Jimi Plays Monterey
Jimi Plays Monterey
Overview
It's no exaggeration to say this might be the most intense and groundbreaking 45-minute performance in the history of rock. Jimi Hendrix's debut American set at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival is generally considered one of the most radical and legendary live shows ever. Virtually unknown to American audiences at the time, even though he was already an established entity in the UK, Hendrix and his two-piece Experience explode on stage, ripping through blues classics "Rock Me Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor," interpreting and electrifying Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," debuting songs from his yet-to-be-released first album and closing with the now historic sacrificing/burning of his guitar during an unhinged version of "Wild Thing" that even its writer Chip Taylor would never have imagined. Hendrix uses feedback and distortion to enhance the songs in whisper-to-scream intensity, blazing territory that had not been previously explored with as much soul-frazzled power.
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Cast
John Phillips
Jimi Hendrix
Noel Redding
Mitch Mitchell
Art Garfunkel
George Harrison
Mick Jagger
Brian Jones
Janis Joplin
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Charles Shaar Murray
Ringo Starr
Denny Dent
Michelle Phillips
Cass Elliot
Crew
Alan Douglas
Alan Douglas
Chris Hegedus
Frazer Pennebaker
Chris Hegedus
D. A. Pennebaker
David Dawkins
D. A. Pennebaker
Nicholas T. Proferes
Albert Maysles
D. A. Pennebaker
Barry Feinstein
Nick Doob
Richard Leacock
Roger Murphy
Chip Branton
Mark Linett
Joe Gastwirt
Frank Gauna
Al Hendrix
