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"Gimme Shelter" was written by the Rolling Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, the band's primary songwriting team. [note 1] Richards began working on the song's signature opening riff in London while Jagger was away filming Performance with Richards' girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg.
The Gimme Shelter DVD contains extensive excerpts from that broadcast. A Hells Angels member who identified himself as "Pete, from Hells Angels San Francisco" (most likely Pete Knell, president of the San Francisco chapter), says "they offered us $500 worth of beer [to] go there and take care of the stage ... we took this $500 worth of beer to ...
Additionally, "Gimme Shelter" is rendered as "Gimmie Shelter" on the jacket. Some releases have "Gimmie Shelter" on the cover, the inner sleeve and the LP label. All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , except "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson .
On Dec. 3, 1965, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was nearly electrocuted on stage while performing in California’s capital city.
As British bands began ruling the U.K. and American charts in the mid-‘60s, the songwriting partnership of Stones singer Mick Jagger and his childhood friend, guitarist Keith Richards, propelled ...
Keith Richards [nb 1] (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership with the band's lead vocalist Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history. His career spans ...
Stones guitarist said condition has opened up ‘new door’ for finding different techniques when playing instrument
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Their first stable line-up included vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist and vocalist Keith Richards, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts.