Dylan Speaks 1965 (2006)

The legendary press conference in San Fransisco at KQED studios on Dec 3rd 1965 This was a pivotal year in Bob Dylans career In the early part of the year he released Bringing It All Back Home the first album that saw him move distinctly away from his folk music origins In the summer he followed it with Highway 61 Revisited an out and out rock n roll album and the single Like A Rolling Stone hit No2 on the US charts His appearance at that years Newport Folk Festival saw him use an electric guitar on stage a hugely controversial move at the time that saw him booed by much of the audience Against this background Dylan went into the studios of TV station KQED in San Francisco for a broadcast press conference hosted by Ralph J Gleason his only one from this era ever to be filmed