In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive; never-before-revealed details; celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stonesrsquo; infamous Altamont concert; the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s.In the annals of rock history; the Altamont Speedway Free Festival on December 6; 1969; has long been seen as the distorted twin of Woodstockmdash;the day that shattered the Sixtiesrsquo; promise of peace and love when a concertgoer was killed by a member of the Hells Angels; the notorious biker club acting as security. While most people know of the events from the film Gimme Shelter; the whole story has remained buried in varied accounts; rumor; and mythmdash;until now.Altamont explores rockrsquo;s darkest day; a fiasco that began well before the climactic death of Meredith Hunter and continued beyond that infamous December night. Joel Selvin probes every aspect of the showmdash;from the Stonesrsquo; hastily planned tour preceding the concert to the bad acid that swept through the audience to other deaths that also occurred that eveningmdash;to capture the full scope of the tragedy and its aftermath. He also provides an in-depth look at the Grateful Deadrsquo;s role in the events leading to Altamont; examining the bandrsquo;s behind-the-scenes presence in both arranging the show and hiring the Hells Angels as security.The product of twenty years of exhaustive research and dozens of interviews with many key players; including medical staff; Hells Angels members; the stage crew; and the musicians who were there; and featuring sixteen pages of color photos; Altamont is the ultimate account of the final event in rockrsquo;s formative and most turbulent decade.
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