D.A. Pennebaker spoke with Rolling Stone about his film 'Monterey Pop,' as well as knowing Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan.

Janis Joplin was one of the iconic singers from the 60's free spirit scene. Her flame burned brightly for the few years she performed on stage from the Monterey Pop Festival to her death too soon ...

It was just three years after her explosive performance at the Monterey Pop Festival and a year after Woodstock that she died, overdosing on heroin on Oct. 4, 1970.

The Monterey County Fairgrounds kicked off a three-day, 50th anniversary celebration of the Monterey International Pop Festival, which introduced the masses to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis ...

The modern outdoor music extravaganza was born 50 years ago this June, when Jimi torched his ax and Janis won over industry suits at the Monterey International Pop Festival.

Some artists who performed at Monterey did not want to be filmed. Janis Joplin's initial set with her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, was a smash, but her agent wouldn't allow it to be ...

MONTEREY (CBS SF) - It's been 50 years since the Monterey International Pop Festival began in 1967. ... Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Otis Redding, Big Brother Holding Company, ...

In 1967 the Monterey Pop Festival served as a launchpad for such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead. It also helped bring soul singer Otis Redding in front of ...

The significance of the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 can’t be understated. It was phenomenal by all accounts. Yet for someone like singer Janis Joplin, her appearance at that festival was pivotal.

Rock singer Janis Joplin, 26, ... howling vocal prowess on an impassioned rendition of Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball & Chain” with Big Brother at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, ...

D.A. Pennebaker's acclaimed documentary "Monterey Pop" will be screened this weekend at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

American rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix performing with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Monterey Pop Festival, California, USA, June 18, 1967.(BRUCE FLEMING / AP) Fifty years ago this weekend ...