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TornAndFried
The whole "rock and roll's worst day" thing is overblown. Most people at Altamont were not affected by all the violence going on near the stage and anyway the concert was free so as the old adage goes "you get what you pay for." I'd say the tragedy at The Who concert in Cinncinati or the murder of John Lennon were worse events IMO.
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Washington Post article
Bredehoft says there wasn’t room to sit between sets. So, at some point, she headed back to the Mustang with a couple of friends. Eventually, Hunter returned to the car also.
The Stones were about to go onstage, he told her. Come on back to the show.
“I felt really uncomfortable,” says Bredehoft. “I didn’t really want to go back again, but he persuaded me. I didn’t know he had a gun. But when he came to get me and take me back
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bmuseed
The best part for me came at the 1:49 mark in the 6 minute video..David Crosby says it was a mistake for the Grateful Dead organization to hire the Hell's Angels...
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ChrisM42
There are complete soundboard reels of the MSG '69 shows and Altamont.