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1965 — when folk narrative song reached its acoustic peak

Bob Dylan’s story-song from Bringing It All Back Home. One acoustic guitar and introspective lyrics embody folk’s literary voice and protest storytelling — the song-form source of folk rock.

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Bob Dylan — 1965

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The 1965 original recording by Bob Dylan.

An acoustic narrative song that distilled folk’s poetic world — inputA for the folk-rock merge.

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An acoustic narrative song that distilled folk’s poetic world — inputA for the folk-rock merge.

  • Narrative skeleton

    Literary storytelling carried by a single acoustic guitar

  • Folk source

    Supplies the lyric world as inputA for the folk-rock merge

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