from entering the public domain in Europe – which under EU law … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe You can’t say that singer/songwriter Bob Dylan doesn’t warn his listeners that the train’ll get lost – referencing himself and a cover song by the Beatles, he writes: Look down your drain pipe What colour do … Continue reading →