Altamont Free Concert, a famous rock concert held in Altamont, California in 1969
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Altamont, British Columbia, a neighbourhood of West Vancouver, British Columbia
Named by John Fitzgerald Mahon ( - 1942) of Vancouver and London, who subdivided land here in 1913, after his brother-in-laws' courtesy title, Earl of Altamont, the eldest son of the Marquess of Sligo, and brother of his wife, Lady Alice Mahon.
Altamont may have been named after Altamont, a locally famous trotting horse, by a prominent local horseman, Jay Beach.
The Mountain Subdivision's summit is at Altamont, Maryland, at the west end of the Seventeen Mile Grade; the grade's east end is at Piedmont, West Virginia.
It is 0.2 sq miles in size, located approximately 6.6 miles from Altamont.
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Within 5 miles of the shores of Nuss Lake, the locally called Poe Valley, are the cities of Bonanza, Merrill, Malin, Dorris and Tulelake, as well as the unincorporated communities of: Altamont, Olene and Langell Valley.
It serves the municipalities of Shenandoah, Altamont, and West Mahanoy Township.
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From 1966 to 2008, the Altamont Pass area was home to the Altamont Speedway, which became famous as the site of the 1969 Altamont Free Concert, a large outdoor concert featuring The Rolling Stones and marred by violence.
The small turbines used at Altamont are dangerous to various raptors that hunt California Ground Squirrels in the area.
We come from 1969; we are the children of Altamont.
His first appearance was made at Covent Garden on 24 September 1768 as Zaphna in ‘Mahomet,’ and not apparently in Altamont in ‘The Fair Penitent’ (acted on the 12th), as all his biographers say.
Following the events at Altamont, Cutler stayed in the U.S. to deal with the aftermath, was befriended by Jerry Garcia, and subsequently hired by the Grateful Dead as their tour manager.
The EP contains two songs from the band's 1997 album, Evergreen, "Evergreen" and "Don't Let It Get You Down"; two songs from the band's 1997 appearance at the Glastonbury Festival, "Rescue" and "Altamont"; and "Forgiven", a track recorded for the Robert Elms Show on Greater London Radio.
"Both of the tracks appear on The Portable Altamont compilation CD and the anthology release Unnatural History III along with "Meaning What Exactly?", another track recorded around the same time." -Brainwashed.com