balladeer, was this the thread? click

I disagree that Blonde on Blonde was a horror. Maybe now that you've changed your mind about Bob, you should return to it and give another listen.In my opinion, Dylan did no damage to Folk music. He just exposed it to a much larger audience, one that fancied the Beatles more than the Kingston Trio. He did expand the definition of Folk to a point where it dangerously overlaps the "Singer Songwriter" genre, an area that many traditionalists shun.