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Chapter 2 of 4: January 13 – 15, 1965
It was just over four months prior Dylan had shared a fun-filled evening in New York with arguably the most popular rock band of all time- the Beatles, who, of course, made their reputation using electric instruments, as opposed to acoustic, which Dylan’s reputation was cemented upon.
Could Dylan have been inspired to do something no other folk artist had ever engaged in as a result of spending time with the Fab Four? We may never know, but it seems worth considering.
For reasons Dylan kept pretty much to himself, his fifth studio album would mark a significant shift that would transform the music industry forever.
One might even suggest this was the single most transformative recording session of modern rock music. Why?
Like all other folk artists, Dylan used only acoustic guitars throughout his emerging career.
However, he made a gutsy decision to use electric instruments when recording his latest album- Bringing it All Back Home. This was unheard of. The album was released in March of ’65 and included guitarists Bruce Langhorne (about whom Dylan wrote a famous song called “Mr. Tambourine Man” and John Sebastian (Lovin Spoonful). The ground-breaking album changed the music world forever.
The genre became known as “folk rock.” Dylan invented it.
Subsequently, the rest of the folk world followed suit, and eventually, almost all heretofore folk musicians migrated to amplified instruments.
Everything else is just history
[Part 3 coming next week]
