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Bob Dylan's Newport 1965 Stratocaster
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
The Fender Stratocaster Bob Dylan played when he 'went electric' at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, left on a plane and sold at Christie's in 2013 for $965,000.
- Date
- 1964; played 25 July 1965
Provenance and history
On 25 July 1965 Dylan took the main stage at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric band and this Stratocaster, a set that split the folk audience and became a turning point for folk rock. The guitar was later left on a private plane flown for Dylan's management by the New Jersey pilot Vic Quinto, and stayed with his family for decades. In 2012 the PBS series History Detectives authenticated it for his daughter, Dawn Peterson, after questions from Dylan's representatives. Christie's in New York sold it in December 2013 for $965,000, then a record for a guitar.
1965
Left on a private plane flown by Vic QuintoB
It stayed with the pilot's family for about forty years.
25 July 1965
Played at Dylan's first electric concert setA
Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island.
July 2012
Authenticated by PBS History DetectivesB
6 December 2013
Sold at Christie's, New York, for $965,000B
In the Tapestry
- Performed at · 25 July 1965
- Newport Folk FestivalA
- Made by · 1964
- Fender Musical Instruments CorporationB
- Associated with · 2013
- Christie'sB
Record
- Culture
- American
- Origin
- United States
Sources
- A
Wikipedia, 'Electric Dylan controversy'
↗ View original record - B
MusicRadar, 'Bob Dylan's Newport Strat sells for $965,000' (December 2013)
↗ View original record
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