I found the videos on Sonny Barger and because I liked them I added
them to my website. Then I was asked who Sonny was and even had two
people tell me they have met him and one who said she remembered him
when she was a little gilr. So I do some more research on Sonny. He was
a member of the motorcycle gang Hells Angels. He was there at a
concert that happened just four months after Woodstock. The concert was
held in Altamont, California and is remembered becuase of all of the
violence that took place. It is said that when the rioting was
happening Sonny held a pistol to Keith Richards head and told him to
keep playing. For those who don't know Keith Richards was part of the
group The Rolling Stones. In my reading one of the things that I found
really interesting was it is rumoured that Don McLean wrote "American
Pie" as a result of this incident. The words |
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