More than 50 years later, the legend of the Monterey Pop Festival (June ’67) is alive and well. Considering the three-day event jumpstarted the careers of Jimi Hendrix (recommended by Paul ...

Hendrix became an international phenomenon after his performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The Jimi Hendrix Experience released their sophomore LP Axis: Bold as Love in December of 1967.

In 1967 the Monterey Pop Festival served as a launch pad for such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead. After 50 years, an encore of the Monterey Pop Festival ...

Jun. 16—When American music festivals are bandied about, Woodstock scores most of the attention. However, the Monterey Pop Festival laid down the template 55 years ago. "Monterey was the nexus ...

D.A. Pennebaker spoke with Rolling Stone about his film 'Monterey Pop,' as well as knowing Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan.

Jill Gibson, official photographer at The Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, snapped highlights such as Hendrix in the midst of one of his greatest ever performances and The Who's Roger Daltrey ...

It is the same stage where Jimi Hendrix famously set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967. “This is the birthplace of the American music festival,” said Sheehan.

Pete Townshend has shared his memories of The Who playing at the legendary Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, and the subsequent moment he “decided not to do drugs any more”.

Before there was Woodstock, there was Monterey International Pop Festival. A groundbreaking moment in music history, the festival took over the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California ...

Born in Texas in 1943, Joplin rose to prominence after appearing at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival with San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother and the Holding Company.

It is the same stage where Jimi Hendrix famously set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967. “This is the birthplace of the American music festival,” said Sheehan.