Because the tour was in Europe there wasn’t much US press coverage. If you think Altamont was scary, it was only one day. The 1970 Euro tour was two months of violence! Anti Vietnam war protests, cars burning in the streets, mob control police, Hell’s Angels with bare chests and badges pinned to them, drunk …
I don’t know how this story got left out of my book…but it was….Sharing it now… October 5-6, 1970 – Frankfurt, Germany That evening, the Stones, our main group, and me totaling about fifteen people, decided to go to dinner together. We found a restaurant and sat down at a long, long table, some sitting …
Silent, edited footage of the free concert at Altamont Speedway on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, December 6, 1969. The film begins and ends with a shot of burning wood. The footage taken in the daytime features Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Keith Richards 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 in Altamont, I was made aware of the following photo, taken at Altamont by Bill Owens (billowens.com): Here’s what I wrote in my book: “A young uniformed security guard greeted …
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 with a European tour. Prior to MTV, the way to promote albums and tours in Europe was via film clips. The Stones wanted to film at least two of their …
It was the start of The Rolling Stones 1969 U.S.Tour: an innocent start in Denver, CO…a start that ended the sixties. It was the start of The Rolling Stones 1969 U.S.Tour: an innocent start in Denver, CO…a start that ended the sixties. Call sheet , deals and radio contacts: for the fans, a bit of …
Charlie Watts comes out to play with Keith Richards and me. Handling the boredom on the road of planes, trains and limos with another form of travel-horseback. Photo by Gered Mankowitz This was one of the rare occasions when Charlie Watts wasn’t on the phone with his wife, Shirley and came out to play with …
