All the people were festive, and nobody got hurt. ![]() James Cushing, “we all accept it as the ‘first rock festival,’ but in some ways, it was the last - in the sense that it was truly festive, with that festive pastoral spirit that puts feeling first, profit last. The musical, logistical, sociopolitical, and record business machinations from that galvanizing event in Monterey celebrates a 56th anniversary in mid-June. It helped create and stock your record and video/DVD collection the last half century. The ongoing impact and influence of the June ’67 world of Monterey on outdoor music festival culture extended far beyond the actual gathering that epic weekend. and the MG’s with the Bar-Kays, the Who, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Beverly, the Group With No Name, the Byrds, Otis Redding, Al Kooper, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Mamas and the Papas, Hugh Masekela, Steve Miller Band, and Scott McKenzie. Record producer and Ode Records owner Lou Adler, along with songwriter John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas presented thirty-two music acts from the United States and England that weekend of contemporary pop, rock, soul, psychedelia, folk, and blues.Īppearing were the Association, Johnny Rivers, Simon & Garfunkel, the Blues Project, Buffalo Springfield, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Laura Nyro, Ravi Shankar, Grateful Dead, Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag, Moby Grape, Lou Rawls, Booker T. ![]() ![]() The Monterey International Pop Festival was held on June 16-17-18, 1967, in Monterey, California.
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