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Remembering When Bob Dylan Went Electric 50 Years Ago

Hard to believe it’s been 50 years since Bob Dylan shocked the music world at the Newport Folk Festival by playing electric guitar. Ron Esposito talks about that fateful occasion and what came after with Elijah Wald, author of the new book Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties.