March 27, 2020 – The Monterrey Pop Outtakes (1968) Criterion Channel
I recently watched the Monterrey Pop, the film of the famous concert, directed by D.A. Pennebaker, one of the better concert films I have seen. The Criterion Channel has a bunch of outtakes from this movie, featuring performances of songs that didn’t make it into the movie. Today, I watched Otis Redding’s entire set, backed by Booker T and the MGs. It was one of the last sets he performed before he died, and it was amazing throughout. I also watched songs sung by Buffalo Springfield (with David Crosby replacing Neil Young), The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, and the sadly underrated Laura Nyro, who reached The-Fugitive-Kind-levels of intensity.