Monterey Pop is a 1968 film by D.A. Pennebaker that documents the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. Among Pennebaker's several camera operators were fellow documentarians Richard Leacock and Albert Maysles; the painter Brice Marden has an "assistant camera" credit, and Bob Neuwirth, who figured prominently in Pennebaker's Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back, acted as stage manager. Titles for the film were by the artist/cartoonist Tomi Ungerer. Featured performers include Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Hugh Masekela, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, The Who (destroying their instruments at the end of "My Generation") and Jimi Hendrix, setting his guitar on fire during "Wild Thing." D.A. Pennebaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ... Richard Leacock (born July 18, 1921, London) is a film director. ... David and Albert Maysles Brothers Albert and David Maysles were a documentary filmmaking team whose films include Salesman, Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens. ... Bob Neuwirth is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. ... Portrait photograph of Bob Dylan taken by Daniel Kramer Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is a highly influential American songwriter, musician, and poet. ... Dont Look Back is a 1967 documentary film which covers Bob Dylans tour of England in 1965, including appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan. ... Tomi (Jean-Thomas) Ungerer, (November 28, 1931 - ) is a French illustrator best known for his erotic and political illustrations as well as childrens books. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company was a rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously released live album In Concert Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock movement. ... Hugh Masekela (born Johannesburg, April 4, 1939) is a South African flugelhorn and cornet player. ... Otis Redding (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, known for his passionate delivery and his posthumous hit single, (Sittin On) the Dock of the Bay, also one of his most respected tracks. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Who in 1968. ... My Generation was one of the biggest early hits of the British rock group The Who, and quickly became their anthem. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Wild Thing is a hit song from 1966 by the English band The Troggs. ...

In 2002, Monterey Pop was (re-)released on DVD as part of a boxed set, The Complete Monterey Pop Festival, that also includes Pennebaker's short films Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) and Shake! Otis at Monterey (1986), as well as a two hours of outtake performances, including some by bands not seen in the original film. DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...