And so here we go - got to see the movie. I think the thing that struck me was it was edited way out of sequence, and that some of these acts were playing earlier or later than others. In any case, it's a nice little clip of the counter culture at that time of the summer of love. I think I enjoy the audience views more than the concerts sometimes. At the beginning there's a girl asking if they've ever been to a love in before and how cool it's going to be etc...
Anyways Hendrix is obviously my favorite and I'm looking forward to the whole concert - I liked the harmonies of the Mamas and the Papas. I get that they let Ravi Shankar play for like 3 hrs on the last day but I wish they could have edited that last 20 minute performance and put a couple other artists like the Byrds or Buffalo Springfield on but it's all good. One doesn't hear too many Ragas in movies short of maybe a Satyajit Ray film. (wonder when i get another one of those)
Anyways, it's a great window into a festival where they mostly kept the shit together, and just a ton of great outtakes to enjoy - and up next of course, the full Otis and Jimi at Monterey
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