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Forty years ago, Ethan Russell’s iconic photographs captured Mick and the boys on their 1969 tour and its tragic end at the infamous Altamont Speedway show. His new book on the tour, Let It Bleed, is out now.
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ajackins
ok, let's do a little addition, 1969 30=1999, try 40 years ago.
NakedMoleRat
Shouldn't this article say FORTY years ago (1969) and not Thirty years ago (1979)?
BossChang
looks like forty years to me..."Forty years ago, Ethan Russell's iconic photographs captured Mick and the boys on their 1969 tour and its tragic end at the infamous Altamont Speedway show. His new book on the tour, Let It Bleed, is out now."
...oh and greatest band ever.
barrett
Scorsese's documentary rocks.
briansays
well when you hire the Hells Angels to do security and mix in the 60s drug culture...
The song Sympathy For the Devil can off the album I believe
A fitting end to what the 60s had become
oliverckerr
I just made a post and couldn't remember the name of the motorcycle gang, so i put that in parenthesis. Then I remembered. So I put that in, and then after i hit the submit button i saw your post.
That concert sure put a dent in the 60's flower power counter culture.
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oliverckerr
I thought this was old news, covered in the Maisley brothers' movie, "Gimmie Shelter."
Sam Cutler was the road manager. The motorcycle gang, Hell's Angels was in charge of security.
A few years later the Harvey Weinstein Miramax documentary movie featuring Madonna, the style of it, was imitation Maisley.
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Siouxie921
Oliver: Maisley, paisley. Gimme Shelter was shot by the Maysles Brothers, dude.
Dolmance
I was just a young kid... A child really... But I have to say, I had a blast. And the bikers were very nice to me. One of them saw me smoking a cigarette and snatched it out of my mouth, telling me I was an idiot for endangering my health. Then he took the whole pack and warned me that I'd be thrown out if he saw me smoking another cigarette.
inthemoment
the first photo is from 1972 not 1969.
rocktour
Brian Jones had been dead several months by the time of the late 69 tour.
QueenCeleste
My favorite band ever. I saw them on that tour as a very young teen. Mick threw rose petals into the crowd. The opening band was Ike and Tina Turner. An unforgettable night!
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