Before Aretha Franklin ever belted out her powerful version of "Respect" and made it her signature song, another musical genius, Otis Redding, wrote the original version in 1965.Redding performed ...

Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces ...

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There are many legendary recording artists who led remarkably short lives. Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Janis Joplin and Robert Johnson are just some of the ...

When American music festivals are bandied about, Woodstock scores most of the attention. However, the Monterey Pop Festival laid down the template 55 years ago. “Monterey was the nexus,” Rolling Stone ...

One way to mark the chronology of the counterculture, a pastime that is beloved by the baby boomers, is by reference to rock festivals. Woodstock and Altamont, for example, are now fully transformed ...