Jimi Plays Monterey [26028]
Released: 1987-10-16
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Runtime: 50 mins
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Overview: 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.

Cast [18]
John Phillips
Narrator
Jimi Hendrix
Self
Noel Redding
Self
Mitch Mitchell
Self
Art Garfunkel
Self
George Harrison
Self
Mick Jagger
Self
Brian Jones
Self
Janis Joplin
Self
John Lennon
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
Charles Shaar Murray
Self - Commentary
Ringo Starr
Self
Denny Dent
Street Painter
Michelle Phillips
Self
Cass Elliot
Self
Otis Redding
Self
Pete Townshend
Self

Trailers
  1. Jimi Plays Monterey / Shake! Otis at Monterey Trailer