For the record, Naftalin was another PBBB member (played on the first 5 PBBB albums according to Wiki) though actually joining in Sept, a few weeks after the July 1965 show(s) in Newport . Maybe more important than how much of Butterfield's band backed Dylan was the fact that the band's high energy, knock-out, "folkie-shocking" performance was witnessed by Dylan and (as per the NPR piece linked above) served as the inspiration for him deciding to perform electric later at the same Newport festival (he already was electric in the studio). If you'll pardon the hyperbole, one might argue PBBB was the catalyst that created "Judas" but maybe only sooner rather than later, since based on his studio work Dylan seems to have already begun that transformation.
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