More on Nashville Skyline I Threw It All Away The next song, I Threw It All Away, is the album’s piece de resistance. Whereas in To Be Alone with You Dylan plays with clichés in a humorous way, in this song he experiments with how it can be used for serious poetic effect. It...
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: ONE HELL OF A POET… Part 1
Chris talks about the background to and recording of NASHVILLE SKYLINE
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NONSENSE SONGS FROM ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’ Part 2
More ruminations on THE BASEMENT TAPES by Chris Gregory
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NONSENSE SONGS FROM ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’ Part One
The meaning of TINY MONTGOMERY and THE MIGHTY QUINN, 'nonsense songs' from The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan.
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A LADDER TO THE STARS: FOREVER YOUNG
FOREVER YOUNG is a BOB DYLAN classic written for his baby son
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FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW: TANGLED UP IN BLUE
TANGLED UP IN BLUE opens BOB DYLAN's masterpiece BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
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CHRIS GREGORY at BOB DYLAN NIGHT Shepton Mallet 22/10/2022
Chris performs Bob Dylan’s POEM FOR JOANIE at BOB DYLAN NIGHT Chris performs an extract from TARANTULA (with audience participation!!!) at BOB DYLAN NIGHT Chris reads the extract on RESTLESS FAREWELL from DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN at BOB DYLAN NIGHT Chris reads the STANDING IN THE DOORWAY extract from ‘DETERMINED...
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DYLAN BOOK TALKS AND EVENTS, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2022
BOB DYLAN NIGHT and other talks on DYLAN BOOK Determined to Stand
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MR. TAMBOURINE MAN: CAST YOUR DANCING SPELL…
Chris examines BOB DYLAN's transcendent MR. TAMBOURINE MAN from 1965