Bob Dylan's Transition to Electric Sound

On July 25, 1965, at the Newport Folk Festival. Bob Dylan, along with his band, performs his new hit Like a Rolling Stone. The audience, accustomed to folk and considering Dylan their idol, is shocked and boos the performance. A true manifesto of the musician's independence, a challenge to society that made him a legend and gave birth to rock. Elijah Wald explores the cultural, political, and historical context of this epochal event, embodying the very essence of the sixties. Wald delves deeply into the folk revival, the rise of rock, and the contradictions between traditional and innovative music to gain a new perspective on Dylan's creative evolution, his unique attachment to the blues, his complex relationships with the folk elite and his mentor Pete Seeger, as well as how he forever changed popular music.