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Andrew Loog Oldham became the manager of The Rolling Stones in 1963 when he was only nineteen years old. He produced all of The Stones’s albums from 1963 to 1967 and is credited with promoting an image for The Rolling Stones to contrast that of The Beatles. Oldham’s relationship with The Rolling Stones became strained due to his drug use and the band’s legal problems, and he stopped managing the band in 1967. In this video, Oldham discusses the story of him “locking” Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to write music.

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Andrew Loog Oldham On The Rolling Stones appeared first on Witnify.

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“It was so horrible,” said Mick Jagger on watching the footage.

See footage of the Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont, where Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by a member of Hell’s Angels, who were working security at the show. Hunter, dressed in green at the beginning of the video, pulled a gun and was promptly subdued and repeatedly stabbed by one of the members of Hell’s Angels. Some people felt the murder marked the end of the idealism of the sixties. For Patti Smith, in her award-winning memoir “Just Kids,” the event “punctuated the duality of the summer of 1969, Woodstock and the Manson cult, our masked ball of confusion.” The scene of Hunter’s death became an important portion of the Stone’s film, “Gimme Shelter.”

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Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway appeared first on Witnify.

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Rock n’ roll legend Bon Jovi shares a story about the first time he came into contact with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. Bon Jovi recalls seeing the Stones being harassed by paparazzi so he and his band then got rid of them, which made the Rolling Stones very thankful. The generous act led to Jagger jokingly calling them his “new band.” Bon Jovi also goes on to discuss how this event helped to get them a job: opening for the legendary rock stars at one of their upcoming shows.

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Bon Jovi Encounters the Stones appeared first on Witnify.

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Rolling Stone Music Editor David Frick explains the untapped potential that Kurt Cobain had left in him before his sudden death on April 5, 1994.

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Rolling Stone Reaction to Kurt Cobain’s Death appeared first on Witnify.