Monterey Pop

Dec 26, 1968

1h 20m

★ 7.4

Do you know where your kids are hanging out tonight?

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.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

John Phillips-Lou Adler

Leacock-Pennebaker

Monterey Pop Trailers

Cast

Self

Scott McKenzie

Self - Mamas and the Papas

Denny Doherty

Self - Mamas and the Papas

Cass Elliot

Self - Mamas and the Papas

John Phillips

Self - Mamas and the Papas

Michelle Phillips

Self - Canned Heat

Frank Cook

Self - Canned Heat

Bob Hite

Self - Canned Heat

Larry Taylor

Self - Canned Heat

Henry Vestine

Self - Simon and Garfunkel

Paul Simon

Self - Simon and Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

Self

Hugh Masekela

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