Re: [Harp-L] dylan electric

[fjm <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I THINK IT WAS "THE BAND" , not butterfields band.


Nope it was the Butterfield Band.  I thought it was the band too but 
then I did a little research and Robert is exactly right on this one. 
If you type dylan electric and newport into a search string you'll trip 
over several accounts of the newport show and what turned out to be the 
death knell for the Folk revival of the early 60's.  Fascinating 
reading.  Dylan did play the Carnegie Hall Woody Guthrie memorial 
concert backed by a band then known as the Crackers.  They were later to 
become the Band who Dylan did tour with several years later.  Here's a 
link to one of the several articles I found on this subject, 
http://bobdylan.com/etc/peterstonebrown_newport.html
fjm