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- THE ALLMAN BROTHERS: In March 1971, the Allman Brothers made one of the most prudent professional and creative decisions of their career when they held a three-night jam session to record their third album, "At Fillmore East." The legendary performance became one of the best live albums ever recorded. Promoter Bill Graham, who'd heard plenty of bands in his day, invited the Allman Brothers back to be the closing act when he closed Fillmore East three months later.
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- THE LAST WALTZ: On Thanksgiving Day of 1976, The Band went out with a bang. After spending upwards of 15 years performing together, they assembled—for their final concert—a musical Dream Team that included Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters. Organized by Bill Graham of Fillmore fame, the event was filmed by Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978.
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- ROLLING STONES: At the height of the hippie movement came its symbolic demise with the Rolling Stones' free concert at Altamont on December 6, 1969. A far cry from the peace-and-love atmosphere at Woodstock just four months earlier, the mood at Altamont went from dark to darker. Soon after he arrived, Mick Jagger was punched in the face by a concertgoer. Another, Meredith Hunter, was stabbed to death by a Hells Angel during the Stones' performance.
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- THE BEATLES: On August 15, 1965, with Beatlemania at its peak, hordes of screaming girls went so nuts that the Fab Four could barely hear themselves play. Launching the modern era of stadium shows, the Beatles rocked out for 56,000 adoring fans at the home of the New York Mets, kicking off the show with "Twist and Shout."
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