Monterey International Pop Festival
![By David Fricke, from the February 6th, 1992 issue of Rolling Stone.
When Jimi Hendrix sent his Fender Stratocaster up in flames at the end of his historic performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, it was the ultimate in mind-blowing rock & roll spectacle, a brilliant grand-stand play by a consummate psychedelic showman well schooled in the show-stopping high jinks of great rhythm & blues entertainers like T-Bone Walker and Little Richard. It was also a profound gesture of affection and gratitude.
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By David Fricke, from the February 6th, 1992 issue of Rolling Stone.
When Jimi Hendrix sent his Fender Stratocaster up in flames at the end of his historic performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, it was the ultimate in mind-blowing rock & roll spectacle, a brilliant grand-stand play by a consummate psychedelic showman well schooled in the show-stopping high jinks of great rhythm & blues entertainers like T-Bone Walker and Little Richard. It was also a profound gesture of affection and gratitude.
We had a wonderful time last night at the Monterey Pop screening. Thank you to The Cinefamily, Cinespia, and all who attended.
Pictured (left to right): Harvey Kubernik (Co-Author “A Perfect Haze”), Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and the Papas), Lou Adler (Producer), Kenneth Kubernik (Co-Author “A Perfect Haze”).
Photo Credit: Myra Vides.
The first official Monterey International Pop Festival website is now live! http://montereyinternationalpopfestival.com/
Monterey Moments: Stories and songs from 1967’s legendary Monterey International Pop Festival, now celebrating its 45th Anniversary!
In this first installment, Papa John Phillips shares how he turned the tide of support for the festival by giving Monterey citizens jobs; plus, Buffalo Springfield “For What Its Worth.”
Art on the sweetness of the art and audience at Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967. (Photo Credit: Elaine Mayes)
Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead at Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967 (Credit: Elaine Mayes http://www.elainemayesphoto.com)
The Beatles drew this for the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. I got to peep this original in a scrap book yesterday. Pretty cool!
Billboard Magazine ad, May 1967:
How sweet the moon-light sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night,
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
—Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
