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 …
To John’s left is Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, and Me (it’s Circus Circus, I’m looking up at an aerialist). Glyn Johns, with the beard, is standing behind Mick. Here, with a photo by Ethan Russell, we have John Jaymes at work hustling the pit boss to let us photograph in the casino. John was my …
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 …
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 …
Here I am chatting with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on our ship ride to Shea Stadium We got off the boat and walked toward Shea Stadium where the Beatles were scheduled to appear. I remember Mick, Keith and Allen Klein our party. We had gotten to the Beatles dressing room entrance. It was packed, …
