A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
We've been telling you about the Chubby Checker Show this Sunday at The Des Plaines Theatre ...
Well, things just got a WHOLE lot cooler!!!
Before Chubby takes the stage for his part of the concert, he is going to be presented live, on The Des Plaines Theatre Stage, with his Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Trophy!!!
That clip will then be edited into the final broadcast when the official awards ceremony takes place in November!!! And YOU can be there to see it all happen.
Get your tickets now before they’re gone …
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
7/25/65 – To the dismay of most of his fans, Bob Dylan “plugs in” and plays an electric guitar at The Newport Folk Festival. It greatly upset the folk music purists in the audience, who attempt to boo him off the stage. (The rest of the crowd seemed to be just fine with it!)
If you saw last year's award-winning film "A Complete Unknown," you'll see this as the climax of the film.
It's really odd how betrayed some of these fans felt ...
By this point, Dylan's music was being covered by all kinds of rock bands ...
And to great success.
Certainly for shock value (it is safe to say that both anticipation ... and trepidation ... were at an all-time high), Dylan started his set by playing his feared electric guitar for three songs: "Maggie's Farm," "Like A Rolling Stone" and "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" ... which was supposed to be his complete, prepared set ... but to appease the promoters of the festival ... and his long-standing fans ... Dylan was persuaded to come back out and finish up his show with two acoustic numbers: "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."
If nothing else, it proved that this music (folk AND rock) could co-exist within the same individual ... and that NO artist should ever be pigeon-holed to the point that they can not explore and expand their own career. The Folk / Rock Movement of the mid-'60's provided a whole new genre of music.
While for years this event was considered one of rock's greatest shock moments, in hindsight it can be viewed as a total victory, as Dylan paved the way for other artists to present their work without restraints at the Newport Folk Festival in the years to come.
