History 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Newport Folk Festival, Sunset Strip Curfew Riots, Folk Rock
1 Feb 2017
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The sounds of protest: civil rights, the counterculture and vietnam. August 1964 the joint heard round the world. The beatles had just finished performing at the paramount theatre in august 1964. Day before john lennon told the ny post colonist how he wanted to meet bob dylan. Bob dylan went to the hotel where the beatles were staying at. Met the beatles in their top floor suite. Legend has it bob dylan introduced the beatles to marijuana (how to roll a joint, inhale, etc. ) The beatles introduced bob dylan into a harder, more rocking sound. Beatles saw bob dylan as an artist with integrity important. This was the height of beatle mania they were exhausted from touring. There were expectations of what beatles should be. The beatles saw an artist that was willing to take chances, reinvent himself, and reinvent the music he was playing (bob dylan)
