Word: folk-rock
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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Honest & Real. Folk rock owes its origins to Bob Dylan, 24, folk music's most celebrated contemporary composer. Much to the despair of the folk purists, Dylan first bridged the gap between folk and rock six months ago by adding a thumping big beat to the elliptical verses of his Subterranean Homesick Blues. He followed with his biggest folk-rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone, and the big-beat groups were quick to latch on to his songs, most notably It Ain't Me, Babe by the Turtles and Mr. Tambourine Man by the Byrds. Booed during...
Meanwhile, as expressed in the folk-rock song Walk Right In, the invitation to join in the big beat is there for the accepting?with a slight qualifier...