In this case study, we dig into the moment Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and why it still feels like a cultural fault line. We talk myth vs reality, the folk scene’s “moral ecosystem,” the clash between authenticity and evolution, and how one short set helped turn rock into a serious art form. Along the way we hit Greenwich Village, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield, and the very real practical problem of trying to blast an electric band through a primitive festival PA.
