I dunno your familiarity with rock (and folk, or Dylan) history, but this popped into my inbox a little while ago:
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/bob-dylan-newport-folk-festival-fender-stratocaster
I have heard the story about Bob playing some gig with an electric guitar and all the folk music people going nuts about it. Shows how dumb people are. But is that the one that caused all the stir?
That'd be the one. I'd argue to say it launched Dylan's career, expanding out of the folks scene.
Noteworthy: There are now all sorts of electrical instruments at the folk fest. I've been at least a half dozen times, though I've never performed there.
It was also notable that he had a backing band. At the time, that wasn't really done. If you had a band, they weren't backing you - but were also musicians. Picture Peter Paul and Mary - they were all musicians, nobody in the back providing other music (more often than not). They too would change with the times, but at the time it was what was just done.
So, folk music changed a great deal. It really was a monumental moment in music history.
I don't really know if it was that monumental. I think that most people are mental and dont realize that and electric guitar and an acoustic guitars are really both guitars
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