Elijah Wald is a writer and musician whose books include Escaping the Delta and How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll. A respected expert on the folk revival, he collaborated with Dave Van Ronk on The Mayor of MacDougal Street, the inspiration for the Coen brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis.
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On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, 'Like a Rolling Stone.' The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as ... SEE MORE