The Summer of Love reaches its boiling point in the summer of 1967. Janis has an epiphany watching Otis Redding while on acid. Her bond with the local chapter of the Hells Angels is strengthened. Mama Cass becomes a new convert at a pivotal show at the Monterey Pop Festival. And the presence of a Beatle in the Haight sheds calls into question the stamina of the peace and love movement.
SOURCES
Janis: Her Life and Music, by Holly George-Warren
The Beatles Anthology, by The Beatles
Cass Elliot of Mamas and Papas: The Rolling Stone Interview (Rolling Stone)
‘Mama Cass’ Elliot Dead (Rolling Stone)
An Oral History of Laurel Canyon, the 60s and 70s Music Mecca (Vanity Fair)
Education Archive on Chocolate George and New Year’s Wail
Chocolate George (Diggers Docs)
The Tragically Short Life Stories of Janis Joplin (Marie Claire)
A Hell’s Angel goes to the Smithsonian (Applied Machete)
Summer of Love: 40 Years Later - David Getz (SF Gate)