On that day, the phony folk music of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Bob Dylan (version 1.0) and the saccharine schlock of Peter, Paul, and Mary, the Kingston Trio, and all the others died.
On that day, rock’n’roll, the REAL folk music of the 50s and 60s, the music of real people, began to be heard and respected for what it really was.
I feel no sadness for Seeger who died at the ripe old age of 94, my sadness is that someone like Bloomfield had to die so young.
He overdosed. He wasn't particularly young when he died. And his career was already over.
What distinguishes real folk music from fake? Was Guthrie’s 1930s work real folk music? Or maybe the Carter Family?