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John Mayer on Rolling Stone
Posted in BB King, Carlos Santana, Rolling Stones on the June 2, 2008
John Mayer is on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone’s ‘100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time’. Well, he’s not exactly on the cover but rather on the inside flap of the cover. This is the second year in a row that the magazine has featured John on the cover of their now annual ‘Guitar’ issue. John was with peers in legends in both February 2007’s ‘Guitar Heroes’ issue and May 2008’s ‘Living Guitar Legends’ issue. Also featured in the cover this year are Kirk Hammett, Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, BB King and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.
Mick Jagger assassination plot
Posted in Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Rumor on the March 3, 2008
Sir Mick Jagger was once the target of an assassination attempt by the Hells Angels.
The Rolling Stones singer only survived the plot orchestrated by members of the notorious motorcycle gang in the early 70s, because a boat carrying his would-be killers was wiped out in a storm, according to former FBI agent Mark Young.
Jagger became a target for the gang after a row over the death of a crowd member at the 1969 Altamont Speedway concert in California, organised by the band.
The Stones had hired the Hells Angels to act as security at the now notorious show, which saw the death of 18-year-old man Meredith Hunter, who was stabbed and kicked to death by members of the gang.
Tom Mangold, who presents a radio series about the FBI and interviewed Young for the show, said: “The Hells Angels were supposedly running security and after the concert Jagger said he would never work with them again. They were so angered by his treatment of them they decided to kill him. A group of them took a boat and were all tooled up and ready to attack him from the sea in his home in The Hamptons on New York’s Long Island. They planned the attack so they could enter his property from the garden and avoid security at the front.But the boat was hit by a storm and all the Hells Angels involved were thrown overboard. All survived and there was not said to have been any further attempt on Jagger’s life.”