#169: PENNEBAKER, D. A. & HEGEDUS, Chris: Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis At Monterey (1986)

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PENNEBAKER, D. A. & HEGEDUS, Chris (United States)
Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis At Monterey [1986]
Spine #169
Blu-ray


Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding arrived in California virtually unknown. Returning stateside from London, where he had moved to launch his musical career, Hendrix exploded at Monterey, flooring an unsuspecting audience with his maniacal six-string pyrotechnics. Redding, a venerable star of Memphis's Stax record label, seduced the "love crowd" in one of his best — and last — performances. Jimi Plays Monterey and Shake! Otis at Monterey feature the entire sets of these legendary musicians, performances that have entered rock-and-roll mythology.

Jimi Plays Monterey
49 minutes
Color
Stereo

Shake! Otis At Monterey
19 minutes
Color
Stereo
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009
Directors



D. A. Pennebaker was 61 and Chris Hegedus was 34 when they directed Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey.

Other Pennebaker and Hegedus films in the Collection:

#1039: Town Bloody Hall (1979)

The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Ten-page booklet featuring an essay by David Fricke.

Commentary

Jimi: by music critic and historian Charles Shaar Murray.

Otis: by music critic and historian Peter Guralnick:
  1. on Redding’s performance, song-by-song
  2. On Redding before and after Monterey
Jimi:

Video excerpt

Of Pete Townshend discussing Monterey and Hendrix.
Trailer

Otis:

Video interview

With Phil Walden, Redding’s manager from 1959 to 1967.

    Extras Rating (0-40):

    39

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