Monterey Pop Festival set list

This is a list of the performers at the Monterey Pop Festival, held June 16 to June 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California.[1]

There were five separate shows during the three-day festival. Each performance lasted around 4 hours. Festival goers could buy a full weekend ticket, or tickets for the 5 separate shows. The showground arena, where the performances took place, had 5,850 stand seats, but many others had floor and perimeter standing tickets, allowing between 7000 and 10,000 to witness the 5 concerts held that weekend (One on Friday night, two on Saturday and two on Sunday). Tickets were also sold to allow people to enter the fairgrounds without access to the performance arena. Crowd estimates for the festival have ranged from 25,000-90,000 people, who congregated in and around the festival grounds.[2][3][4] All of the artists performed to a packed house except Ravi Shankar whose audience was about 80% capacity following a rainy morning.[5]

Friday, June 16. Evening

The Association

Introduced by John Phillips

1. Enter The Young[1]
2. Along Comes Mary
3. Windy

Note: The Association set list is incomplete.

The Paupers

Introduced by David Crosby

1. Magic People
2. Think I Care
3. Tudor Impressions
4. Simple Deed
5. Let Me Be
6. Dr. Feelgood/Bass Solo/Dr. Feelgood

Lou Rawls

Introduced by Peter Tork

1. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
2. Dead End Street
3. Tobacco Road[1]
4. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
5. Autumn Leaves

Note: Lou Rawls set list is incomplete.

Beverley (Kutner)

Introduced by Paul Simon

1. Sweet Joy (solo)
2. Sweet Honesty (solo)
3. Picking Up the Sunshine (with 'house' band)

Johnny Rivers

1. Help Me, Rhonda
2. Memphis, Tennessee
3. Mountain of Love
4. Midnight Special
5. Do What You Gotta Do
6. Tunesmith
7. Baby I Need Your Loving
8. Poor Side of Town
9. Secret Agent Man
10. Help! (performed twice during set)

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Introduced by Chet Helms

1. San Franciscan Nights
2. Gin House Blues
3. Hey Gyp
4. Paint It, Black

Simon and Garfunkel

Introduced by John Phillips

1. Homeward Bound
2. At The Zoo
3. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
4. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her[1]
5. The Sound of Silence
6. Benedictus
7. Punky's Dilemma

Saturday, June 17. Afternoon

Canned Heat

Introduced by John Phillips

1. Rollin' And Tumblin'
2. Dust My Broom
3. Bullfrog Blues

Note: Canned Heat set list is incomplete.

Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin

Introduced by Chet Helms Sang by Janis Joplin

1. Down on Me
2. Combination of the Two
3. Harry
4. Roadblock
5. Ball 'n' Chain[1]

Country Joe and the Fish

1. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
2. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag
3. The Bomb Song
4. Section 43

Al Kooper

Introduced by Paul Butterfield

1. I Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes
2. Wake Me, Shake Me

The Butterfield Blues Band

1. Look Over Yonders Wall
2. Mystery Train
3. Born In Chicago
4. Double Trouble
5. Mary Ann
6. Droppin' Out
7. One More Headache
8. Driftin' Blues

Note: The Butterfield Blues Band set list is incomplete.

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1. Dino's Song (All I Ever Wanted to Do)
2. If You Live
3. Acapulco Gold and Silver
4. Too Long
5. Who Do You Love?

Lineup: Jim Murray, Gary Duncan, John Cipollina, David Freiberg, Greg Elmore.

Steve Miller Band

1. Living in the USA
2. Mercury Blues
3. Super Shuffle

The Electric Flag

Introduced by David Crosby

1. Groovin' Is Easy
2. Over-Lovin' You
3. The Night Time Is the Right Time
4. Wine

Saturday, June 17. Evening

Moby Grape

Introduced by Tom Smothers.

1. Indifference
2. Mr. Blues
3. Sitting By the Window
4. Omaha
5. Fall On You
6. Hey Grandma
7. Lazy Me

Hugh Masekela

1. Here, There And Everywhere
2. Society's Child
3. Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song)

Note: Hugh Masekela set list is incomplete.

The Byrds

Introduced by Mike Bloomfield

1. Renaissance Fair
2. Have You Seen Her Face
3. Hey Joe
4. He Was a Friend of Mine
5. Lady Friend
6. Chimes of Freedom
7. I Know My Rider
8. So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (featuring Hugh Masekela on Trumpet)

Laura Nyro

1. Eli's Comin'
2. Stoned Soul Picnic[6]
3. Wedding Bell Blues
4. Poverty Train

Jefferson Airplane

Introduced by Jerry Garcia

1. Somebody to Love
2. The Other Side of This Life
3. White Rabbit[1]
4. High Flying Bird
5. Today
6. She Has Funny Cars
7. Young Girl Sunday Blues
8. The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil

Lineup: Paul Kantner (vocals, guitars), Marty Balin (vocals), Jack Casady (bass), Jorma Kaukonen (guitars, vocals), Spencer Dryden (percussion), Grace Slick (vocals)

Booker T. & the M.G.s

1. Booker Loo
2. Hip Hug-Her
3. Philly Dog
4. Green Onions

Note: Booker T. & the M.G.s set list is incomplete.

Otis Redding

Introduced by Tommy Smothers

1. Shake
2. Respect[1]
3. I've Been Loving You Too Long
4. Satisfaction
5. Try a Little Tenderness

Sunday, June 18. Afternoon

Ravi Shankar

1. Rãga Todi-Rupak Tal (7 Beats)
2. Tabla Solo In Ektal (12 Beats)
3. Rãga Shuddha Sarang-Tintal (16 Beats)
4. Rãga Bhimpalasi
5. Dhun In dadra and fast teental (6 and 16 beats)

Sunday, June 18. Evening

Introduction by Paul Simon introduced by Tom Smothers.[1]

Blues Project

1. Flute Thing
2. Wake Me, Shake Me

Note: Blues Project set list is incomplete.

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Introduced by Tommy Smothers

1. Combination of the Two
2. Ball and Chain

Note: Big Brother and the Holding Company second set is the one filmed for Monterey Pop. The first set was not filmed, but the band wanted to get on the film after their first set went down to huge acclaim.

The Group With No Name

Set list unknown.

Buffalo Springfield

Introduced by Peter Tork

(With David Crosby guesting in place of Neil Young, plus Doug Hastings)

1. For What It's Worth
2. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
3. Rock and Roll Woman
4. Bluebird
5. A Child's Claim to Fame
6. Pretty Girl Why

The Who

Introduced by Eric Burdon

1. Substitute
2. Summertime Blues
3. Pictures of Lily
4. A Quick One, While He's Away
5. Happy Jack (the only song not filmed from this performance)
6. My Generation

Grateful Dead

1. Viola Lee Blues
2. Cold Rain and Snow
3. Alligator/Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Introduced by Brian Jones.

1. Killing Floor
2. Foxy Lady
3. Like a Rolling Stone
4. Rock Me Baby
5. Hey Joe
6. Can You See Me (Possibly not filmed, as no footage has ever emerged of this song)
7. The Wind Cries Mary
8. Purple Haze (Only partly filmed - cameras were changing reels)
9. Wild Thing

The Mamas & the Papas

Introduced by Paul Simon.

1. Straight Shooter[1]
2. Spanish Harlem
3. Somebody Groovy
4. Got a Feelin'
5. California Dreamin'[1]
6. I Call Your Name
7. Monday, Monday

Scott McKenzie

(Backed by The Mamas & the Papas)

1. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

The Mamas & the Papas & Scott McKenzie

1. Dancing in the Street (Finale)

References

1. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 47 - Sergeant Pepper at the Summit: The very best of a very good year. [Part 3] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-07. With the exception of the music of Ravi Shankar ... songs were recreated.
2. Grunenberg, Christoph; Jonathan Harris (2005). Summer of Love: Psychedelic Art, Social Crisis and Counterculture in the 1960s. Liverpool University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-85323-929-1. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
3. Santelli, Robert. Aquarius Rising - The Rock Festival Years. 1980. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. Pg. 264.
4. Lang, Michael (2009-06-30). The Road to Woodstock (p. 53). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.
5. Staff (July 1, 1967). "Monterey Pop Fest: Weekend to Remember". Cash Box. p. 7, 46.
6. Kort, Michele. Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro. New York: St. Martin's Press, p. 71.