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Bob Dylan officially kicked off the folk rock movement in 1965 when he defied organizers of the Newport Folk Festival by performing with electric instruments. Suddenly, folk music was no longer an exclusively acoustic domain and dozens of folk-inspired bands, like the Byrds, started blending electric and acoustic sounds. This new generation of folk musicians like Arlo Guthrie and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young weren't content to rehash songs of the past, and they kept folk music's political tradition current by focusing on issues like civil rights and the Vietnam War. Adventurous singer-songwriters like Nick Drake and Tim Buckley greatly expanded the vision of folk-rock music, and their influence still resonates today.
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