Monterey Pop Festival

Brooke Dulle Mrs. Shanafelt Honors English III-1st Hour April 12, 2024 Revolutionizing the Electric Guitar Jimi Hendrix was one of the most influential guitarists of his time. He was born in Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1942. His parents made a huge impact on Jimi’s life, from his father serving to his mother being in the entertainment industry. On September 18, 1970, he was found dead at age 27. Jimi was able to bring his music to life with his guitar. He had a certain love for music that

The Turbulent Sixties Throughout American history, each generation has sought to individualize itself from all others preceding it. Decades of American history can be separated to represent a distinctive set of values, culture, and political ideals. The 1960's was a decade caught between euphoric, idealistic beginnings and a discordant, violent climax. The music of this time period produced a strong counterculture which sought to influence America in a way never before experienced. The songs were

Grossman, arguably the most influential and important entertainment manager of the era, showcased them. Thanks to him, they secured a three-record deal with Colombia Records. The band played at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium and, at the Monterey Pop Festival, California, where Janis gave a legendary performance. A year later, Big Brother released their first album

In the sixties, the psychedelic music scene was at its prime and the world was full of hippie musicians that loved to drop acid and create some of the most interesting and innovative music known to man. During this time, drugs were a very popular part of the hippie culture and the prevalence of LSD helped to create the distinct genre of psychedelic music known as psychedelic or acid rock. Many bands and artists such as Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, and The Byrds were heavily influenced

Rachel Lee Rubin’s book Well Met chronicles the history of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, a cultural wellspring in 1960s Los Angeles, and subsequent events modeled after it. Through her research, Rubin shows the reader how the “Faire” has affected American culture, and our lives today. The Faire is set in the Shakespearean Era. One early attendee drew her own connection about the Faire’s setting and the time of its development: “The Faire… had an intellectual focus on the history of an era of awakening

bowl. Let’s look at the differences in weather for a moment. These two cities are so different! Phoenix weather is very unpredictable, Haboobs, Monsoons, Flashflood and blistering summers with temperatures reaching 118+, are not the first thing that pops into mind as a good time. Sacramento on the other hand has very mild weather in comparison. There are actually four whole different seasons you experience! The spring is beautiful, summer doesn’t exceed 105, during fall you get to see all of the trees

Cooke's RCA sides were an amazing body of work, at least for the first two years. He broke new ground in pop and soul with the single "Chain Gang," a strange mix of sweet melodies and gritty, sweaty sensibilities that also introduced something of a social conscience to his work -- a number two hit on both the pop and R&B charts, it was his biggest hit since "You Send Me" and heralded a bolder phase in his career. Singles like bluesy, romantic "Sad Mood," the

was and all you will get is a one word answer: Woodstock. The three day rock festival that defined an era was only one of many music festivals of the '60s. But Woodstock has come to symbolize, "an era of peaceful, free- loving, drug- taking hippie youth, carefree before harsher realities hit..." (Layman 40). The Woodstock festival ended a century filled with many metamorphoses of rock'n'roll, from the era of pop music to the rebirth of folk music to the invention of acid rock. But some cynics

cultural changes as well as the grappling of the racial divide that pervaded the nation. Although Hendrix experienced overwhelming success in Britain, it wasn’t until the returned to America in June 1967 that he ignited the crowd at the Monterey International Pop Festival with his incendiary performance of “Wild Thing” Overnight, the Jimi Hendrix experience became one of the most popular and highest grossing touring acts in the

No records were released in The U.S., until June 1967; when Paul McCartney requested that The Experience was to appear at the Monterey Pop Festival (Jimi Hendrix Biography). It had only been nine months since he had left New York, but Hendrix was unrecognizable both physically and musically; he was no longer the struggling guitarist from New York (Unterberger 52). The Experience won over