Mark wrote:
> AMC also played 'Monterey Pop' on Saturday, the film of the awesome
> 1967 Monterey Pop festival that featured the likes of Janis Joplin
> w/Big Brother & the Holding Co, Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas & the
> Papas, The Who, Jimi Hendrix & Ravi Shankar. They were playing the
> videos Kakki mentions above after the movie. I think this was the
> channel that Marcel must have been watching. I'm pretty sure I saw
> that 'Good Vibrations' video in the mix somewhere. Btw, I'm positive
> I saw David Crosby on stage testing the sound equipment during
> Monterey Pop but the Byrds weren't in the movie and this was pre-CSN.
> Did the Byrds perform at Monterey in 67?
Yes, the Byrds did perform at Monterey. But Neil Young had just left
Buffalo Springfield and Stephen Stills asked Crosby to play with them. From
his (Crosby's) autobiography:
"Alan Pariser was one of the originators and backers of the Monterey
International Pop Festival. I had heard about it all through its evolution
as it grew from an idea into a real event. The Byrds were still working
together as a band and we agreed to appear. Neil had left Buffalo
Springfield and the band was wavering; Stephen asked me to work with them,
which was fine with me because Stephen had great songs. I heard him writing
"For What It's Worth" in my house, playing those guitar licks. I knew the
man could write incredibly well and that had always been bait I had to take.
I couldn't resist a good hook. I started hanging out with the Buffalo
Springfield. <snip> The Springfield had a short half-life, about a year
(March '67 - May '68). Before they finally came apart, they asked me to be
in the band. I went up to Monterey to play with them; I was a Springfield
for a short while."
Me again: I've got the video of the Monterey Pop Festival and still get
shivers at Janis doing Ball And Chain and amazing everyone there. There's a
great shot of Cass Elliot in the audience mouthing something like "Wow,
that's incredible"!
Hell
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