Dylan 50: Electric at Newport Like a Rolling Stone....

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....one might say.

Big week for Bob-istas: following the 20 July 1965 release of "Like a Rolling Stone," the first public performance of same caused stern stormy ripples cascadingly angry waves of discontent at the Newport Folk Festival on the 25th.

Smithsonian:

July 25, 1965: Dylan Goes Electric at the Newport Folk Festival

rock.wikia.com:

Like a Rolling Stone

50 years? Oy vey.

Bob wasn't going to work on Maggie's farm no more.

 

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Commemorated by The Onion:

http://www.theonion.com/article/rock-fans-outraged-as-bob-dylan-goes-electronica-17699

 

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Commemorated by The Onion:

http://www.theonion.com/article/rock-fans-outraged-as-bob-dylan-goes-electronica-17699

Would be not unlike seeing Neil Young in '82-3 touring his 'Trans' album. (Which I did.)

Back to Bobby:

[video=youtube;G8yU8wk67gY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8yU8wk67gY[/video]