Hendrix At Monterey

Memories of a genius’ finest hour by Harvey Kubernik

The Jimi Hendrix Experience At Monterey documents the legendary performance that Hendrix gave with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding on 18 June 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival, California. The DVD also contains the two earliest known live unreleased Jimi Hendrix Experience repertoire numbers, Stone Free and Like A Rolling Stone shot on 25 February,1967 in Chelmsford, England.

Additionally, it has unreleased interviews with Mitchell, Redding and Hendrix and a plethora of rare and unpublished photos and memorabilia of the era. Another groovy addition is Music, Love & Flowers, an inside account of the Monterey Pop Festival by its producer and co-promoter Lou Adler. CD and vinyl releases of the same title will be available, produced by Janie Hendrix [Jimi’s step-sister, the boss of Experience Hendrix, who controls Jimi’s estate] and author John McDermott.

“Besides the fact that the whole package is so well done and entertaining, it’s an important document. Everyone is aware of what Jimi did at Monterey, and what it meant to his career. It shows you how he got there. It documents the feelings of the group coming to Monterey,” Adler explains. “You hear the group, and you hear from [then-manager] Chas Chandler how this was an important moment of Jimi’s career for …

by Harvey Kubernik
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