Woodstock was bigger and muddier, but Monterey Pop came first. The 1967 Cali fest gave us many firsts: the American debuts of Hendrix and The Who, and the first major live performances by Janis Joplin and Otis Redding. The famous coin toss between Hendrix and his rival axman Pete Townshend to determine who'd follow the other is part of rock & roll lore, and off to musical jail you go if you don't know the answer. The accompanying film by D.A. Pennebaker, whose only notable prior work was the... More >>>