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Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)

Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1987, October 16
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Countries: United States of America
Production: Are You Experienced?, Are You Experienced?, Pennebaker Films, Pennebaker Films
Cast: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, John Phillips, Ringo Starr, Mitch Mitchell, John Lennon, Michelle Phillips, Pete Townshend, Art Garfunkel, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix

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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