On This Day, December 6, 1969: The Rolling Stones headline the Altamont Speedway Free Festival

On This Day, December 6, 1969…The Altamont Speedway Free Festival kicked off in the Bay Area of California, headlined by The Rolling Stones and featuring a lineup that included Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills & Nash.The counterculture concert, attended by nearly 300,000 people, was marred by the presence... Read More.