How The Beggars Banquet And Let It Bleed

The next two albums they released, Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed, are hailed by critics and fans alike as some of the best and most iconic works from The Rolling Stones. By this point, the lifestyle the band members were leading was getting them into trouble with British society, with this conflict coming to a head on February 12, 1967. Keith Richards threw an acid party at his estate. In attendance were many big names such as George Harrison and his wife Patty, Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Marianne Faithfull, and many of their friends. Unfortunately, someone had tipped of the police that there were drug trips accuring at this house, and as soon as George Harrison left the building, the cops moved in and arrested the entire group
Keith Richards, Brian Jones, and Brian’s girlfriend Anita Pallenburg drove to Morocco in Richards’ Bentley, but the trip didn’t end up as planned. Jones fell ill and checked into a hospital, but Richards and Pallenburg kept going without him. Richards stated that “a lot can happen in the backseat of a car”, and regrettably from Jones, a lot did happen. By the end of the trip, Keith Richards had stolen Brian’s girlfriend of two years, driving a wedge between these two former friends and bandmates. Jones fell heavily into drugs and began missing band rehearsals and even shows. He was continuously getting arrested on drug busts, and when The Rolling Stones decided to go to America to take advantage of the massive rock and roll movement, Jones was unable to get a visa. The Rolling Stones became less and less dependant on Brian, and he only appears in two tracks on the album they were making, Beggars Banquet. Soon Jones quit the band, stating he could "no longer see eye-to-eye with the others over the discs we are cutting." (The Rolling Stones Biography) While Jones left with plans to start his own band, he sadly passed away less than a month later, with the cause of death reported as “death by misadventure”. (Gimme Shelter) At a free concert turned memorial service in Hyde Park held in his honor, Jagger told the crowd of five hundred thousand fans that Jones
(Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum) At the close of a wildly successful tour of America, The Rolling Stones decided to finish strong by holding a free concert at Altamont Speedway outside San Francisco on December 6, 1969. This event was massive, with teenagers from the area flocking to the show. People started bonfires to combat the December chill, and the complete lack of regulation meant drugs and alcohol were in abundance. The Rolling Stones hired The Hell’s Angels, a biker gang, to be security on the advice of The Grateful Dead. This decision, as well as their devil-may-care image, came back to haunt them after a tragic turn of events at this show. A young black man got stabbed to death by one of the Hell’s Angels in the darkness in front of the stage, and the whole incident was captured on film for a documentary being made on The Rolling Stones. There was public outcry that the song “Sympathy For the Devil” incited the violent act, though this song was not even being played at the time of the murder. Regardless, The Rolling Stones pulled it from their stage shows for the next six