It Was Anything but Peaceful
The concert was free, after all, so why not come and indulge in psychedelics, chug wine and listen to the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young? Altamont was supposed to be an extension of the “free love” mantra that had enveloped Woodstock. But Altamont turned out to be anything but peaceful.
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Unfortunately, there was a fatality before the concert even began. One fan accidentally drowned in an irrigation canal on his way to the show. But the next fatality wasn’t an accident. 18-year-old Meredith “Murdock” Hunter, who attended the concert with his girlfriend, didn’t realize it would be his last day alive. As the Stones played onstage, Hunter was stabbed to death in the crowd, a mere few feet away from the stage.