Day 6 - 37 -- Folk Infused Rock and Roll

In class this week, we covered many artists and their influence on popular music. One of particular interest, affected the folk music scene of the 1960s bringing in aspects of rock and roll. He brought an electric guitar to an acoustic folk festival -- scandalous in that time. This songwriter, author, film maker and poet found ways of integrating political awareness into music -- to write about something that mattered. This elevated the content of rock and roll.

I share two songs here tonight. The first is the song that was performed at the Newport Folk Festival when he 'went electric'. The second highlights his tremendous poetic abilities -- something that led to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Enjoy!

Like a Rolling Stone -- Bob Dylan

 Mr. Tambourine Man -- Bob Dylan