I'm gonna make a wild guess..

It's 50 years since the Dylan 'Judas' earthquake rocked the foundations of 'folk'.

I am guesstimating the USA now has a more mature appreciation of the symbotic relationship
between acoustic and electic,
than tight arse clenched cultural class ridden old blighty..

"an electric.. how dare the bounder... Smithers get me my shotgun !!!"