Dylan at Newport, 1965: Music, Myth, and Un-Meaning

by Edward Renehan

One of the most famous moments of the Sixties - and one which continues to this day to be grossly misconstrued, mistold, and loaded with undeserved meaning - is the night in July of 1965 when Bob Dylan played an electric set (or at least tried to play an electric set) at the Newport Folk Festival: an event after which, supposedly, the culture of the Sixties was never quite the same again.

Even Dylan's most pre-eminent chronicler Sean Wilentz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692464603
• ISBN13: 9780692464601
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: New Street Communications, LLC
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"