​April 22nd, 1966 - While on tour in Australia, Bob Dylan sat down for a press conference with a room of journalists in Adelaide. Listen to the audio of the press conference at the bottom of this

May 17th, 1966 - Bob Dylan performed at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England during his tour of Europe. Throughout the tour Dylan

October 5th, 1965 - Johnny Cash was arrested crossing the Mexican border to El Paso, Texas. Cash had been in Juarez purchasing cheap amphetamines​ to bring back to America.

In the spring of 1965, Vanguard Records released the album So Many Roads by blues singer John Hammond. It was the third album for Hammond, (son of legendary Columbia Records producer, John Hammond)

​We try to be as accurate as possible with our articles at Gaslight Records, but given the events we cover occurred at least 20 years before most of our writers were born, it can sometimes prove

Fifty years ago today, I got off a bus from camp at Union Square in New York City, handed my Dad my duffle bag and, with some other kids, hopped on the subway out to Forest Hills in Queens.

I doubt anyone is happy to admit it, but the thing about the first Mamas and Papas' album was right there in the condescending title: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.

Jimmy Reed first recorded this blues classic in August, 1961. It was issued on the album Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall, and has since appeared on many Reed compilation albums.

​London’s Savoy Hotel has played host to many illustrious guests over the years—John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Babe Ruth etcetera. Not least among them was Bob Dylan

​September 24th, 1965 - Bob Dylan gave a press conference in Austin, Texas ahead of his concert at the Municipal Auditorium later that evening. Read a transcript of the press conference below.

Recorded in Atlantic City at Dylan Fest in 2015

​1965 was a watershed year in the music industry. Just as labels were beginning to sign more folk acts, hoping to monetize on the new-old folk sound now permeating the world’s airwaves,