Episode 36. Folk Rock

Roger McGuinn was a folk artist and he wanted to try an unusual combination of styles into his act. He wanted to combine the current phenomena from England, the "Mersey Sound" instigated by The Beatles and other British Invasion bands and place it in the context of Folk music. He formed The Byrds and set about with this new style and took a Bob Dylan acoustic Folk song and electrified it and had an international hit with his band. Other bands jumped on his band wagon and a new sensation was c...