Chris continues his examination of BOB DYLAN'S GOSPEL YEARS, exploring songs from SAVED and SHOT OF LOVE
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REVIEW OF ‘MINSTREL BOY’ AND INTERVIEW IN RNR MAGAZINE, JANUARY 2026
THis review of MINSTREL BOY was published in the recent edtion of R and R magazine. Do enjoy!
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BRUCESPRINGSTEEN’s STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS: SINGING THROUGH THE BLOODY MIST…
STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS is a new and very explicit protest song by Bruce Springsteen referring to recent killings of civilians by ICE agents.
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BOB DYLAN’S GOSPEL YEARS (Part One) from ‘Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan’
The first part of Chris' detailed examination of Bob Dylan's 'gospel' or 'born again' years, adapted from 'Minstrel Boy'
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SERIES OF DREAMS – TIME OUT OF JOINT (extract from ‘Minstrel Boy’)
Chris examines the mystical SERIES OF DREAMS, which was unaccountably left off the OH MERCY album
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QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY: WHEN YOU’RE SICK OF ALL THIS REPETITION…
CHris looks at Bob Dylan's enigmatic and teasing 1965 song QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY from 1965's HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
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I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER/SHE’S YOUR LOVER NOW: A Dead Man’s Last Pistol Shot
Chris does a deep dive into I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER and SHES YOUR LOVER NOW, two great unreleased songs from 1965/66
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THE MINSTREL BOY BOOK TOUR DATES AND SOME RECENT REVIEWS
A selection of recent reviews of MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN, part 2 of BOB DYLAN: PICASSO OF SONG
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: ONE HELL OF A POET Extract from ‘Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan’
Chris looks at Bob Dylan's glorious NASHVILLE SKYLINE. In the words of Johnny Cash, Bob is 'One Hell of a Poet'
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MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT: THE PULSE AND VIBRATION…
Chris looks into the mysterious and downright scary 1989 song MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT