Yes he was minimizing “what was going on” He passed the responsibility for this last concert to some ‘other’, as they almost weren’t going to play that day. ![]() I mean almost all the audience never even saw it, didn’t even know what was going on you know?” a free concert that was set up a few days before and – (long freudian pause) – I mean there was 300,000 people there, and there was only 30 people fighting. It was the last show of the tour and we all weren’t going to do it, it was just a live concert. “ We talk about it yes, but, I’d sooner forget about it you know. “ Do you guys in the group talk about Altamont ever, and what happened there, or has it faded?“ They seem to grab guys out of the audience, take them out and they go through a whole thing on the way with sticks and it’s pretty rough you know, they don’t deserve it.“Ĭavett asks if too much security is a problem, Wyman replies that sometimes they “ get up front and cause trouble“ĭick Cavett moves in, he deindividuates asking about “the guys in the group” rather than “you” but all the same, he knows he’s landed the hook. “ Not as much as usual but we have seen it. ![]() “ No, just seeing the cops beat kids up scares me sometimes you know“ “ Has there been anything on this trip that’s scared you, or any bad moments when you were worried that something was going to happen? …. Is Bill a chain smoker? Would he go back to school if the Rolling Stones came to an end? who are all the children backstage? Bill Wyman relaxes into the conversation. talks a little about Tom Jones and middle aged ladies. He asks Bill Wyman if the age range in their audiences has changed. Knowing when to pivot, Dick Cavett changes tack. He states he’s just a little tired this tour.Ĭavett “I wonder what’s happened on this tour that made it this way?” Cavett asks would they play so many concerts so closely together in the future, Wyman replies they have done this many before. Cavett is speaking with bassist Bill Wyman and clearly has a question which must be asked.Ĭavett “ What’s running through your nervous system right now? Are you worried, are you scared? Do matinees give you the willies or anything?“ The Rolling Stones – last stateside as a band in December 1969 – had returned. The setting, backstage at Madison Square Garden. ![]() The episode in question was filmed in 1972. Some clips (Segregationist Governor of Georgia Lester Maddox storming off for example) are historically important, others (Orson Welles, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix) perhaps less so, but make great viewing for a pop culture junkie like myself. As with episodes of What’s My Line? I’m a sucker for good, old television, and in 2019 I was regularly binge watching old interviews on The Dick Cavett show. I think it’s also worth spending a little time on the reason I came to revisit the infamous concert – old episodes of The Dick Cavett show on YouTube. In researching this Tale, I found out much of what I thought I knew was superficial, or wrong. Hi folks, I should say up front I thought I understood Altamont.
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