Bob Dylan is is accused of being a 'Judas'

17 May 1966: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicLooking back, the rage at Bob Dylan's abandonment of political songwriting in favour of performing with a Fender Stratocaster and a rock'n'roll backing band seems utterly baffling. Folk fans' arguments – that it was evidence of dilettantism, of an arrogant remoteness, of a lack of commitment to a worthy cause, that you couldn't hear the words, that it was just too loud – have been trampled by the weight of ...

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