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3 Rock Songs From 1974 That Make Me Want To Travel Back in Time

3 Folk Songs That Everyone Can Recognize (Even if You Don’t Listen to Folk Music)

3 Modern Songs That Will Bring 1970s Folk Fans Back To The Genre’s Prime

3 Modern Songs That Will Bring 1970s Folk Fans Back to the Genre’s Prime

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  • Close-up of American musician Bob Dylan as he plays acoustic guitar during a performance at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1963. (Photo by Rowland Scherman/Getty Images)

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  • Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, London, 1965. (Photo by Neil Libbert/Getty Images)

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