Retroverse Year

1965

Dylan plugs in at Newport and the argument over what folk means becomes the year's loudest backstage conversation. The Byrds jangle through 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and prove that protest poetry can wear a backbeat without losing its teeth. British bands keep flooding in, but American artists are learning to answer with volume, attitude, and studio ambition. American artists answer British volume with attitude, ambition, and guitars turned up to confession.