Poster movie

Jimi Plays Monterey

Documentary

Music

Lenguage:50 min

Duration:en

Release date:Oct 16, 1987

Calificacion:7.3

Description:

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

John Phillips
John PhillipsNarrator (voice)
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
Noel Redding
Noel ReddingSelf (archive footage)
Mitch Mitchell
Mitch MitchellSelf (archive footage)
Art Garfunkel
Art GarfunkelSelf (archive footage)
George Harrison
George HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
Brian Jones
Brian JonesSelf (archive footage)
Janis Joplin
Janis JoplinSelf (archive footage)
John Lennon
John LennonSelf (archive footage)

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