Not just a year but a portal
into the cosmic reality
at the center of the music
and cultural world in the late 1960’s.
No
other year defines the spirit of rock and roll more
than 1967. Monterey Pop was the Camelot like
beginning to all the festivals that would follow. Monterey
Pop drew everyone to witness the likes of Janis Joplin
and Jimi Hendrix for the first time. It was
at this festival that the die was cast for the unfolding
of the most important cultural moment in the history
of our country.
Bands
like the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane
were thrust into sudden rock stardom along with their
comrades from the San Francisco music scene. It
was at Monterey Pop when Jimi Hendrix cast his spell
forever on the counter culture world that existed
and etched forever in stone his place as the guitar
God of all time. A young girl from Texas with a big
heart and a bigger mouth belted out Piece of My Heart
and really meant it.
This window was only left open briefly. Within
three short years after Monterey Pop Jimi, Janis,
and Jim Morrison were all gone. As they passed
a dark cloud began to cover the scene and signaled
the beginning of the end to the summer of love, which
ended forever at Altamont.
We are now celebrating the forty year anniversary
of that wonderful time and are pleased to offer you
an unbelievable visual concert by the most beloved
musicians of the day. The art work has transcended
life as well as the music and now joins the historical
legacy as a testament to the unbelievable power of
these people and the time we lived in.
In organizing this exhibit our goal has been to recreate
the best of times through the visual artwork of Grace
Slick, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie Wood to
and other influential people of the time.