Jimi Plays Monterey

Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)

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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  • Release Date: 1987-10-16
  • Runtime: 0h 50min
  • Directors: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker.

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  • Trailer

    Cast

    • John Phillips

      Narrator (voice)

    • Jimi Hendrix

      Self (archive footage)

    • Noel Redding

      Self (archive footage)

    • Mitch Mitchell

      Self (archive footage)

    • Art Garfunkel

      Self (archive footage)

    • George Harrison

      Self (archive footage)

    • Mick Jagger

      Self (archive footage)

    • Brian Jones

      Self (archive footage)

    • Janis Joplin

      Self (archive footage)

    • John Lennon

      Self (archive footage)

    • Paul McCartney

      Self (archive footage)

    • Charles Shaar Murray

      Self - Commentary

    • Ringo Starr

      Self (archive footage)

    • Denny Dent

      Street Painter

    • Michelle Phillips

      Self (archive footage)

    • Cass Elliot

      Self (archive footage)

    • Otis Redding

      Self (archive footage)

    • Pete Townshend

      Self (archive footage)

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