Monterey Pop (1968)

7.4/10 80 min Music Documentary

Overview

Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.

Cast

Scott McKenzie

Self

Denny Doherty

Self - Mamas and the Papas

Cass Elliot

Self - Mamas and the Papas

John Phillips

Self - Mamas and the Papas

Michelle Phillips

Self - Mamas and the Papas

Bob Hite

Self - Canned Heat

Larry Taylor

Self - Canned Heat

Henry Vestine

Self - Canned Heat

Paul Simon

Self - Simon and Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

Self - Simon and Garfunkel

Hugh Masekela

Self

Marty Balin

Self - Jefferson Airplane

Paul Kantner

Self - Jefferson Airplane

Jorma Kaukonen

Self - Jefferson Airplane

Grace Slick

Self - Jefferson Airplane

Peter Albin

Self - Big Brother and The Holding Company

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