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"Haven't you ever been to a Love-in? God, I think it's gonna be like Easter and Christmas and your birthday, you know--hearing a whole bunch of different bands. I've heard a lot of them, but at the same time--it's just gonna be too much! The vibrations are just going to be flowing everywhere!"-Some hippie chick at the festival. Before Lilith, before Lollapalooza, and before Woodstock, there was the first ever Monterey International Pop Festival. Thrown just as the Summer of Love was starting, The Monterey Pop Festival was *the* place for west coast hippies and musical lovers. Arguably the best festival of all time, the Monterey Pop Festival introduced the wailing guitar of Jimi Hendrix, the smashes and blasts of the Who, and the vocal stylings of the amazing Janis Joplin to the masses. This page is an in depth look on the festival. Most of the facts on Monterey were taken from the book "Monterey Pop", by Joel Selvin, and of course wanted (and unwanted) opinions and ramblings by me. I hope you enjoy it... |
