"SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR ..."
AT THE HISTORIC
MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL
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Jimi Hendrix gets loose onstage during soundcheck at
Monterey the day The Byrds perform • Saturday, June 17, 1967
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Byrds drummer Michael Clarke at Monterey
Saturday, June 17, 1967
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Byrds bassist Chris Hillman at Monterey
Saturday, June 17, 1967
| "The musicians that are playing rock 'n' roll, they know, they know where you're at--and you know where your minds are at--and they're playing for you, to you. And like The Beatles and other groups, you know, their music will get to you and reach you. And the colors will flash. And the sounds will embrace you. And it's beautiful. It's The Byrds." The Byrds Announced/Introduced Monterey International Pop Festival Saturday, June 17, 1967 |
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Onstage at Monterey • Saturday, June 17, 1967
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Crosby and McGuinn share the mic onstage
at Monterey • Saturday, June 17, 1967
| "Monterey was the best of 'em all as far as I'm concerned. Better than Woodstock and all the others." -- Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane Monterey Pop, Joel Selvin, back cover |
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Onstage with The Byrds and Hugh Masekela (above) during their
supercharged finale "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star"
Monterey International Pop Festival • Saturday, June 17, 1967
| GP: Roger, how do you get the extremely sharp tone? Roger: I built a treble booster into my Rickenbacker and Gretsch using the insides of a Vox booster. Occa- sionally, I pick up a local radio station on it. |
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Byrds in the audience at Monterey
June 16-18, 1967
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McGuinn and Crosby mingle backstage at Monterey
June 16-18, 1967
Jimi torching his guitar onstage at Monterey (Sun Jun 18 1967)
| "It was the only pop festival. Everybody else tried to copy Monterey ...." -- Eric Burdon |