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In reply to the discussion: Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead - Part 8 [View all]red dog 1
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After the Hells Angels stabbed an 18-year-old Stones fan named Meredith Hunter to death at the Altamont Free Concert, the band decided to get out of town fast.
They left tour manager Sam Cutler to pay their hotel bill and deal with all the negativity created by Meredith's death at the concert.
Cutler, fearing retribution by the Hell's Angels, went to hide out at Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's ranch north of San Francisco.
However, the Hell's Angels found out where he was and sent a Hell's Angel named "Sweet William" up to Hart's ranch to "fetch" him.
He was eventually taken to a house in San Francisco where the presidents of the various Hells Angels chapters were gathered around a large table.
He asked if he could make a statement and was told to "Shut the fuck up!"
He was then grilled by the Hell's Angels leaders, mostly about the filming of the Altamont event:
They wanted to know who was behind the movie that was to be made about Altamont.
He told them all he knew about it and they eventually let him go.
(Source: "The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones" by Rich Cohn)