I question if the folk community was so "open" and accepting back in the 60's. Look what happened to Bob Dylan when he played electric at Forest Hills and Newport in '65 for example. He was fervently jeered,rejected and scorned by the folk community. That certainly wasn't a display of openenss. It was total disrespect to one of the greatest folk artists of that era. A rejection of something new, or were they afraid of something new. The instruments were different, but the music and message was the same.

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