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Originally Posted by tabs
Yeah I can see Sonny Barger in a boat, sailing out to get Mick Jagger...
I can see a coupla Angels getting loaded and saying, "Yeah lets get that little twerp." 2nd Angel, "Yeah I gotta boat lets sail out to his house and get em." 1st Angel "Yeah man, thats a plan, lets do it."
The American Angels were only used once for security and that was at Altamont. The Gratefull Dead and Jefferson Airplane had used them at other concerts in the Bay Area. The Stones had the English Poof variety Angels around at their Hyde Park Concert in July of 69. Jagger musta thought the English Poof Angels and the American Bay Area Angels were of the same stripe..did he ever have a rude awakening. The American Angels are the real deal bad boys which exposed Jagger and Richards bad boy image for the fraud that it was. Jagger soon realized he was nothing but a Show Business entertainer. Richards kept up the pretense for a few more years with his drug addiction and to this day still affects the mannerisms.
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Yup, the "bad boys" of British rock were certainly ill-prepared for who they met at Altamont. They were used to having their desired image drive their actions; used to appearing the "bad boys" for fun and profit. Now they were meeting guys who's image was based soley upon their actions. Not that they could really give a ***** about either. The "tough guy" Stones had no idea what to do.