Jimi Plays Monterey

Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)

Released: 1987-10-16 Duration: 50min
Genres: Documentary Music
Rating 7.3

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.

Production Companies

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Pennebaker Films

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.731

Directed By

D. A. Pennebaker

Chris Hegedus

Crew

Director
Chris Hegedus
Producer
Alan Douglas
Executive Producer
Frazer Pennebaker
Editor
Alan Douglas
Production Consultant
Chip Branton
Sound Mixer
Mark Linett
Sound Mixer
Joe Gastwirt
Main Title Designer
Frank Gauna
Still Photographer
Al Hendrix
Stage Director
Bob Neuwirth
Lighting Artist
Chip Monck
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Robert Van Dyke
Camera Operator
Nicholas T. Proferes
Camera Operator
Albert Maysles
Camera Operator
D. A. Pennebaker
Camera Operator
Barry Feinstein
Camera Operator
Nick Doob
Camera Operator
Richard Leacock
Camera Operator
Roger Murphy

TOP 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

Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

Denny Dent
Denny Dent

Street Painter

Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips

Self (archive footage)

Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot

Self (archive footage)

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