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potus43
Nonsense. They made NOTHING on the tour
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marianna
Nothing new there. Joel Selvin churns out books frequently since he was dumped as the SF Chronicle pop music writer, or took a voluntary buy out. He likes the tabloid angle on things.
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marianna
It's unfair to say they could have used the Stones' helicopter to medivac the stabbing victim. It wasn't likely to be equipped with the attachment for securing a patient. They also would have required having a paramedic and support equipment/supplies. It's just a needless guilt trip.
Yes, they shouldn't have hired the Angels, either, but why were the Dead using them to begin with? They were always skeevy and violent. People from England might not have been familiar with all the details.
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marianna
It's unfair to say they could have used the Stones' helicopter to medivac the stabbing victim. It wasn't likely to be equipped with the attachment for securing a patient. They also would have required having a paramedic and support equipment/supplies. It's just a needless guilt trip.
Yes, they shouldn't have hired the Angels, either, but why were the Dead using them to begin with? They were always skeevy and violent. People from England might not have been familiar with all the details.
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potus43
Nonsense. They made NOTHING on the tour
Except that I've read in other articles that Mick and his Personal Manager jetted off to Switzerland with £100k in a suitcase. Which was a reasonable profit in 1969.
Not sure what the various tax authorities thought, however.
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marianna
It's unfair to say they could have used the Stones' helicopter to medivac the stabbing victim. It wasn't likely to be equipped with the attachment for securing a patient. They also would have required having a paramedic and support equipment/supplies. It's just a needless guilt trip.
Yes, they shouldn't have hired the Angels, either, but why were the Dead using them to begin with? They were always skeevy and violent. People from England might not have been familiar with all the details.
Except the Hell's Angels were already used in July 69 at the Hyde Park concert. So the question is who was responsible for hiring them for that concert, maybe Sam Cutler? And yes, I understand that the English Angels were less fierce then the California branch, nevertheless, they were still a gang and doing security. For people outside of California in the 60's, the Angels did not have that "reputation"...yet!
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filstan
Sounds like horribly done revisionist history here. Complete crap. Sure the Altamont concert got messy. It was poorly organized and thrown together at the last minute. The blame game always rears its ugly head following situations where things go wrong. All things considered, the Stones played really well in the face of the swirling violence induced by the Hells Angels that took place on and around the absurdly built low stage.
I wouldn't spend a penny on this piece of garbage book.
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filstan
Sounds like horribly done revisionist history here. Complete crap. Sure the Altamont concert got messy. It was poorly organized and thrown together at the last minute. The blame game always rears its ugly head following situations where things go wrong. All things considered, the Stones played really well in the face of the swirling violence induced by the Hells Angels that took place on and around the absurdly built low stage.
I wouldn't spend a penny on this piece of garbage book.
Yeap. If I ran the world you would have to prove everything you put into print of else admit its just speculation.
Another thing I never got about Altamont is so many people knocking Jagger for his actions with the Angels during the concert. I think he did as good as anyone could have in trying to defuse the situation. Alot of people always try to say he looked weak and scared but I don't believe that at all.
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potus43
Nonsense. They made NOTHING on the tour
Except that I've read in other articles that Mick and his Personal Manager jetted off to Switzerland with £100k in a suitcase. Which was a reasonable profit in 1969.
Not sure what the various tax authorities thought, however.
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potus43
Nonsense. They made NOTHING on the tour
Except that I've read in other articles that Mick and his Personal Manager jetted off to Switzerland with £100k in a suitcase. Which was a reasonable profit in 1969.
Not sure what the various tax authorities thought, however.
That could be I thought I saw something that suggested a LOT more $$$$
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bmuseed
It's for the fans! The Rolling Stones care about their fans. ie: The Grateful Dead ran while it was still daylight. The Rolling Stones mounted that stage surrounded by the violence. Keith challenged the Angels. Mick tried to keep the people calm. They only wanted to play their music for the fans and give them a free gift.
No Good deed goes unpunished..
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PS-we did not hire the Hell's Angels..
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with sssoul
The Mick looks scared shirtless at several moments in Gimme Shelter and carried on regardless -
which is what I call genuine courage.
Other Stones were probably also visibly scared, but that's less apparent
since the Maysles brothers spent so much time & footage looking at the Mick