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Didn't Sam Cutler have a small gun with him at Altamont....perhaps this was used to force the helicopter pilot to fly at night after the show !!!!

Since you are soo close -- when I heard that the helicopters wouldn't fly at night and there was no way we were going to fight traffic to get out of there, I told one of my security guys (he was either a Fed-off duty- or a NYC detective), "keep the helicopter for our departure" This was before we knew what was happening. He told the pilot to wait and he got the 'we can't fly at night'... the security guy pulled his gun and said.. Wait Here! You note that we flew that night..and what a scary flight it was..


PS..Swiss, I had posted it in stories after I had posted it here (see Honestman)but it got lost when I transferred over to My Blog--

and for those that keep insisting that Mick was 'out of it'--just check his eyes in the video..clear and bright..and no we didn't have clear eyes or visine with us

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Charlie Watts proves his keen spider senses. He wasn't about to do anything on film that could get him hot water.

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Another great quote from Charlie "It's not flippantly to be thrown away on celluloid!"

Thanks swiss, I didn't understand what Charlie was saying.

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Another great quote from Charlie "It's not flippantly to be thrown away on celluloid!"

Thanks swiss, I didn't understand what Charlie was saying.

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@CB II & Swiss

The best Charlie's footage ever, short but awesome !

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melillo
bmuseed what is your take on the dead not playing at altamont? did they chicken shit or was it something else?

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slakka
Hi Ronnie,
Man did you guys give Sam Cutler the dumpereeno. May I please probe for reasons??
I suspect Stu was taken aback by Sams unprofessional groupie habit and made his feelings known to the twins. Am I righty??

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Since there are a lot of comments about Charlie-- a little post from my blog

Enough about sex, drugs and rock and roll and now about love. On the earlier tours, '65 and '66, the costs offset any profit. In some cases the costs were more than the profit... The most expensive cost was Charlie Watts' phone bill. While Mick, Keith, Brian and Bill were out doing 'things' during the tour, Charlie would be in his room on the phone with his wife, Shirley. His phone bill exceeded his share of the income. I would tease Charlie but always envied his devotion. Charlie and Shirley are an example of true love, still together after everything. That's a rock and roll challenge and an example for more to copy.

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Since there are a lot of comments about Charlie-- a little post from my blog

Enough about sex, drugs and rock and roll and now about love. On the earlier tours, '65 and '66, the costs offset any profit. In some cases the costs were more than the profit... The most expensive cost was Charlie Watts' phone bill. While Mick, Keith, Brian and Bill were out doing 'things' during the tour, Charlie would be in his room on the phone with his wife, Shirley. His phone bill exceeded his share of the income. I would tease Charlie but always envied his devotion. Charlie and Shirley are an example of true love, still together after everything. That's a rock and roll challenge and an example for more to copy.

That's amazing - Charlie is a darling!

Seems from a couple of your comments you might not've been the hugest fan of the Dead Why is that?

I would love to read more of what you said you'd written about going to Altamont the day before. You mentioned the thread Honestman pointed to but it's not there or any other thread on this site, or your blog. If you come across anything else or write more will you post it?

Stanley Booth says he was there and he says Keith stayed overnight at Altamont, in a cabin or trailer or something of Rock Scully's -- is that how you remember it?

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Count me in with those who take Stanley Booth and his "recollections" with a huge grain of salt. Considering this guy excuses James Brown who while cracked out, pulled a loaded gun on a group of old ladies and then lead police on a 2 state car chase. Unlike Booth, R S actually had a job to do.Not just free-loading with a steno pad.

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that version of mullet hairstyle..is that Mickey Hart? man thats funny

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As to the Grateful Dead... I have to confess, I never did Acid *(LSD) which was a challenge and will deprecate me in some hippie's eyes. While having to work out of their office I made sure to never touch or drink anything! I saw suits think they were being safe by going over to the 5 gallon water cooler dispenser and take a dixie cup and pour out some water and think, since it's bottled water I'm okay..not realizing the cups were dosed.

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I only liked one of their songs... Casey Jones..(still do). Never considered them Rock and Roll--- just Roll.. by the way, Stones fans.. the Dead fans seem more fervent. Man are they devoted with their radio stations etc..
Now as to Stanley Booth. I never trusted writers as they have their own agenda. I thought that Stanley would see, know and report what really went on and understand where I was coming from. When his book finally came out, I was upset, stunned, and discouraged. I have my copy with about 1/3 of it marked with paperclips denoting the pages where he got it wrong. It came out that he was hiding that he was working on a book deal and it seems that he transferred his guilt and paranoia to me. His final disclaimer left any recourse, mute.. that disclaimer was something like--if I got it wrong or made any mistakes, I'm sorry but it was the drugs.. So he got a lot of it wrong and I have to assume it was the drugs and the fact that he didn't do the book until 1984 ( I just saw there was a 2000 revision reissue..haven't seen that one and wonder if he made the corrections)

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As to the Grateful Dead... I have to confess, I never did Acid *(LSD) which was a challenge and will deprecate me in some hippie's eyes. While having to work out of their office I made sure to never touch or drink anything! I saw suits think they were being safe by going over to the 5 gallon water cooler dispenser and take a dixie cup and pour out some water and think, since it's bottled water I'm okay..not realizing the cups were dosed..
I only liked one of their songs... Casey Jones..(still do). Never considered them Rock and Roll--- just Roll.. by the way, Stones fans.. the Dead fans seem more fervent. Man are they devoted with their radio stations etc..
Now as to Stanley Booth. I never trusted writers as they have their own agenda. I thought that Stanley would see, know and report what really went on and understand where I was coming from. When his book finally came out, I was upset, stunned, and discouraged. I have my copy with about 1/3 of it marked with paperclips denoting the pages where he got it wrong. It came out that he was hiding that he was working on a book deal and it seems that he transferred his guilt and paranoia to me. His final disclaimer left any recourse, mute.. that disclaimer was something like--if I got it wrong or made any mistakes, I'm sorry but it was the drugs.. So he got a lot of it wrong and I have to assume it was the drugs and the fact that he didn't do the book until 1984 ( I just saw there was a 2000 revision reissue..haven't seen that one and wonder if he made the corrections)

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Well, I guess you feel fortunate it was a different mentality back then
and that legal repercussions didn't follow vis-à-vis the gun / heli.