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Dylan Goes Electric at Newport | Entertainment and Celebrity News
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Bob Dylan shocks the world at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival by going electric—plugging in his Fender Stratocaster and tearing through rock anthems like “Maggie’s Farm” and “Like a Rolling Stone” amid a sea of boos. Fans, furious he’s ditching his folk roots, demand he return to acoustic guitar. The band exits after just three songs, but Dylan’s defiant move becomes a seismic moment—ushering in folk-rock and forever altering the course of music, even as he loses some of his folk faithful.
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