Movie Description:
Jimi Hendrix and Otis Reddingarrived at California`s Monterey International Pop Festival virtually unknown. Returning stateside from London, wherehe had moved to launch his musical career, Hendrix exploded onstage, flooring an unsuspecting audience with his maniacal six-string pyrotechnics.Redding, a venerable star of Memphis` Stax record label, seduced the "love crowd" in one of his best- and last- shows. Jimi Plays Monterey and Shake!Otis at Monterey, acclaimed documentarian D.A. Pennebaker`s MontereyPop companion pieces, feature the entiresets bythese legendary musicians,performances that have entered rock-and-roll mythology.