List of Bob Dylan-related Sites
Most of the sites on the web that list Dylan-related sites are way, way out-of-date. The ones below are, as of this minute anyway, functional. They are in no particular order. I made no attempt to list every single site, just those that seemed more or less up-to-date and useful. Please add a comment […]
Ellen Willis Article – Editor of New Yorker
Article posted to Facebook Edlis Cafe group. “Dylan” – from Cheetah, 1967 I Nearly two years ago, Bob Dylan had a motorcycle accident. Reports of his condition were vague, and he dropped out of sight. Publication of his book, Tarantula, was postponed indefinitely. New records appeared, but they were from his last […]
The 1961 Beatnik Riot
Although I know the history of the 60’s folk movement pretty well, I had never heard of the “Beatnik Riot” of 1961. Weird. Anyway, to mark its 50th anniversary NPR did a piece on it. The article also links to a documentary, “Bloody Sunday”. Cool stuff.
Interesting Article on Dylan and the Isle of Wright
Story of how Dylan came to participate in the Isle of Wright Festival. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/how-i-stole-bob-dylan-from-woodstock-1-6772302
Documentary on Izzy Young on YouTube
Izzy Young ran the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village back in the early sixties. Dylan and all the folk singers knew him well. I haven’t watched all of it yet.
Published New Page: Drifter’s Escape
Published a new page today, an analysis of Drifter’s Escape, from John Wesley Harding. Drifter’s Escape
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
I was reviewing Andrew Muir’s Homer the Slut Volume 4 today, which contains a long series of excerpts from various Dylan books about the song, Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right. The authors express some surprisingly varied ideas of what the song is about. Is is a love song, or is it something more […]
Pete Seeger’s Advice Column in Seventeen Magazine
I am reading Bob Coltman’s book, Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival. The author says the world was a different place back in the early sixties. Weird things were happening. For example, people like Pete Seeger wrote an advice column that was published in Seventeen magazine. That seemed pretty interesting, and a web search […]
Desolation Row – Excerpt from Homer the Slut Fanzine
Welcome to the inaugural post for the new Dylan Commentaries blog. The blog – just like the web site – will focus on topics related to the first eight albums of Dylan’s career, except for when it doesn’t. Today’s lunch hour was reserved for reading Homer the Slut Volume II, the fanzine published by Andrew […]
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May 25, 2017 at 1:28 pm
Thanks for an excellent comment that adds to the discussion. Interesting thought, the Warhol connection is well-documented.
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May 25, 2017 at 6:37 am
There’s a theory that this song was about a transvestite. I believe Dylan was hanging out with Andy Warhol at this time and he took him into the oddity of his world and introduced him to lots of different characters. The line about not fitting might have some thing to do with this too? I don’t know – it’s still mystery and one to chew over.
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May 3, 2017 at 5:48 am
Hello, Join us inside Bob Dylan’s Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/191/Fixin'-to-Die and listen to every version of every song.
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March 26, 2017 at 12:49 pm
I have a live version of Freight Train Blues. You can purchase it on ITunes on the compilation Folk Barbecue Party. He also plays Stealin’ Stealin’.
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March 22, 2017 at 4:03 pm
Very cool site! Thanks for the link, I’ll be checking it out in-depth.
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March 22, 2017 at 4:02 am
Hello there, thank you for posting this interesting essay. Join us inside Bob Dylan’s Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/36/As-I-Went-Out-One-Morning and listen to every version of every song
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January 10, 2017 at 10:41 am
Well, then, it seems that Dylan was the only one of his era to have been able to embody fully the musicality that is essential to great poetry, the second voice that haunts every poet, but which he generally delegates to those who recite or read him, the power of song that is his ultimate and secret truth and that some have gone mad – literally and tragically mad – trying to pull from cage into canto.
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December 17, 2016 at 6:13 am
Just noticed that the traditional Rocks and Gravel includes the lines:
Don’t my gal look good, When she’s comin’ after me?
very similar to the lines in this song, “don’t my gal..”
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December 16, 2016 at 8:36 pm
good point, didn’t think of that. 🙂
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December 15, 2016 at 10:26 pm
Duluth, MN, is an international seaport. Dylan mentions the cold, massive, dangerous Lake Superior many times in song, interviews, and in Chronicles.
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