Monthly Archives: April 2019

Nettie Moore: Dylan the gold digger, goldsmith, and thief of thoughts

Nettie Moore (2006) by Jochen Markhorst In 1986, John Fogerty goes on tour again for the first time since Creedence Clearwater Revival, to promote his recently released solo album Eye Of The Zombie. He recruits the same musicians who assisted … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan, Edward Taylor, And The Painted Face (Part III)

You may also enjoy Part one of this series. (Bob Dylan and Edward Taylor) and Bob Dylan And Edward Taylor: If There’s An Original Thought Out There, I Could Use One Right Now (Part II of the series) . ——– … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan and the untamed sense of control.

by Tony Attwood According to an article in the New Yorker, Bob Dylan has described Roscoe Holcomb’s work as exhibiting “a certain untamed sense of control, which makes him one of the best.” I am not sure when Bob said, … Continue reading

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Dylan’s “When You Gonna Wake Up?” No argument, no explanation, no German philosophy

by Jochen Markhorst The successful comedy Bruce Almighty from 2003, with Jim Carrey in a starring role, will never get the status of a real classic. Director Tom Shadyak allows just a little too many corny jokes, banalities and sugary … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan And Sholem Aleichem: Stuck Inside Rome With The Jerusalem Blues Again (Part II)

By Larry Fyffe  Note: Part one – Stuck inside Rome with the Jerusalem Blues Again Part I appears here. Notwithstanding AJ Weberman’s vicious attack on singer/songwriter Bob Dylan that depicts his turning away from protest music as the abandonment of … Continue reading

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Why does Dylan like “Black white and brown”?

, By Tony Attwood I guess all songs is folk songs. I never heard no horse sing ’em. ~Big Bill Broonzy For the first 11 years of my life I lived in London, and even though it was a multi-cultural … Continue reading

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Dylan’s “Up to me”: No one else could play that tune.

  by Jochen Markhorst   It is a beautiful melancholic title, the title of Richard Fariña’s only novel: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (1966). He did not make it up himself, but borrowed it from … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan And Edward Taylor: If There’s An Original Thought Out There, I Could Use One Right Now (Part II)

Bob Dylan And Edward Taylor: If There’s An Original Thought Out There, I Could Use One Right Now (Part II) by Larry Fyffe You may also enjoy Part one of this series. Missed by academic examiners of Bob Dylan song … Continue reading

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