🎸 The Mystery of the Rising Sun: 60 Years of a Folk-Rock Revolution
Eric Burdon of The Animals called the song a "great trick." They performed it while touring with Chuck Berry to stand out without copying his style. It worked so well they recorded it in a single take between tour stops. Rising SunHD
Legend has it that when Bob Dylan first heard The Animals’ version on his car radio, he jumped out of the seat! It was the moment he realized he could apply a rock rhythm to folk music, leading directly to his historic "electric" shift at the Newport Folk Festival. 🎸 The Mystery of the Rising Sun: 60
Six decades later, it remains the definitive "first folk rock hit". Rising SunHD