. >> even the godfather of this folk festival, which was pete seger. >> pete seger was very upset. >> why? >> he felt this was a festival that was supposed to bring people together, and dylan was trying to push people away. >> that's interesting. >> why wouldn't pete seger with seemingly open flexibility. >> his whole idea was i walk out on stage with my banjo and guitar and i do something that you can then do with your friends and it's no different. you do it with your friends you sing here with me whereas dylan was doing something with his friends. >> that sounds like a very force forceful father filling figure saying this is what you do. dylan said what seger does is like tribal medicine man bringing people together. and rock stars live out people's fascinate fantasies. >> he goes out on stage. three songs and people were there not for the newport folk festival. a lot of people were there just for dylan. they didn't care about the newport folk festival. that's when they went nuts. >> people start calling for bob dylan to come back. >> he said ale come back. he'll bring his acoustic

. >> including the godfather at this festival, pete seger. >> he was very upset. >> why? felt this was supposed to bring people together and that dylan was trying to push people away. >> that sounds so interesting. this would be a new form of folk music. why wouldn't pete serge, the guy who opened this and seeming flexibility be open to this. >> that one's easy. his whole idea was i walk out on stage with my bonn joe and guitar and zoo something you can go home and do with your friends. it's no different you doing it with your friends here with me. dylan was doing something with his friends and you go home and listen to dylan records. dylan said what pete seger does is a tribe bringing people together rock stars live out people's fantasies. he goes out on stage it's been three songs. a lot of people were there just for dylan. they didn't care about the newport folk festival and that's when they went nuts. >> peter gets on stage and calls for bob dylan to come back. >> right saying he'll come back bring his acoustic guitar, which he did. >> it sounds like there was a lot o

pete seger introduced bob dylan here in 1964.m an acoustic to an electric guitar. >> do you remember hearing about that moment? >> oh absolutely yeah yeah. it was huge news all over the world. >> even for you. >> . >> reporter: when dylan left to a crowd of boos george lee was watching. >> was the one there when he came off the stage and i said to him, bob jourks to go back and sing an acoustics song or there's going to be a riot. he went back and sang "it's all over baby." i didn't think much of it. afterward in a sense it destroyed the culture. >> by 1970 the festival was finished. it was revived in the '80s when it moved to its current site but by the end of the decade it had grown tired again. >> at that time it was called the dunkin' donuts newport folk festival. even was laughing. that was kind of lame. >> thoos when james sweet, then a coordinator for tv commercials made a proposal to george wee. >> i said your festival could be so much more. he said, nobody in your generation knows about it. why do you care. i said it's b