The Rolling Stones' Altamont Music Festival, December 6, 1969: The Anti-Woodstock - Comments Page 2

Attacking Marty Balin is wrong m'kay? Still, who WOULDN'T want to jump on stage and beat down a pinko hippie peacenik?

On December 6, 1969 the Rolling Stones organized - if that's the right word - and headlined the free Altamont Music Festival at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. This was a few months after Woodstock, and there was a general idea that the Stones would have their own Woodstock.…
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  • 26 - Truth Patrol

    Sep 28, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Al:

    Marty Balin (wearing a cowboy hat, white) can be seen hurling a tambourine, presumably at the Hells Angels a few seconds before he decided to play John Wayne for real. He drops off stage and presumably confronted one or more club members, and got kncoked out.

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