"Where the Action Is" June 1966

Percy Sledge (center) performs at Nepenthe in front of the ABC television cameras during a filming of the show "Where the Action Is" on June 20, 1966. The show produced by Dick Ckark, was filmed in Monterey County at Fisherman's Wharf, the Beach Club in Pebble Beach and Nepenthe for airing later in the Fall. Other groups appearing were, Tommy Sands, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Isley Brothers and The Syndicates of Sound and Jimmy Hughes. (Monterey Herald Archives)