
Dylan Goes Electric!
Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
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Narrated by:
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Sean Runnette
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Elijah Wald
On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, "Like a Rolling Stone". The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing, and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard round the world - Dylan's declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival, and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation - and one of the defining moments in 20th-century music.
In Dylan Goes Electric!, Elijah Wald explores the cultural, political, and historical context of this seminal event that embodies the transformative decade that was the sixties. Wald delves deep into the folk revival, the rise of rock, and the tensions between traditional and groundbreaking music to provide new insights into Dylan's artistic evolution, his special affinity to blues, his complex relationship to the folk establishment and his sometime mentor Pete Seeger, and the ways he reshaped popular music forever.
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significant details about music of the time
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Snapshot in time
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could not stop listening
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A MUST FOR DYLAN FANS OR THOSE OF MUSICAL HISTORY
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Excellent perspective
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This books covers all these performers many times, but doesn't highlight only one. You might think they are the main topic.
Overall, if you're looking for a book that reflects the movie "A Complete Unknown!" this is not that book. Enjoy
Talks about everyone, and sometimes about Dylan
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Tell It Like It Was
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Historically accurate and emotionally insighful
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