Jimi Plays Monterey
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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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18 people
John Phillips
Self - Narrator (voice)
Also in
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
E! True Hollywood Story
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
It Must Be Dusty
Noel Redding
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
Mitch Mitchell
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Gary Moore: Blues for Jimi
Bottoms Up!
Art Garfunkel
Self (archive footage)
Known for
The Rebound
Bad Timing
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Known for
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Freejack
Performance.
Brian Jones
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Short Life of Brian Jones
Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis
Janis Joplin Slept Here
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Known for
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
Known for
A Hard Day's Night
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Charles Shaar Murray
Self - Commentary
D. A. Pennebaker Director · Chris Hegedus Director Alan Douglas Editor
United States release July 12, 1989 · Produced in United States · Production Pennebaker Films
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Are You Experienced?
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Pennebaker Films
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
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English
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 1986
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · July 12, 1989
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Denmark
October 16, 1987 · Theatrical
Finland
October 23, 1987 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 16, 1987 · Theatrical
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