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Author Selvin, Joel, author.

Title Altamont : the Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the inside story of rock's darkest day / Joel Selvin.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, [2016]
©2016

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  782.4216 SELVIN, JOEL    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  782.42 SEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  782.4216 SEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  790 SEL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B ROLLING STONES    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  782.42166 SEL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  782.42 SEL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  782.42166 SELVIN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Display shelf  Simsbury Displays: Music History    On Display
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  782.4216 SELVIN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description x, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and an index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Altamont Festival (1969 : Tracy, Calif.)
Rolling Stones.
Hell's Angels.
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.
Tracy (Calif.)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock.
MUSIC / H.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock.
MUSIC / History & Criticism.
Hell's Angels. (OCoLC)fst00510232
Rolling Stones. (OCoLC)fst00549394
Altamont Festival. (OCoLC)fst01407870
Counterculture. (OCoLC)fst00881315
Homicide. (OCoLC)fst00959660
Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
Rock concerts. (OCoLC)fst01099153
Rock music. (OCoLC)fst01099204
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
California -- San Francisco Bay Area. (OCoLC)fst01242397
California -- Tracy. (OCoLC)fst01226661
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780062444257 (hardcover)
0062444255 (hardcover)
9780062444264 (soft cover)
0062444263 (soft cover)
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