![Jimi Plays Monterey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/lpO4JSRMzGH1A8KbXhyDFvlNe3D.jpg)
Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
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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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 2.731 |
Directed By
Chris Hegedus
D. A. Pennebaker
Crew
Chris Hegedus
D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Alan Douglas
David Dawkins
Alan Douglas
Frazer Pennebaker
Chris Hegedus
Chip Branton
Frank Gauna
Robert Van Dyke
Mark Linett
Al Hendrix
Joe Gastwirt
Chip Monck
Bob Neuwirth
Albert Maysles
Nick Doob
Nicholas T. Proferes
Barry Feinstein
D. A. Pennebaker
Roger Murphy
Richard Leacock
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John Phillips
Narrator (voice)
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Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
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Noel Redding
Self (archive footage)
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Mitch Mitchell
Self (archive footage)
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Art Garfunkel
Self (archive footage)
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George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
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Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
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Brian Jones
Self (archive footage)
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Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage)
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John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
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Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
Charles Shaar Murray
Self - Commentary
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Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
Denny Dent
Street Painter
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Michelle Phillips
Self (archive footage)
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Cass Elliot
Self (archive footage)