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 …
I recently discovered this while watching PBS and had to share it… I wish I had seen it a long time ago…the torture I could have unleashed on the boys and Andrew 😈
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 …
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.. Â
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, …
My most recent find in my photo negatives of the Rolling Stones, 1969, Las Vegas, visit, shows Mick Jagger saying something to Keith Richards–probably something like–“Keith, you have no reflection in the mirror, are you a vampire?” as Keith ponders telling Mick the truth… *If you read my book you know Keith has a vampire …
