The backup singer on The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” thought of the Vietnam War while singing it. “Gimme Shelter” didn’t chart at all in the United States. It was more popular in the United ...

One singer worked on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.” She contextualized the latter in the Vietnam War era. “Gimme Shelter” arguably captured the late ...

Released in December 1970, Gimme Shelter is really two movies in one. The first half is the Stones wrapping up their U.S. tour, from Madison Square Garden to Muscle Shoals. The second half is Altamont ...

Shelter is one of our few physical needs as humans; we all know that we can’t live without the basics of food, water, and shelter. But the concept of shelter can also take on a more abstract meaning.

It was around midnight in the late fall of 1969 when a very pregnant Merry Clayton received a phone call asking her to come to the studio to record backing vocals on a song called “Gimme Shelter.” The ...

If you really want to understand the eloquence, generosity and impossible grace of Charlie Watts just listen for the first time he touches his drums on any Rolling Stones song. Two thumps at the top ...