Monthly Archives: December 2018

By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan announces upcoming tour of the planets Though we know that the concerts of singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan that were planned for the planet Saturn have been cancelled due to slow ticket sales, the editors at the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Here is the recorded version of this slow traditional blues Obviously the lyrics are those from Dylan’s 1967 notebook, while the music is composed by Marcus Mumford.  The song appears as one of the extra tracks on … Continue reading →

One More Cup Of Coffee (1976) by Jochen Markhorst Desire is a key word in Bizet’s masterpiece, the opera Carmen (1875). The pitiful Don José endured the shame and inconvenience of the prison thanks to the flower Carmen had thrown at … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe At long last, the full story that Bob Dylan only partially reveals in the song “Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack Of Hearts” can be told. Turns out the backstage manager of the “Cabaret” (a night club which … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood This is one of the five songs not placed on the standard version of the New Basement Tapes album, but is avaialable on the deluxe edition, and has music by Taylor Goldsmith. It’s just under three minutes … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst The successful and influential comics series Preacher (66 parts, 1995-2000) is the frenzied, fiercely fanning, bewildering and highly original story of the priest Jesse Custer. Custer has gained control over a half divine, half demonic force, “Genesis” … Continue reading →

You might also enjoy Bob Dylan and Arthur Rimbaud Part I Bob Dylan and Arthur Rimbaud Part II Bob Dylan and Arthur Rimbaud Part III Bob Dylan and Arthur Rimbaud Part IV By Larry Fyffe Without darkness, there’s no light; … Continue reading →

Aaron  Galbraith One thing an artist of a certain age and standing might attempt to do is to release an album of re-recorded or reworked versions of their own songs. Looking through my own CD collection I found these ones … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Quick like a flash is a song written by Bob Dylan in his notebook to which Jim James added music.  It is part of the New Basement Tapes collection. It has been suggested that “Quick Like a … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Dylan himself is not too flattered when he is compared to a clown or a joker. In 2015 the manuscript of “American Pie” is auctioned (for $1.2 million), and author Don McLean finally, after 44 years of … Continue reading →