Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
50m
Running Time
October 16, 1987Release Date
Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
50m
Running Time
October 16, 1987Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Jimi Hendrix
Self
Noel Redding
Self
John Mitchell
Self
Mitch Mitchell
Self
John Phillips
Narrator
Art Garfunkel
Self
George Harrison
Self
Mick Jagger
Self
Brian Jones
Self
Janis Joplin
Self
John Lennon
Self
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
Charles Shaar Murray
Self - Commentary
Chris Hegedus
Director
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
D. A. Pennebaker
Director
Alan Douglas
Producer
Denny Dent
Street Painter
Nick Doob
Cinematographer
Michelle Phillips
Self (archive footage)
Barry Feinstein
Cinematographer
Cass Elliot
Self (archive footage)
Richard Leacock
Cinematographer
Albert Maysles
Cinematographer
Bob Neuwirth
Stage Director
David Dawkins
Editor
Frazer Pennebaker
Executive Producer
Alan Douglas
Editor / Producer
Roger Murphy
Camera Operator
Nicholas T. Proferes
Camera Operator
Chip Monck
Lighting Artist
Chip Branton
Production Consultant
Al Hendrix
Still Photographer
Mark Linett
Sound Mixer
Robert Van Dyke
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Joe Gastwirt
Sound Mixer
Frank Gauna
Main Title Designer
Media.
Details.
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