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50 years later: Lou Adler on Monterey Pop
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Aug 28, 2010
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50 years later: Lou Adler on Monterey Pop
In our continuing series of interviews with entertainment legend Lou Adler (conducted by Hollywood historian Alex Ben Block of The Hollywood Reporter), we hear the true roots of the music festival Monterey Pop.
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In our continuing series of interviews with entertainment legend Lou Adler (conducted by Hollywood historian Alex Ben Block of The Hollywood Reporter), we hear the true roots of the music festival Monterey Pop.

UPDATE 6/22/2017: This month marks the 50th anniversary of Monterey Pop; so it's a great time to republish our conversation with one of the men who made it happen. Here's show biz historian Alex Ben Block interviewing the one and only Lou Adler.

In our continuing series of interviews with entertainment legend Lou Adler (conducted by Hollywood historian Alex Ben Block of The Hollywood Reporter), we hear the true roots of the music festival Monterey Pop. Adler also tells Alex how he got back the footage that eventually became the enduring Pennebaker documentary about the festival.