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'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Revisiting the Monterey International Pop Festival Through A Perfect Haze

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Bob Weir, Rock Festivals, Santa Monica Press, Kenneth Kubernik, Monterey International Pop Festival, Alex Gibney, Lou Adler, Zeitgeist, Magic Trip, Roger Daltrey, New Books, Ravi Shankar, Al Kooper, Pop Culture, D.A. Pennebaker, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Big Brother & the Holding Company, The Who, Woodstock, Altamont, Booker T. Jones, Harvey Kubernik, Books News, Book Publishing, Alison Ellwood, Ken Kesey, Simon & Garfunkel, Hippies, Music News, Counterculture, Steve Cropper, 1967, Sixties, Monterey Pop, Merry Pranksters, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Books News
Holly Cara Price

The Monterey International Pop Festival took place at such a guileless time that the promoters used the word "pop" in its title. Not long after this would have been unthinkable, after the lines were drawn between "pop" music and rock and roll.

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HuffPost Premiere: "Native New Yorker"

Booker T. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Neil Young, Booker T. Jones, New York, New Yorkers, New York City, New York News
Booker T. Jones

The idea was to paint a picture of a post-9/11 New Yorker, born and raised, who knew the pain but was moving ahead. Neil Young joins me on this track.

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Booker T. Jones Q&A

Adrianne Murchison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Memphis, Potato Hole, Carlos Santana, Outkast, The Roots, Booker T. Jones, Rock, Willie Nelson, Entertainment News
Adrianne Murchison

Jones: "'Hey Ya!"' was just a fun song for me to do. I've always liked OutKast. They push the limit. But I would say The Roots are closest to my style and making the kind of music that I've made."

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