Image No. 64-18-23: Backstage Warmup Philharmonic Hall, New York City, October 31, 1964 After Dylan's triumphant debut at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1963, Joan Baez introduced him to her fans as a surprise guest during a fall concert tour. A year later, it was Bob's turn to bring Joan onstage with him, as his fame began to surpass hers. Here, they are rehearsing together backstage at Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) at New York's Lincoln Center, where Bob sold out the house.

Image No. 64-5-8: On the Road, no. 2 - Stonewalling Massachusetts, April 1964 Bob Dylan, record producer Paul Rothchild

Image No. 64-5-18: On the Road, no. 3 Massachusetts, April 1964 A bit of reflected sunlight strikes Bob's face as he turns to talk to those in the back seat.

Image No. 64-18-37: Bob and Bob Take a Dip Bearsville, N.Y., Summer 1964 Bob Dylan and Bob Neuwirth take the waters in the pool on the property of Bob's manager, Albert Grossman.

Image No. 64-12N-44: Captain Bob Viking Hotel, Newport, R.I., 1964

Image No. 64-C3-20: Bob Dylan on his Triumph motorcycle Bearsville, New York, summer 1964 Facing the camera, Victor Maymudes, Bob's road manager. Back to camera, painter-musician Bob Neuwirth.

Image No. 63-3N-11: We Shall Overcome, no. 2 1963 Newport Folk Festival Bob Dylan closed his triumphant debut set at Newport by calling out Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary, to join him in "Blowin' in the Wind." (PP&M's recording of the song had reached no. 2 on Billboard's Top 100 singles chart a few weeks before the festival.) For an encore, they were joined by the Freedom Singers, Pete Seeger, and Theodore Bikel in a moving rendition of the civil-rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" that had the sell-out audience of 13,000 on their feet, singing along.

Image No. 64-C3-2: Bob Dylan and Mimi Fariña Viking Hotel, Newport, R.I., 1964

Image No. 64-18-12: Dylan against drapes Philharmonic Hall, New York City, October 31, 1964 By the fall of 1964, Dylan's still-rising reputation enabled him to play venues in the big cities where audiences were more accustomed to symphony orchestras. Here, he relaxes in the artists' lounge backstage at Philharmonic Hall in Lincoln Center.

Image No. 64-5-30: Dylan Silhouette Amherst, Mass., April 26, 1964 In 1964, Bob's performances featured "Mr. Tambourine Man," "The Gates of Eden," and "It's All Right, Ma," among the greatest of the acoustic songs he performed solo before "going electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Here, Bob's warming up before going out to perform on a makeshift stage in a college gym.

Image No. 63-8N-33: The Queen and her Prince 1963 Newport Folk Festival: Sunday, July 28 By the summer of 1963, when Bob Dylan made his first appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez was the queen of folk music. She joined Bob to sing "It Ain't Me, Babe," in his debut set Friday evening, and she brought him out to join her (shown here) when she closed the festival on Sunday evening. That fall, Joan introduced Bob as her special guest at a series of concerts. Her support did much to help Dylan establish his reputation. At the same time, Joan's inclusion of several of Dylan's songs in her repertoire broadened her appeal to the young social activists who were making the sixties a decade of protest.

Image No. 64-5-6: On the Road No. 1 Massachusetts, April 26, 1964 In the spring of 1964, Bob Dylan toured New England in a navy-blue Ford station wagon driven by his road manager, Victor Maymudes. Bob was the first folk artist to have a road manager, and it was a measure of his rapidly - escalating success. After gigs in Cambridge and Boston, Bob and Victor headed for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A few of us from the Cambridge folk scene tagged along for the trip.