Dylan Goes Electric!: The Inspiration for the Major Motion

Dylan Goes Electric!: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture A Complete Unknown

One of the music worldâ€™s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan â€œwent electricâ€ at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the eventâ€™s fiftieth anniversary.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 worldâ€”Dylanâ€™s declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival, and the birth of rock as the voice of a generationâ€”and one of the defining moments in twentieth-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 Dylanâ€™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. Breaking new ground on a story we think we know, Dylan Goes Electric! is a thoughtful, sharp appraisal of the controversial event at Newport and a nuanced, provocative, analysis of why it matters.
Country USA
Brand Dey Street Books
Manufacturer Dey Street Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-06-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Brand	Dey Street Books
Manufacturer	Dey Street Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-06-14
Format	Kindle eBook

Dylan Goes Electric!: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture A Complete Unknown

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