What is Monterey Pop / Gimme Shelter about?

Name: Monterey Pop / Gimme Shelter
Genre: Concert/Special Events,Documentary
Released: 2006-08-25

Double feature: MONTEREY POP, 1968, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 78 min. Dir. D.A. Pennebaker. Widely considered the high-water mark of the 1960’s West Coast music scene, the Monterey Pop Festival featured Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Simon & Garfunkel, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, et.al.. GIMME SHELTER, 1971, Janus Films, 91 min. Dir. Albert and David Maysles. The Rolling Stones’ free concert at the Altamont Speedway in 1969 was the downer that destroyed the highs of the Monterey Festival and Woodstock. Amidst the searing audience footage is a classic performance by the Stones at their most dangerous. Also including The Jefferson Airplane and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

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What is Monterey Pop / Gimme Shelter about?: Double feature: MONTEREY POP, 1968, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 78 min. Dir. D.A. Pennebaker. Widely considered the high-water mark of the 1960’s West Coast music scene, the Monterey Pop Festival featured Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Simon & Garfunkel, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, et.al..

GIMME SHELTER, 1971, Janus Films, 91 min. Dir. Albert and David Maysles. The Rolling Stones’ free concert at the Altamont Speedway in 1969 was the downer that destroyed the highs of the Monterey Festival and Woodstock. Amidst the searing audience footage is a classic performance by the Stones at their most dangerous. Also including The Jefferson Airplane and The Flying Burrito Brothers.