{"product_id":"21413-dylan-bob-lee-bill-gahr-david-original-photograph-at-the-1963-newport-folk-festival","title":"Dylan, Bob. (b. 1941) \u0026 Lee, Bill. (1928–2023) [Gahr, David. (1922–2008)] Original Photograph at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eOriginal double-weight photograph by the American photographer of the folk singer with the musician and composer, shown posed in front of the Viking Hotel while attending and performing at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1963. Photographer's stamp and several handwritten notations to verso. Some markings to recto and minor edge wear, else fine. 10 x 8 inches; 25.4 x 20.3 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe 1963 Newport Folk Festival, held at Freebody Park from 26 to 28 July, was Dylan's first appearance there and the weekend that made him the face of the folk revival. Just twenty-two, he was the most talked-about performer on the bill, drew the largest crowds and sang on every day of the festival. On the opening night, before some 13,000 people, he performed \"With God on Our Side,\" \"Only a Pawn in Their Game,\" \"Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues\" and \"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall,\" then led the finale of \"Blowin' in the Wind,\" joined on stage by Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel and the Freedom Singers of Albany, Georgia, before the whole company linked arms to close the night with \"We Shall Overcome,\" the anthem of the civil rights movement. Over the weekend he also sang \"Masters of War,\" \"North Country Blues\" and \"Who Killed Davey Moore?\" at the daytime workshops, and joined Baez for \"With God on Our Side\" in her Sunday evening set, a landmark in their celebrated partnership. Local record shops sold out of his albums within days. A month later he sang at the March on Washington; two years later, on the same stage, he would famously go electric.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eBill Lee (1928–2023) was the father of filmmaker Spike Lee and screenwriter Joie Lee, and composed original music for many of his son's films, including \u003ci\u003eShe's Gotta Have It\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eSchool Daze\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eDo the Right Thing\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) and \u003ci\u003eMo' Better Blues\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). He had a distinguished career as a bassist and arranger for many artists, including Carolyn Hester, Odetta, John Lee Hooker, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Gordon Lightfoot, Aretha Franklin and Harry Belafonte, and two years after this photograph was taken his bass was the only accompaniment to Dylan's guitar on \"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\" (\u003ci\u003eBringing It All Back Home\u003c\/i\u003e, 1965).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eFrom the private archive of American photographer David Gahr, one of the pre-eminent photographers of American folk, blues, jazz and rock musicians of the 1960s and beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093780746399,"sku":"21413","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Dylan_Bob_Lee_Bill_Original_Photograph_21413a.jpg?v=1722190308","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21413-dylan-bob-lee-bill-gahr-david-original-photograph-at-the-1963-newport-folk-festival","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}