Altamont: The Rolling Stones Archives

November 26th, 1969, The beginning of what would become, Gimme Shelter

There was no film planned for the 1969 Rolling Stones US tour The Rolling Stones knew they were going to follow the 1969 US tour […]

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 […]

Silent, edited footage of the free concert at Altamont Speedway on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, December 6, 1969. The film begins and […]

You never know what tomorrow will bring. After fifty plus years I didn’t expect anything I hadn’t seen. And then at an Altamont anniversary event […]

When the facts conflicted with the stories I was getting from John Jaymes, I decided to check them out. John told us he was representing […]

More Gimme Shelter stuff for you…The (sympathy) for the Devil is in the details. While in Paris for the Palais des Sports show (video below […]

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 […]

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 […]