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In this cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s. The product of 20 years of research and dozens of interviews with many key players, including medical staff, Hells Angels members, the stage crew, and the musicians who were there, this book recounts the final event in rock's formative and most turbulent decade.

Altamont Speedway Free Festival, December 6, 1969. A concertgoer was killed by a member of the Hells Angels, the notorious biker club acting as security. Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones' infamous concert in San Francisco: last minute venue changes; bad acid; open displays of guns and knives. His research and interviews with many key players, including medical staff, Hells Angels members, the stage crew, and the musicians who were there, make this the ultimate account of the final event in rock's formative and most turbulent decade.

Pipe dreams

Money trouble

Hippie business ethics

Hollywood

On the road

Back to Hollywood

$500 for beer

Back on the road

On to San Francisco

Friday

The day dawns

Alan and Patti

Santana

The Airplane

The Flying Burrito Brothers

CSNY

Sympathy for the devil

Under my thumb

Gimme shelter

The day after

The news breaks

Crime story

New speedway boogie

Angel on trial

Love in vain.

Rock concerts > California > San Francisco Bay Area.

Homicide > California.

Popular music > California > History and criticism.

Rock music > 1961-1970 > History and criticism.

Counterculture > United States > History > 20th century.

California > San Francisco Bay Area.

California > Tracy.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.