Contain your excitement for the Monterey International Pop Festival - Celebrates 50 Years festival!

Found out that red haired guy at the start was in The Paupers.

Second from the right, I remember him. Didn't know they were there. They basically turned into Lighthouse--thirty years ago I interviewed the drummer, Skip Prokop, then trying to launch a not-especially-successful comeback. Had no idea I've interviewed someone who played Monterey!

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/paupers_zpsu51gkpii.jpg

Another great shot: Joplin and Jack Casady making small talk offstage.

Morbidly hilarious: various Hells Angels politely taking their seats in the audience.

The performance Big Brother doing "ball and chain" is pretty fuckin awesome, Janis feelin it

Read someone recently suggesting Mama Cass' reaction was feigned, I've always read it as sincere, mind blown.

Maybe I'm being naive, but I didn't question the spontaneity of any of the cutaway reactions (the way I automatically would if it were an awards show today). I think there are three: Mama Cass (twice--while Joplin sings, and "Wow" when she finishes), Michelle Phillips (while Shankar plays) and Mickey Dolenz (leaping to his feet when Shankar finishes). Different time: I just can't imagine any of them thinking, "This film will be viewed for decades, make sure you create a memorable moment." There are also a couple of great reaction shots from women in the audience when Hendrix sets his guitar on fire: you can see them trying to make sense of what they're seeing.

About a minute into "Ball and Chain," someone a couple of rows over got up and ducked out for a couple of minutes. Felt like whispering "You might want to stick around for this..."--I saw her return before the finish, though.

The captured BB&HC tracks came after a groundbreaking set the previous night I think.
Frisco folks weren't into signing film contracts so the first show wasn't filmed.

xxxpost The Paupers' Magic People seemed like a disappointment, but Scott Seward dug it, and maybe I would too now. Wonder how they were live? Supposedly, "like Laura Nyro at Monterey" meant somebody's show tanked or bombed or layed an egg. Dead's set (thanks, Jesse Jarnow on Twitter!)---hope it's not like Laura Nyro's (I haven't heard either performance yet): https://archive.org/details/gd1967-06-18.115858.sbd.kaplan.flac16