Chris divers very deep into Bob Dylan's fabulous and explosive IDIOT WIND from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, with much emphasis on variant versions of the song
Tag: Bob Dylan
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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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VIDEO PODCAST: Songs of Social Protest Part Three
Chris looks at SEVEN CURSES,
PERCY’S SONG and
THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN,
Three powerful early 60s protest songs
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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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An Introduction to MINSTREL BOY: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan
Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan is the second volume in the series BOB DYLAN: PICASSO OF SONG. It consists of a close examination of Dylan's work from 1967 to 1990
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VIDEO PODCAST: All Along the Watchtower
In this video podcast Chris examines Bob Dylan's extraordinary apocalyptic and visionary ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER from 1968, with special reference to the version by JIMI HENDRIX
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RAMBLIN’ AND GAMBLIN; : BOB DYLAN AND THE FOLK PROCESS
In RAMBLIN' and GAMBLIN' Chris examines some of Dylan's early unreleased songs, inclusing Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie, Farewell, Hard Times in New York Town, Kingsport Town, Ramblin' Down Thru The World and I Was Young When I Left Home. Chris discusses how Dylan's songwriting ebolved from his adaptations of folk ballads.
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FOOT OF PRIDE: AINT NO GOIN’ BACK
Chris examines Bob Dylan's highly mysterious FOOT OF PRIDE and its precursor TOO LATE, songs omitted from 1983's INFIDELS
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STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE: GOING THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS TWICE…
Chris examines Bob Dylan's hilrious, freewhereling and surreal STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE (WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN) from 1966's BLONDE ON BLONDE