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Who were the Folklorists?
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People who tried to document the musical history of various communities, like John Lomax, who collected cowboy songs and black songs
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Anthology of American Folk Music
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Compiled by Harry Smith gave exposure to different types of music
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What was different about Bob Dylan's folk music?
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In 1965, at the Newport Folk Festival, he went electric, combining rock with folk.
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What type of folk song took sides on a current issue?
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Topical songs
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Who was Bob Dylan's biggest influence?
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Woody Guthrie
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What was Bob Dylan's most popular protest song, and what is ironic about it?
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"Blowin' in the Wind" is does not protest against anything in particular
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In what areas did Dylan break with other folk musicians?
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He did not write merely topical songs, realistically, with political agendas, but looked instead to surrealism, avante garde, and the absurdist.
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