Bob Dylan Goes Electric at 1965 Newport Folk Festival

Retrospectives mark the anniversary of Bob Dylan's July 25, 1965 electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. Dylan performed with an amplified band and a Fender Stratocaster, a break from the acoustic folk persona associated with his earlier Newport appearances. Accounts differ on whether the hostile response reflected rejection of his new sound, poor sound quality, or the brevity of the set, but the performance is widely treated as a turning point in his move toward electric rock and folk-rock.