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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.

Directed byChris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 50m
Language
EN
Released
October 16, 1987
Studios
Are You Experienced?Pennebaker Films

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
John Phillips

John Phillips

Narrator (voice)

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Self (archive footage)

Noel Redding

Noel Redding

Self (archive footage)

Mitch Mitchell

Mitch Mitchell

Self (archive footage)

Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

Self (archive footage)

Brian Jones

Brian Jones

Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Chris Hegedus
Chris Hegedus
D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Produced by
Alan Douglas

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