Word: altamonte
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...Stones tried to break out of their stupor after Jones' death in 1969 by returning to their roots in this country. The result was the bloody Altamont concert, an event which might have finished the group but which actually snapped them out of their self-destructive cycle of drug crises and inspired them to perform the songs they had produced in the studio. They escaped England and America for Southern France and from there re-emerged in the 1970s with not just one fresh look and sound, but a whole series of them...
...themselves, the Stones were forced to confront a new problem: how to keep the act spontaneous and rebellious after more than a decade of two-four rhythm. The familiar events are all thrown in, but portrayed from new and interesting angles. The drug bust at Redlands, the tragedy at Altamont, the transition from Mick Taylor to Ron Wood, the triumphant American tours and the countless, faceless women--it's all here...
...against heavy, probably insurmountable, opponents such as age and apathy, and the fans who are turning out in such record numbers are, in a sense, joining in a celebratory defiance of the inevitable. No wonder, then, that the Stones crowd looks like some woolly amalgam of American Bandstand, Altamont, an Armani fashion show and the reopening of Studio 54. Stars! Lights! Celebrities! And rock 'n' roll! After a fashion...
...really be traced as far back as Exile on Main St., which accompanied the historic 1972 American tour. Combined with Sticky Fingers (1971), this effort marked what may have been the peak of the band's career. Defying those who would have buried them under the memories of Altamont, the Stones reached new levels of vengeful, stripped down musical power. The sex described on Sticky Fingers was somehow more pungent than before, the cynicism even more bitter. Exile had more of the same dripping decadence--the talk was of getting laid, getting wasted, and getting by, as it always...
...mistake seems to have been an abiding loyalty to her husband, the legendary Sonny Barger. Sonny, now 41, led the Angels through the glory days of the '60s: fighting in bars, terrorizing small towns, dropping acid with Ken Kesey, assaulting antiwar demonstrators. He was their leader during the Altamont rock concert killing. Sonny spent four years of the '70s in prison on a drug conviction and is the star defendant of the current case. "My Sonny has been a member 23 years this month," says Sharon...