Bob Dylan's Guitar | History Detectives | PBS
Duration: 01:27
Program:
History Detectives
Broadcast Date: Jul. 16, 2012
Bob Dylan made Rock 'n' Roll history when he plugged in an electric guitar at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Now a New Jersey woman thinks she may have that very guitar in her attic. The HISTORY DETECTIVES think so too! See the investigation unfold Tuesday, July 17th at 9/8c. Dawn Peterson of New Jersey believes she has the guitar Bob Dylan used to 'go electric' at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
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