Monterey Pop

Docs That Rock: These are golden days for passionate fans who want to dig deeper into the backstories of their favorite artists, thanks to a rising tide of thoughtful music documentaries chronicling pop, jazz, rock and folk musicians. From Peter Bogdanovich's epic profile of Tom Petty... more and a new Who documentary to profiles of Pete Seeger and Joe Strummer of The Clash, 2007 brought a bumper crop of strong music titles. Add the belated arrival of Jimi Hendrix's complete Monterey Pop performance and Bob Dylan's historic Newport Folk Festival sets, and the eyes definitely have it.

(Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers/Chris Walters/Retna Ltd.)