镜子的:%另一/ .面：纽波.特\民歌艺术节1963~1965

　　"Bob D+;ylan going e:?lectric" at th (-e 1965 Newport !+@Folk) Fest;,]ival is one of th !ose epoc+\hal m
:^omen
t#]@s $)in# (?rock his,^tory( th@
at`_ see:*mingl\`:y every/?[)!one has` !#heard ab[out , +but what few people seem to know +#`is that+!; it= wasn[9t some ephe)!$meral^%; event= (+#tha(@ %t+:@
we only know from wo+;rd(* of mouth -- (fi,$^lmmak%er Mur `(*ray Lerner *?[do;cume-
+nted the perform* anc/
es at the#- Newport Festi:_;val +..[for sever al ?$ years runni:? ng, _%$(and ]?$The Other:); Side o*%f the Mir:
ro ,:r collects footage% fr ^om the thr:\ ee years Dy\\.lan `appeared at the cele -brat?*[ed folk=^;= gathering, allowi[(ng us to see Dy\^]lan',s rise t  hrough the folk sc e.$+ne f\@or=
$ ourselves=?. W #atch =
ing Ler ner's documentary, what's !.most :?remar]+kabl,]=e is how ^_much Dyl  an c han-ge[;d over the course of 36/ mo!$n)!t]hs:!] the you# ng: (folki!e perfo^_ \rmin g#/ at t?%he[ afternoon "worksh\*)op" at the side :$of Jo*an B^-a: ez)=- in 1963?/ is! at onc.+e  n[ e*@rvy *$and hesitant, s+)in.;g[
@ing his wor%d/ y tu -?n(]es while ch%opping a:wa,_y at his acoust/?ic gui/tar a,nd:; e_*ner
gizing the crowd without se)eming to know just what ,he's doing`. .[ In 196/4, Dylan all but owns New
port, an
d;*) he clear(ly kn[+^ows it (@,he's  the talk (of the Festival, w )ith Ba\=ez and Johnn].\y Cash singing his(
^ pra?#i#;ses /+(and his songs), and his$ c
$o mm#@and of ^the /_stage is visibly stronger and more con#fid\en%-?t while his new mat)er[[i/]al (including "Mr.#? Tambourine Man"; and "I]--t=%] Ain[](&#.;+39+^ ?t Me, Babe"=_) se[\=es him m\?oving_?
 away from the &)q;u$\otpro test songs" t!hat: first made hi=)* s name. When the audienc%)e de mands an encore +
after Dylan-&#3\9s evening set (+Odetta and Dave _ Van$ R#onk +were sc:=hed.)uled to follo)w /him), $;**Pe. *ter Yarrow tri_ #es to k.+=eep the show moving a-%long whi(*le Dyl]?an be,ams  at the c$rowd's%\$ adulation,#% li;_ke )*[\the /-rock star he w`as quickly?\ becoming.
By the time the 1965 Ne=wpor\= t Fest!?,*ival rolled aroun(.d, Dylan's epochal &q?/;uotLike a ,\ Rol ]$lin#;g Stone "% was\ startin) .g to%/^ ;)s=c/]ale  the si
.,ngles  :charts, a:nd the
( h=!]-ardc)ore # fo$lk audience was (:c
` `lea,rly o@f %wo minds abo!?`ut h .)is popular # ]%(an?d #;$=popu`:[list) success. Wh=en@ Dy lan, Fender /%!S $`tratocaster in^ ha !
nd, performs #"Maggie's` Far]!m%@@" ,\backed by #Al. Kooper, Mike B^\loo/+mfie#?ld a$#nd the rhyth.*m
=\ secti*o; n from the Paul Butter.?field Blues,) B\$and, _ the raucous but hard-dri`$v-;ing number ins`pires a curi .*ous mi #!xtu=*re of`% ?:e(
n $[thusiastic cheer(ing and e [ qu?[. al$ly  ) empha^$tic booin)g, a $nd while legend ha?+s it that t-@ ^he ;.version of &quotLi,ke a R;`oll;,ing Stone&q^uo$$`t[+ that fol
lowed was a sh ambles#, t-h?e   )son%g co_oks des]pi;?#te- d-rumme%=r (`Sam Lay*%]9s diffic u+;^lty]!
 in finding the groove,=\@ ! _thoug_h if anyt.hi\!=
ng- t/  he division of the crowd&#;:39s l[, o)\yal=@]ties is even str?_ong]#er afterward:. After these *t ,w;*o n@[umbers, Dylan !and his band leave the st=age, % , with Y-arrow (once again serv-i[ ng- $( !%:;as MC)]$_ )*:
ci,)t#ing techni!cal p$
roblems (if Pete Se?/.
%eger re*)ally pulled=\ the power on Dylan,  a@ s legend has
+ it,^ there&#.[39s n, o sign of it here) Dylan returns t@%o the stage( with an acoustic six-string to sing &qu
[otM_[)r. Tambourin( .e  Man" ??and "It
_9s All\) Over Now,, Baby Blu,!e" bef?:or!e -?#vanish=@ing ;] int @o the night wit=hout comment. *;Wh_@^il(e much of t.(@he a@+.udi[
en,ce at Newpo rt in 1965 wanted the -@&.*q,uo_,told"  D(/*!yl`a?n back,! his st#=rong, w/ i/,/ llful performances ev *en on the ac#ou;:st;%ic stuff m,)$)akes it obvi #ous tha-_t the) scra+!p\ .py sem,i-amat eur we sa/!w at the beginning of the movie wa-s gone forever, and the(] ov@ati\ons su*ggest more: than a few people =$wa *nte[d to see D.*yl_an rock. Ler!=ner`&#*39s fi)lm  / t`ells us a ce?%rt^*)ai!+n a+ mo$\/unt of ];w
hat we:_ alre
;ady knows, bu^+^%t it gently debu ]nks a few .m/%-yths about Dyla.#`n du)]ring th,is pivotal moment i`n his c_*(;are er, and
 his :pe]\rformances ar\ e? commit((te(#d and+! f]orceful t)hroughout no matter how many ^time@s @:you&#-39ve/] $%read abo-u=^t Dylan&# : 39s Newport shoot-out of 19:6?5, see ing it /is a r%%evelat ory exp[( erience, and Lerner$-. h:!-as assembl/ed +:t$his archiva[((l m( at `erial with inte;lligence a+*n#d tas@te. This #is must-se`@e viewi]@
ng fo;.r any*=o?.ne interested i%/;n! Dyl`?an or the folk sc%%#en+ e of
/]!the &##3960s.