The Rolling Stones

It happened this week…

source: Toxic Web

…the documentary film Gimme Shelter, chronicling the 1969 Stones tour and the Altamont debacle, is released on the occasion of the concert’s one-year anniversary …one scene shows a somber Mick Jagger watching the film of Meredith Hunter’s stabbing …

Published 8 hours ago

Blu-Ray Review: Much More Than a Tour Chronicled In 'Gimme Shelter'

source: HollywoodChicago.com

CHICAGO – If the 1969 US tour of The Rolling Stones had gone smoothly, David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin's “Gimme Shelter” would still be ... Blu-ray Review: Gimme Shelter -- Criterion CollectionFilm.com all 2 news articles »

Published Thu, Dec 3

The Rolling Stones at Altamont: the day the music died

source: Telegraph.co.uk

Mick Jagger had no such luck. His realisation came instantly. Stanley Booth, another writer, saw it happen: 'Mick got off the first helicopter with Ronnie ...

Published Tue, Dec 1

Stones DVD rolls into stores

source: Gulf Breeze

“The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter” (The Criterion Collection) — In 1969, The Rolling Stones asked documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles and ...

Published Thu, Nov 19

The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter

source: topix.com

There is a moment that every documentary maker wishes for, says Albert Maysles, one that Orson Welles once described as "the divine accident". It's the moment that cannot be legislated for, when the elements of patience, preparation and simple serendipity come into play.

Published Fri, Sep 4

The Rolling Stones at Altamont 1969

source: topix.com

Originally published in the August 1970 issue Everybody had heard of The Rolling Stones, but until the day they played a free concert at the drag strip, nobody but hard-core auto-racing fans in Northern California had ever heard of Altamont.

Published Wed, Aug 12

The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter

source: fr.truveo.com

The Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter' is from the album "Let It Bleed" released in 1969. It's about the political and social unrest at the time. War ... fr.truveo.com

Published Mon, May 4

'Ashes of American Flags' tracks Wilco on tour

source: Ithaca Journal

 NY - Luke Z. Fenchel Canty's offerings have more in common with "Shine a Light," the portrait of The Rolling Stones than "Gimme Shelter" or "Don't Look Back." And it may have something to do with timing as well. Whereas Jones' footage centered on a band that back in 2000 ...

Published Thu, Apr 16