Monterey pop festival

On June 17-19 in 1967, the city was the venue of the three day Monterey Pop Festival. All the proceeds went to charity when all the artists (over 30 appeared), agreed to perform free, and

Jimi Hendrix, John Entwistle and Noel Redding: Backstage, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967

The Monterey Pop Festival - TeenSet; October 1967

A variety of fun (and interesting) reading from my favorite Boomer blogs. Take a break, grab a cup of something hot & enjoy!

Even a mild interest in the culture of twentieth-century American rock will lead you to learn about the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, those oft-commemorated 'three days of peace and music' in August 1969.

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'Combination Of The Two' - Big Brother & The Holding Company on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967.

Flowers in your hair and love-ins? At 12, I was all in, at least notionally. || Russ Smith

On what would have been his 70th birthday, LightBox pays tribute to the guitar wizard through photos made by another iconoclastic creative force, the rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall.