[Jazz & Song] Dylan, Bob. (b. 1941) Newport Folk Festival Program (1965)Bob Dylan gave memorable, groundbreaking folk music performances at Newport in 1963 and 1964, but his appearance at the 1965 festival is remembered for other reasons. There are two wildly divergent accounts of the crowd's response when Dylan debuted an electric set. One version of the legend says the boos were from the outraged folk fans Dylan alienated with his electric guitar; the other has it that audience members were upset by poor sound quality