38 years ago today: Bob Dylan plugs in, folkies piss off

[Character Assassin]

First track played, "Maggies Farm".
Go Bob, Go!

[demnan]

1. I see a young Robbie Robertson

but I don't recognize any of the others in the picture. Can you identify them? Is that Dylan on the left? Not a good frontal image of him.

[RandomKoolzip]

2. Sam Lay on drums, Bass player I forget

Mike Bloomfield on guitar, not Robbie
Al Kooper on Organ
Dylan's in th polka-dot shirt.

Basically the Butterfield Blues Band backing Dylan here.

[Character Assassin]

3. Some schlubs actually called him 'Judas' in Birmingham

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring01/Blake/rock.html

The most famous confrontation can be heard on the Manchester (U.K.) Free Trade Hall concert tape recorded May 17, 1966. Mislabeled on bootlegs as the "Royal Albert Hall concert," the crowd is unruly throughout the electric set. Prior to the finale, one fan screams "Judas!" to the delight of the crowd. After which, Dylan turns to the band and says "play fucking loud" before launching into Like a Rolling Stone.

The Manchester show was not an anomaly. In Birmingham, England on May 12, Dylan was subjected to "cries of 'Folk phony,' 'Traitor,' 'Give us the real Dylan,' 'Yank go home,' and 'we want folk'" (Shelton, p. 367). The familiar pattern at these shows is a respectful, adoring crowd for the acoustic set, followed by an insulting, angry crowd during the electric set. In Leicester, England, fans jeered "get them off" at Dylan's electric band -- Robbie Robertson and other future members of The Band.

[RandomKoolzip]

4. Dylan and the Hawks 66 tour...

Man, If I had one chance to go back in time and experience one event....

[Sophree]

5. Actually

The original "Crowd Booed Bob Dylan Because He Went Electric" thing is a myth.

They booed him because he only played a few songs and the fans had been waiting long and were especting at least a full set.

Perhaps later crowds were pissed because he went electric, but not at the actual show where it first happened.

The people who were mad needed to REALLY get a life and pull the 2x4 out their asses.

Edited because I remembered that I'm going to see Dylan/The Dead next week! WooHoo!

I'm going to start another thread about that.

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