The West Coast Woodstock
After the stranger was wrestled away, Jagger and his entourage surged through the sea of hippies to the backstage hideaway where the Rolling Stones huddled for the next three hours until it was their turn to play. Jagger didn’t realize at the time, but the Altamont concert was already out of control.
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More than 300,000 people were gathered at the Altamont Speedway Park in California. They came for the all-day festival that was hyped as “The West Coast Woodstock.” It had only been four months since Woodstock, and people wanted to relive the magic and, apparently, the chaos. Similarly, cars were dumped by the roadside, and the hills of Alameda County were filled with music (and drug) lovers.