Poster promoting the festival

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The Festival

Held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California, the festival was planned by record producer Lou Adler, singers Michelle Phillips and John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, producer Alan Pariser, and publicist Derek Taylor. The festival board included members of The Beatles and The Beach Boys. The poster pictured at right was designed by art director Tom Wilkes. Location of Monterey, California County Monterey Government  - Mayor Chuck Della Sala Area  - City 30. ... Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record producer, manager, and director. ... Michelle Phillips, far right, with her fellow band members when with The Mamas & the Papas in the late 1960s. ... John Phillips in the sixties. ... The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mamas and the Papas on the debut album cover) were a leading vocal group of the 1960s. ... Derek Taylor (1932-1997) is best known as the press agent for the hugely popular rock band, The Beatles. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... First formed in 1961, The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band that gained popularity for their close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of surfing, girls and cars. ... Tom Wilkes (born July 30, 1939) is an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director. ...

The artists performed for free, with all revenue donated to charity, with the exception of Ravi Shankar, who was paid $3,000 for his afternoon-long performance on the sitar. More than 200,000 people attended the festival, which had a nominal $1 entrance fee. The festival is generally regarded (along with the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released two weeks earlier) as the apex of the so-called "Summer of Love". This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Diagram of some sitar parts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... GET YOUR INTRO PAGE RIGHT ON SUMMER OF LOVE -- CHANGE TO 1967 N O T 1969 -- CHEERS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (ONE WHO WAS THERE!) Poster for the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967 This article refers to the summer of 1967. ...

The festival became legendary for the first major American appearance by Jimi Hendrix, who was booked on the insistence of board member Paul McCartney, and The Who. It was also the first major public performance for Janis Joplin, who appeared as a member of Big Brother and The Holding Company, and Otis Redding, backed by Booker T. & The MG's. Redding would die only a few months later. This article contains a trivia section. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (Born January 19, 1943- October 4, 1970 was an influential singer, songwriter, and music arranger. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Many record company executives were in attendance, and a number of the performers won recording contracts based on their appearance at the festival. Several acts were also notable for their non-appearance. A variety of reasons were given for The Beach Boys' cancellation, which was interpreted as an admission that they could not compete alongside hipper acts or that the boys had yet to recover from the rift between Brian Wilson and the rest of the band over their failure to complete Smile, the follow up to Pet Sounds or because of Carl Wilson having problems with the draft board. Musician Donovan was refused a visa to enter the United States because of a 1966 drug bust. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band was also invited to appear but according to the liner notes for the CD reissue of their album Safe As Milk, the band reportedly turned the offer down at the insistence of guitarist Ry Cooder, who felt the group was not ready. Although The Rolling Stones did not play, guitarist Brian Jones attended and appeared on stage to introduce Hendrix (hailing him "king of the festival"). Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California), is an American pop musician, best known as the lead songwriter, bassist, and lead singer of the American rock band The Beach Boys. ... Smile is perhaps the most famous unreleased rock and roll album of all time. ... Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group the Beach Boys. ... Carl Wilson on the cover of his eponymous 1981 album. ... Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch, born May 10, 1946, in Maryhill, Glasgow) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, USA) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... Ryland Ry Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American roots music and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. ... The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the British Invasion in the early 1960s. ... Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, guitarist and backing singer in the English rock group, The Rolling Stones. ...

Also conspicuous by their absence were acts featuring artists of color. In fact, Dionne Warwick and the Impressions were advertised on some of the early posters for the event. Warwick dropped out due to a conflict in booking that weekend. She was booked at the Fairmont Hotel and it was thought that if she canceled that appearance it would negatively affect her career. However, she thought about sneaking off between shows to perform at the festival, but she decided against it. Also conspicuous by their absence were artists associated with the Motown label. Ironically, Smokey Robinson was on the festival board and an afternoon slot was promised for the label's acts. This would have increased the number of African-American acts at the festival. Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an African-American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ... Impressions might refer to: The Impressions (American band), a 1960s/1970s American soul musical act from Chicago, Illinois led by Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler. ... The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel in the Nob Hill district. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... William Smokey Robinson, Sr. ...

Eric Burdon and The Animals later that same year sang a song about the festival entitled "Monterey", which quoted a line from the Byrds song "Renaissance Faire" ("I think that maybe I'm dreamin"). In the song, Burdon mentions Monterey performers The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Hugh Masekela, The Grateful Dead, and a guest who did not perform, The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones ("His Majesty, Prince Jones, smiled as he moved among the crowd"). The instruments used in the song imitate the styles of these performers. Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ... The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ... Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Hugh Masekela (born Johannesburg, April 4, 1939) is a South African flugelhorn and cornet player. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the British Invasion in the early 1960s. ... Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, guitarist and backing singer in the English rock group, The Rolling Stones. ...

A number of other artists performed, including blues singer Lou Rawls, singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, and the South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Many rock bands made appearances as well, including The Association, Buffalo Springfield, Country Joe and The Fish, Moby Grape, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Blues-rock bands were well-represented, among them Canned Heat, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Steve Miller Band, and The Blues Project. The Mamas and the Papas, who helped organize the event (which prevented them from doing any rehearsals), were the closing act of the festival. Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006[1]) was a Chicago-born American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. ... Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer, one of the most influential musicians to emerge in the 1960s. ... Hugh Masekela (born Johannesburg, April 4, 1939) is a South African flugelhorn and cornet player. ... Cover from 1966s And Then. ... Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song For What Its Worth. ... Country Joe and the Fish, from the cover of Feel Like Im Fixin to Die Country Joe and the Fish was a rock music/folk music band known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1965 to 1970. ... Moby Grape was an American roots rock and psychedelic rock group of the 1960s that was known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of jazz, country, and blues together with rock. ... Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands of the late 1960s. ... Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. ... the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1966 Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 - May 4, 1987) was an American blues musician, and one of the most innovative harmonica players of the electric blues Chicago-originated style. ... Steve Miller is a blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. ... One of the first album-oriented, underground groups in the United States, the Blues Project offered an electric brew of rock, blues, folk, pop, and even some jazz, classical, and psychedelia during their brief heyday in the mid-60s. ... The Mamas & the Papas were a leading vocal group of the 1960s, and one of the few American groups to maintain widespread success during the British Invasion, along with The Beach Boys. ...

Influence

Monterey was the first widely promoted rock festival in the world (the first rock festival was the Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival at the summit of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, about 75 miles north of Monterey, on June 2-3) and became the model for future festivals, notably Woodstock -- although unlike Woodstock it was not a profit-making venture, and Monterey's various audio and visual products still earn income for the non-profit Monterey Festival Foundation. A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. ... The Last Boss Summer: The KFRC Fantasy Fair By Ted Liebler from Scram #16 While the highly documented Monterey International Pop festival continues to be remembered as the crowning and turning point event of the 1967 Summer of Love, another pivotal festival took place just two weeks before the John... The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ...

The festival was the subject of an acclaimed documentary movie entitled Monterey Pop by D. A. Pennebaker. It has been released on DVD by the Criterion Collection. Also, many albums have been released of performances from the festival. Most notable are those featuring the sets by Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Ravi Shankar. In 1997, a four CD box set was released featuring performances by most of the artists. “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Monterey Pop is a 1968 film by D.A. Pennebaker that documents the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. ... D. A. Pennebaker speaking at the University of Florida in February 2003. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... The Criterion Collection is a joint venture between Janus Films and The Voyager Company that was begun in the mid 1980s for the purpose of releasing authoritative consumer versions of classic and important contemporary films on the laserdisc and DVD formats. ...

Although Monterey was the first major music festival to predominantly feature rock music, the idea of large-scale outdoor festivals held over several consecutive days was not new. In America, the famous three-day Newport Jazz Festival had begun in the 1950s and had provided some immortal moments, including fabled performances by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and Muddy Waters. Its sister event, the Newport Folk Festival, was an annual fixture for the folk movement during the early Sixties, until it was poleaxed by Bob Dylan's watershed electric performance in 1965. Following the Newport model, there were also regular folk and jazz festivals on the west coast, held at Monterey in California. The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. ... The Newport Folk Festival is an annual folk-oriented music festival founded in 1959 by George Wein, founder of the already-well-established Newport Jazz Festival, and his partner, Albert Grossman. ... This article is about the recording artist. ...

But these events were relatively small audiences and they were also limited by the nature of the music they featured and by the way it was disseminated to the public at large. The most significant aspect of the Monterey Pop Festival was that it created an entirely new schema for the large outdoor music festivals.

Music writer Rusty DeSoto argues that pop music history tends to downplay the importance of Monterey in favour of the "bigger, higher-profile, more decadent " Woodstock Festival, held two years later. But, as he notes: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ...

"... Monterey Pop was a seminal event: it was the first real rock festival ever held, featuring debut performances of bands that would shape the history of rock and affect popular culture from that day forward. The County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California ... had been home to folk, jazz and blues festivals for many years. But the weekend of June 16 - 18, 1967 was the first time it was used to showcase rock music."

Monterey was a big event even by today's standards -- daily attendance peaked at 50,000, and over 200,000 people in total attended throughout the three days -- yet there were no deaths, no injuries, no overdoses, no violence and no arrests. The Monterey Deputy Chief of Police was quoted as saying "We've had more trouble at PTA conventions".

The festival was a triumph of organization and cooperation, setting a standard that few subsequent festivals have ever matched, and was doubly remarkable given that nothing quite like it had ever been staged before.

Lou Adler: "I'd been in the music business since 1957, and had worked every kind of hall as a manager. I was all too familiar with how acts were treated -- the dressing rooms were toilets, there wasn't a restaurant open by the time the show was over, the accommodations were, 'Oh, I'm sorry, the guy forgot to make them,' and all the rest.

"So our idea for Monterey was to provide the best of everything -- sound equipment, sleeping and eating accommodations, transportation -- services that had never been provided for the artist before Monterey ...

"... We set up camp, brought in a construction crew, established a communications center, and assigned a crew armed with walkie-talkies to canvass the entire Fairgrounds.

"The transportation crew we organized included not only cars and drivers for all the acts, but scooters, motorcycles, bicycles, whatever else it took to get around. We had cleanup crews, and an arts committee to oversee the booths and displays.

"We set up an on-site first aid clinic, because we knew there would be a need for medical supervision and that we would encounter drug-related problems. We didn't want people who got themselves into trouble and needed medical attention to go untreated. Nor did we want their problems to ruin or in any way disturb other people or disrupt the music.

"If someone got in trouble they were taken care of as quickly as possible. Dr. Bowersocks of Monterey was in charge of the on-site medical treatment center. In an interview, he said the volunteer first-aid team there was years ahead of its time, citing the one-on-one rapport and communication techniques employed to cool out concert-goers who were freaking out due to ingested substances.

"We established our own security, supervised by David Wheeler. With Wheeler as the liaison, our security worked with the Monterey police. The local law enforcement authorities never expected to like the people they came in contact with as much as they did. They never expected the spirit of 'Music, Love and Flowers' to take over to the point where they'd allow themselves to be festooned with flowers."

Almost every aspect of The Monterey International Pop Festival was a "first". Although the audience was predominantly white, Monterey's bill was truly multi-cultural and crossed all musical boundaries, mixing folk, blues, jazz, soul, R&B, rock, psychedelia, pop and classical genres, boasting a line-up that put established stars like The Who, Simon & Garfunkel and The Byrds alongside groundbreaking new acts from the UK, the USA, South Africa and India. Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record producer, manager, and director. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Bridge Over Troubled Water was Simon and Garfunkels last album; the title track was their only number one hit in the United Kingdom. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ...

The festival launched the careers of many who played there, making some of them into stars virtually overnight. They included Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix (already a sensation in the UK and Europe but virtually unknown in the USA), Laura Nyro, Canned Heat, Otis Redding, Steve Miller and Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Janis Lyn Joplin (Born January 19, 1943- October 4, 1970 was an influential singer, songwriter, and music arranger. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer, one of the most influential musicians to emerge in the 1960s. ... Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. ... Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ... Steve Miller (born October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. ... Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro © www. ...

It was also highly significant, in those troubled times, that Monterey was a racially integrated bill that featured white and black performers side by side. Among many debuts, Monterey was the first time that soul star Otis Redding performed in front of a large and predominantly white audience in his home country, and his appearance there was instrumental in breaking him to the general pop audience.

Monterey was also the first high-profile event to mix acts from major regional music centres in the U.S.A. -- San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis and New York City -- and it was the first time many of these bands had met each other in person. It was a particularly important meeting place for bands from the Bay Area and L.A., who had tended to regard each other with a degree of suspicion -- Frank Zappa for one made no secret of his low regard for some of the 'Frisco bands -- and until that point the two scenes had been developing separately and along fairly distinct lines. Big Brother & The Holding Company, for instance, were barely known outside the Bay Area and Monterey was their first major "out-of-town" performance. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... 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 and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ...

The festival's only major "no-show" was the last minute cancellation by The Beach Boys, who were also closely involved in arranging the festival. Although it is now a matter for speculation, it can be argued that an appearance at Monterey, performing their newer repertoire like "Good Vibrations", would have been a crucial step forward in their transition from surf-pop pinups to serious rock band. First formed in 1961, The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band that gained popularity for their close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of surfing, girls and cars. ...

Monterey also marked a significant changing of the guard in British music. The Who and The Animals represented the UK, with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones conspicuous by their absence. The Beatles had by then retired from touring (their American tour of 1966 having been overshadowed by a backlash against John Lennon's reported remarks about the band's popularity relative to Jesus Christ) and The Stones were unable to tour America due the recent drug busts and trials of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Paul McCartney was on the Festival board (he insisted on having Jimi Hendrix added to the bill) and rumors abounded that "The Fabs" were there in disguise, a hope no doubt fueled by the sight of Brian Jones, who did attend. Despite his own pending drug charges, Jones appeared on his own, wafting through the crowd, resplendent in full psychedelic regalia, and appearing on stage briefly to introduce Jimi Hendrix. As it transpired, it was two more years before The Stones toured again, by which time the unfortunate Jones was dead; The Beatles never toured again. Meanwhile, The Who leaped into the breach and became the top UK touring act of the period. The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the British Invasion in the early 1960s. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Michael Phillip Mick Jagger CBE (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones in 1962. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, guitarist and backing singer in the English rock group, The Rolling Stones. ...

One extremely important aspect that is rarely acknowledged is that Monterey was also the first true rock benefit concert -- all the performers played for free, and thirty years on the Monterey films, photos, recordings and other materials still generate revenue for the non-profit MIPF Foundation. A benefit concert is a concert featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. ...

In terms of the later directions in rock music, there were two other enormously significant aspects of the festival. Another of its major "firsts" was the festival's innovative sound system, designed and built by audio engineer Abe Jacobs, who started his career doing live sound for San Francisco bands, and went on to become a leading sound designer for the American theatre; among his many achievements were the innovative sound systems for the original New York stage productions of Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. For the film, see Hair (film). ... This article is about the rock opera. ...

Although technical information is limited, Jacobs' groundbreaking Monterey sound system was the progenitor of all the large-scale PA's that followed. It was a key factor in the festival's success and it was greatly appreciated by the artists -- in the Monterey film, David Crosby can clearly be seen saying "Great sound system!" to band-mate Chris Hillman at the start of The Byrds' performance. Nothing like it had been attempted before, as festival organizer Lou Adler recalled: "... we started from scratch. When we moved into the Monterey Fairgrounds ten days before the festival, nothing was there, not even a proper stage to house the kind of amplification that was coming in. We had to build the speaker systems right on the site." David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Chris Hillman on the cover of his album The Other Side (2005) Chris Hillman (born Christopher Hillman December 4, 1944, in Los Angeles, California), was one of the original members of The Byrds (1965) with Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke. ... Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record producer, manager, and director. ...

Another intriguing facet of the Festival was the fact that electronic music pioneers Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause set up a booth at Monterey to demonstrate the new electronic music synthesizer developed by Robert Moog. Beaver and Krause had bought one of Moog's first synthesizers in 1966 but they had spent a fruitless year trying to get someone in Hollywood interested in using it. They decided to set up a booth at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and through their exposure there, they gained the interest of acts including The Doors, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel and others. This quickly built into a steady stream of business and the eccentric Beaver was soon one of the busiest session men in L.A. playing on Martin Denny's Exotic Moog album and the soundtrack for "Rosemary's Baby", and he and Krause earned a contract with Warner Brothers. Paul Beaver (1925-1975) was an obscure jazz musician and a pioneer in electronic music. ... Bernie Krause is an American musician, was a member of The Weavers, and was one of the first players of the Moog Synthesizer in the 1960s. ... Dr. Robert Arthur Moog (pronounced // to rhyme with vogue, not //) (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. ... This page is about the rock band. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ... The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the British Invasion in the early 1960s. ... Bridge Over Troubled Water was Simon and Garfunkels last album; the title track was their only number one hit in the United Kingdom. ... Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 - March 2, 2005) is universally known as the founder and reigning king of exotica music, a type of big band music with Latin rhythms and overtones of Pacific Ocean culture that is largely scorned by critics but was extremely popular in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Rosemarys Baby is an Academy Award-winning 1968 horror film directed by Roman Polanski based on the Ira Levin novel of the same name. ...

Although the Monterey Pop Festival was the scene of many pop "firsts," perhaps the most important fact about it was the organizers' far-sighted decision to film and record the entire festival. They hired Wally Heider's mobile studio to record all the performances on eight-track tape, and engaged noted filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker to film the proceedings. It was an enormously fortunate conjunction. Heider's mobile studio gave them access to the best remote recording equipment then available, thanks to which many albums' worth of material have since been released. In Pennebaker (who had recently made the legendary Dylan documentary Don't Look Back) they had perhaps the best documentary film-maker of his time, someone who had both a genuine interest in and understanding of popular music as well as access to newly-developed portable 16mm color cameras equipped to record synchronized sound. By thus capturing the many magical moments for posterity, the Monterey Pop Festival's organizers ensured its immortality. Wally Heider (1923 - 1989) was an American recording engineer and recording studio owner (Wally Heider Studios. ... D. A. Pennebaker speaking at the University of Florida in February 2003. ...

40th Anniversary Celebration

The 40th anniversary of the festival was held at the Monterey Fairgrounds, the site of the original Pop Festival, as the "Monterey Summer of Love Festival" on the weekend of July 28th and 29th, 2007. The concert featured some reunions of band members who played the original festival, as well as many tribute bands. The festival tried to recreate some of the aspects of the original Summer of Love in '67. Admittance was free for anyone 50 or older. The concert did not have the turnout expected but still enough to create plans for another. GET YOUR INTRO PAGE RIGHT ON SUMMER OF LOVE -- CHANGE TO 1967 N O T 1969 -- CHEERS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (ONE WHO WAS THERE!) Poster for the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967 This article refers to the summer of 1967. ...

The Bands Include:

• The Riders On The Storm - Sun, July 29th-Robbie Krieger & Ray Manzareks' version of The Doors.
• Jefferson Starship - Sat, July 28th
• Big Brother and the Holding Company - Sat, July 28th
• Rock Star Alumni - Sun, July 29th
• Quicksilver Messenger Service - Sat, July 28th
• Electric Flag - Sun, July 29th
• The Music of It’s A Beautiful Day with David LaFlamme & Friendes - Sat, July 28th
• The Grateful Deads’ Tom Constanten - Sat, July 28th
• Alam Khan - Sun, July 29th

The Tribute Bands Include: Robby Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is a rock and roll guitarist from Los Angeles, California. ... Raymond Daniel Manzarek or Manczarek (b. ... This page is about the rock band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands of the late 1960s. ... The Electric Flag, formed in 1967, was a blues rock soul group led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg, and bassist Harvey Brooks. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... Tom Constanten Musician, primarily keyboardist, born March 19, 1944, best known for his stint with the Grateful Dead from 1968-1970. ...

• San Francisco's Summer of Love Revue featuring Carlton Poward as Jimi Hendrix performing on both stages- both days.
• Second Flyte as The Byrds Both stages, both days
• The Sun Kings-A tribute to The Beatles, performing the entire Sgt. Pepper album w/TheLiddypudlians. Sat. July 28th
• The Floyd Project - Sun, July 29th
• The Unauthorized Rolling Stones Sat- July, 28th
• The RaveUps - Tribute to The Yardbirds on both stages- both days.

In celebration of the anniversary, VH-1 aired Monterey 40 a documentary about the festival. VH1 (which stands for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985. ...

Performers

Friday, June 16

• The Association
• The Paupers
• Lou Rawls
• Beverly
• Johnny Rivers
• The Animals
• Simon and Garfunkel

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Saturday, June 17

• Canned Heat
• Big Brother & The Holding Company
• Country Joe and The Fish
• Al Kooper
• The Butterfield Blues Band
• Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Steve Miller Band
• The Electric Flag
• Moby Grape
• Hugh Masekela
• The Byrds
• Laura Nyro
• Jefferson Airplane
• Booker T and The MG's
• Otis Redding

Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. ... 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 and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Country Joe and the Fish, from the cover of Feel Like Im Fixin to Die Country Joe and the Fish was a rock music/folk music band known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1965 to 1970. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1966 Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 - May 4, 1987) was an American blues musician, and one of the most innovative harmonica players of the electric blues Chicago-originated style. ... Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands of the late 1960s. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Electric Flag album cover The Electric Flag, formed in 1967, were a blues rock group led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield. ... Moby Grape was an American roots rock and psychedelic rock group of the 1960s that was known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of jazz, country, and blues together with rock. ... Hugh Masekela (born Johannesburg, April 4, 1939) is a South African flugelhorn and cornet player. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ... Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer, one of the most influential musicians to emerge in the 1960s. ... Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ...

Sunday, June 18

• Ravi Shankar
• The Blues Project
• Big Brother & The Holding Company
• The Group With No Name
• Buffalo Springfield
• Scott McKenzie
• The Who
• The Grateful Dead
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• The Mamas & The Papas

Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro © www. ... The Blues Project was a short-lived rock and roll band from the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City that was formed in 1965 and split up in 1967. ... 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 and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Album cover, 1973 Cyrus Faryar is an American folk musician and record producer. ... Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina and is most famous for the song For What Its Worth. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a highly influential, though short-lived, English/American rock band famous for the guitar work of frontman Jimi Hendrix on songs such as Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Fire, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. // Hendrix arrived in... The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mamas and the Papas on the debut album cover) were a leading vocal group of the 1960s. ...

External links

• The Official Blog for the Monterey Pop Festival Foundation
• Monterey Pop Festival Art Director Tom Wilkes
• An English girl's summer of love - Monterey International Pop Festival, Glenys Roberts, Daily Mail, 11 May 2007
• DVD review - The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (The Criterion Collection)
• Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane's painting of Monterey Pop

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Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... Oxegen is an annual music festival, the first of which occurred in 2004, sponsored by Heineken. ... Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal, Hardcore and Nu Metal groups. ... Pentaport Rock Festival is the rock festival which is held in Incheon, Korea during July 28 ~ 30, 2006 for the first time. ... Projekt Revolution 2007 logo. ... Love, Friendship, Music & Rock n Roll, poster (2004) Przystanek Woodstock, Kostrzyn nad OdrÄ… 2005 The Przystanek Woodstock (The Woodstock Stop) is a rock music festival organized annually since 1995 by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity foundation. ... Radio 1s Big Weekend (sometimes referred to as One Big Weekend) is a music festival run by BBC Radio 1. ... 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