One of the music world\'s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan -went electric- at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event\'s fiftieth anniversary.
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On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone .
One of the music world\'s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan -went electric- at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event\'s fiftieth anniversary