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the night Dylan stood folk music on it's head - jazzboCR - 24-07-2015
...When he appeared at Newport '65 and electrified it. The story's been told many, many times but here's a distinguished author's take on it, with a decidedly different POV: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/books/review-dylan-goes-electric-considers-folk-rock-and-a-60s-divide.html
the night Dylan stood folk music on it's head - SteveO - 25-07-2015
It was inevitable! Sir Bob had to go electric to reach a larger audience. He was previously viewed as an acoustic guitar/harmonica folkie troubadour. In an interview on CBC Radio, Joni Mitchell quipped that Dylan is not a very good guitar player!...lol
the night Dylan stood folk music on it's head - CRAZY-HORSE - 26-07-2015
...like his first real hit was "like a rolling stone"....!
Billy Bragg was criticised the same way in the UK when he introduced a band on his albums, but that was Inevitable also....
Its just part of being a folk/protest singer...