Fifty years ago, Gimme Shelter, the film, was released. Usually this time of year I am posting how the Rolling Stones didn’t hire the Hell’s Angels but that was validated in last years Washington Post Altamont anniversary article. Now my next challenge–I read a lot of articles that allude to Gimme Shelter being a planned …
November 6th, 1969 The crew leaves Los Angeles to Fort Collins, Colorado and so began the historic tour.. November 7 An historic day for many reasons… November 7, 1969, Start of the tour announcing, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World, The Rolling Stones and a new President is elected 11/7/2020. …
For me, this tour blended into the 1965 tour. It happened so fast, I don’t think we got the tour poster distributed in time and as I peruse the internet I note most of the images seem to be mine..
Out of Our Heads Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Rolling Stones insider shares memories and rare artifacts in new book. Back in the mid-1960s, overnight, a street-smart East Coast kid went from being a college student to tour manager/moneyman and confidante to the Rolling Stones. The band didn&rsq… Hi! I narrated my book …
Out of Our Heads the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and Me By: Ronnie Schneider Narrated by: Ronnie Schneider Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 08-24-20 Language: English Click a link below to go to the Audible site in the US, UK, FR, or DE to hear a sample
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This is the image I was discussing with Lawrence at the start of the podcast Episode Summary On this episode of Spot Lyte On, LP chats with Ronnie Schneider about his days on the road managing tour finances with the Rolling Stones, standardizing modern artist tour economics with …
In my book I told my side of the story and having found this sample of Bill Graham’s book that discusses our encounter, I incude it for your information. Bill failed to mention that his plane was early..and he didn’t know I was under orders to not give him the tour, with that in mind, …