BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Thursday is the 50th anniversary of a big concert in Bangor.

Bob Dylan’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ made a stop at the Bangor Auditorium.

For just $8.50 a ticket, you saw Dylan and numerous musicians and collaborators including Joan Baez and Roger McGuinn for a four-hour show in the Queen City.

It consisted of the classics and some spoken word poetry, but some were disappointed they didn’t hear ‘Blowin in the Wind.’

Bangor Historian Dick Shaw was in the crowd and recalls a memorable set of 20-30 people paying tribute to folk singers who came before them.

“Bob Neuwirth was a folk singer,” said Shaw. “He came out and said welcome to the grand canyon 69-hundred people and just as far as you could see there were just people. General admission and then Joan Baez was jus

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