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Monterey International Pop Festival


Mike

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June 16, 17, and 18, 1967

The Mamas and The Papas

The Association

Scott McKenzie

Canned Heat

Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin

The Jefferson Airplane

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Who

The Byrds

Country Joe and The Fish

Lou Rawls

Laura Nyro

Otis Redding

Booker T. and The MG's

with The Mar-Keys

Ravi Shankar

The Grateful Dead

The Steve Miller Band

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

The Electric Flag

Hugh Masakela

Buffalo Springfield

Johnny Rivers

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Moby Grape

Simon and Garfunkel

The Group With No Name

The Paupers

Beverly

Al Kooper

The Blues Project

Officially dubbed THE FIRST ANNUAL MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP MUSIC FESTIVAL, the event provided a weekend filled with unique and amazing sights, sounds, and experiences. Two years before Woodstock, over 200,000 young people gathered in and around the Monterey County Fairgrounds for a three day celebration of MUSIC, PEACE, FLOWER-POWER AND LOVE.

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Musical interlude:

The people came and listened

Some of them came and played

Others gave flowers away, yes they did

Down in Monterey,

Down in Monterey.

Young gods smiled upon the crowd

Their music being born of love

Children danced night and day

Religion was being born

Down in Monterey

The Byrds and the Airplane did fly

Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry

The Who exploded into fire and light

Hugh Masekela's music was black as night

The Grateful Dead blew everybody's mind

Jimi Hendrix, baby, believe me,

set the world on fire, yeah

His Majesty, Prince Jones,

smiled as he moved among the crowd

Ten thousand electric guitars

were groovin' real loud, yeah

You want to find the truth in life?

Don't pass music by

And you know I would not lie, no, I would not lie,

No, I would not lie

Down in Monterey

All right!!!

Three days of understanding,

of moving with one another

Even the cops grooved with us

Do you believe me, yeah?

Down in Monterey, down in Monterey

Down in Monterey, down in Monterey

I think that maybe I'm dreaming

Monterey, Monterey

Down in Monterey

Did you hear what I say?

Down in Monterey ~ Eric Burdon And The Animals, Monterey

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