The Monterey Pop Festival stands as the central musical event of the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967. Yet the appearances of Jimi Hendrix and The Who at the festival were a forerunner to the cultural emphasis on spectacle and in stark contrast to the “natural” orientation of the San Francisco counterculture. Comment on the tensions implicit in the Monterey Pop Festival and the positive and negative outcomes from the Summer of Love, drawing from your reading, the movie and your own perceptions.

Your grade will be based on the organization of your paper, the appropriate use of

examples from the text, and the clarity and depth of your thoughts. You must address each part

of the topic above. It’s not necessary to use secondary sources. When quoting from the texts list

author’s name followed by the page number, e.g. (Zimmerman, 44).

please try as much as you can to quote Nadya Zimmerman from her book – Counter Kaleidoscope

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