Jimi Plays Monterey

Jimi Plays Monterey

1987
50m
7.5

7.5/10

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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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Are You Experienced? Pennebaker Films
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

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Quick Facts

Release Date October 16, 1987
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0093312

Cast

John Phillips
John Phillips

Narrator (voice)

Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

Self (archive footage)

Noel Redding
Noel Redding

Self (archive footage)

Mitch Mitchell
Mitch Mitchell

Self (archive footage)

Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison
George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger

Self (archive footage)

Brian Jones
Brian Jones

Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon
John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Charles Shaar Murray
Charles Shaar Murray

Self - Commentary

Key Crew

D. A. Pennebaker
Director
Chris Hegedus
Director
Alan Douglas
Producer
Frazer Pennebaker
Executive Producer