Question

4) When and where did Bob Dylan begin playing electric guitar? What was the reaction to Bob Dylan playing an electric instrument? How did Bob Dylan respond

Answer 1

Bob Dylan took the stage in black jeans, black boots, and a black leather jacket at the Newport Folk Festival on the evening of July 25, 1965, carrying a Fender Stratocaster instead of his familiar acoustic guitar. When he checked his tuning, the audience moved restlessly and was joined by a quintet of backup musicians. The band then plunged into a primal boogie in Chicago, straining to be heard about the latest music ever to hit Newport,

What happened next is overshadowed by a maelstrom of conflicting impressions: The New York Times reported that Dylan "was roundly booed by folk-song purists who saw this innovation as the worst kind of heresy." Pete Seeger, the gentle folk-scene giant, tried to cut the sound cables with an axis in some stories. Some people were dancing, some were crying, many were dismayed and angry, many were cheering, many were overwhelmed by the music's ferocious shock, or the negative reactions were amazed.

The crowd screamed their mixed feelings back and left the stage after just three songs. The crowd screamed louder than ever— some with anger at the betrayal of Dylan, thousands more because they came to see their idol, and he had barely performed. David Yarrow, Peter, Paul, and Mary, tried to calm them down, but they could not. Finally, with a borrowed acoustic guitar, Dylan reappeared and offered Newport a strong farewell: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue