July 24-26, 1964 Dylan is the major performer at the Newport Folk Festival, where he presents a new image to an audience of over fifteen thousand. His set contains no topical songs but does include new compositions like “All I Really Want To Do,” “To Ramona,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and “Chimes Of Freedom.” | Bob Dylan

'' Blowin' in the Wind '' - Bob Dylan (born May 24, 1941) & Joan Baez (born January 9, 1941) "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released as a single and on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. It has been described as a protest song, and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in

On Tuesday's "The Big Interview," I sit down with the reigning queen of folk music, Joan Baez. Baez became one of the leading activists of the 1960s and 70s. She rose to prominence after walking arm-in-arm with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the March on Washington, and later for spending 12 days in a bunker in Vietnam during the bombing of Hanoi. In this clip, Joan Baez explains why she thinks the political atmosphere today is the worst it’s ever been and warns of a serious move towards fas