Talk:Newport Folk Festival

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[edit] The Myth of Newport

Bruce Jackson, who was a director of the Newport Folk Festival, calls the stories of the audience booing Bob Dylan at Newport '65 "the myth of Newport". Check out his article on the subject at [1]. Bruce was present at the 1965 concert and in 2002 reviewed an audio tape, with a partial transcript at that link. I'll edit the page after giving people a chance to comment. Kevin Hayes 20:54, 2004 Dec 26 (UTC)

[edit] The Electric Dylan Controversy

Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home sheds some light on the Electric Dylan controversy. The documentary contains footage of Dylan's performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The footage is extensive but edited; by comparing it to [Bruce Jackson's transcript, it's apparent that parts of the performance has been edited out.

The documentary appears to record the audience booing and cheering from the beginning of Dylan's three-song electric set; certainly, the documentary's subtitles describe the sound as "Mixture of booing and cheering from the audience."

Editing for clarity and length (!) would be quite welcome. -- Caroline Sanford 04:35, 4 November 2005 (UTC)