Music is a spice of life! I plan to post a musical selection each day of the year, based on reflection on events of my days.
Sunday 16 June 2019
Day 6 - 167 -- Historical Music
Several music history events occurred on this date. Two will be highlighted here today. The three-day Monterey Pop Festival began on this date 52 years ago. This festival embodied the strong counterculture movement in California at the time. As the first major popular music festival, it served as a model and inspiration for future US festivals that focused on rock music. The first major US appearances of The Who, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding and Janis Joplin happened at Monerey, along with many established acts. John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, was instrumental in planning this festival. The first song is one that he wrote as a marketing tool for the festival. I've chosen a live version to share from the Festival that shows the crowd some of whom performed during the event.
The second historical event involved the recording of an iconic song by a Nobel prize winning singer-songwriter-poet. The second song shared today is this song recorded 54 years ago today. Enjoy!
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