Hell's Angels before the Rolling Stones appeared at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert they were headlining.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Pictured later in the day, the increasingly packed together crowd at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert to be headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Except for a few die-hard rock music fans and tons of empty wine bottles and other litter, the hills around Altamont Speedway are serene compared to...
Livermore, Calif.: Many of the hundreds of thousands of rock fans were high on either drugs or wine as they gathered here to enjoy the free Altamont...
Still from the documentary film 'Gimme Shelter', showing audience members looking on as Hells Angels beat a fan with pool cues at the Altamont Free...
Graham Nash, David Crosby and Neil Young of Cosby Stills Nash and Young perform onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore,...
Woman carries a child through the massive audience at the Altamont Speedway prior to the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
The audience covered the hillside at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Max Scheer founder and publisher of the Berkeley Barb holds a paper talking about the kid who was killed at Altamont in December, 1969 in Berkeley,...
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones as he hears the news that some Hells Angels had killed a music fan during the Altamont Speedway Free Music Festival...
Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman of The Flying Burrito Brothers perform onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Gram Parsons of The Flying Burrito Brothers performs onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is reunited with girlfriend with Anita Pallenberg and their son, Marlon on his arrival at London Airport from...
Livermore, Calif.:One solitary car head northwest on Highway 50, as a monumental traffic jam-even by California standards-backs up cars for nearly 20...
The Flying Burrito Brothers, featuring Gram Parsons, performing during the Altamont Speedway Free Music Festival held on Saturday, December 6, 1969...
Lucky few were able to drive to the hillside at the Altamont Speedway prior to the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Stage and sound towers are constructed before crowds arrive at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
The racetrack's bleachers could not accommodate the rumoured number of 300,000 that the concert attracted.
Livermore, California- Aerial view of cars parked at random near Altamont Speedway where an estimated 300,000 rock music fans created a massive...
Stage and sound towers are constructed before crowds arrive at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones performs during the Altamont Speedway Free Festival at the Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Altamont,...
David Crosby and Graham Nash perform with Crosby, Stills Nash and Young at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival, California, United States, 6th...
Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane right before he gets knocked unconscious by a Hells Angel onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969...
Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane right before he gets knocked unconscious by a Hells Angel onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969...
Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane right before he gets knocked unconscious by a Hells Angel onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969...
Two Hells Angels, one holding a beer and the other a pool cue police the stage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane performs onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane is surrounded Hells Angels, acting as both security and hoodlums. For a while he was knocked unconscious by The...
Rolling Stones Tour Manager Sam Cutler tries to manage the crowd of 300,000 at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Carlos Santana performs onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Some of the 300,000 celebrants enjoy the early part of the day at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
The Rolling Stones L-R Mick Taylor, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Tour Manager Sam Cutler take a break during their set to assess the damage by The...
Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane performs onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Hells Angel acts as security for Carlos Santana backstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Members of the Hells Angels gang, acting as both security and hoodlums, jump the stage with Jorma Kaukonen of the Jefferson Airplane on December 6,...
Hells Angels, acting as security and sometimes hoodlums at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Thin cord separates the crowd of 300,000 from the 3 foot high stage and drunken Hells Angels at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in...
Some of the 300,000 celebrants enjoy the early part of the day at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Girl lies in front of the stage as The Rolling Stones Tour Manager Sam Cutler tries to placate the crowd at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969...
Girl lies in front of the stage as The Rolling Stones Tour Manager Sam Cutler tries to placate the crowd at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969...
Some of the 300,000 celebrants enjoy the early part of the day at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Bassist David Brown and Carlos Santana perform onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Fan is absorbed with The Jefferson Airplane at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Hells Angels, acting as security and sometimes as hoodlums at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Two Hells Angels, acting as security and sometimes hoodlums, onstage at The Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 in Livermore, California.
Rock music fans attend the Altamont Free Concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, United States on 6th December 1969. Bands playing at the...
Motorcyclist wearing his "colors" in the audience at the Altamont Speedway prior to the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Few dozen of the thousands in the audience at the Altamont Speedway prior to the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Hippies in the crowd at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones. Many attendees were stereotypical hippies,...
The stage and sound towers begin to take shape at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert to be headlined by the Rolling Stones.
The stage and sound towers begin to take shape at the Altamont Speedway for the free concert to be headlined by the Rolling Stones.