Friday, March 24, 2017

Calling All Rolling Stones Fans!

Are you a Rolling Stones fan? Are you doing an extended stay with us at Dwelling Suites this weekend? If you answered yes, you are going to want to set aside some time this Sunday to check out some never before seen photos of the band when they came through San Antonio in 1975.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music-stage/article/Never-before-seen-photos-of-Rolling-Stones-on-11017668.phpNever-before-seen photos of Rolling Stones on display in San Antonio – San Antonio Express-News

What: “Rolling Stones Tour 1975: Memories at TexPop”
When: 2-5 p.m. Sunday
Where: South Texas Museum of Popular Culture, 1017 E. Mulberry Ave.

On June 3, 1975, the Rolling Stones arrived at HemisFair Arena for a two-night stand. The opening night was one of the most notorious in San Antonio rock ’n’ roll lore, generating front-page headlines and threats of a vice squad bust.

It was the official kickoff of the Stones’ “Tour of the Americas ’75,” though the band had played two tuneup gigs a couple of days earlier in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The lasting image from the San Antonio tour stop is of the band — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and newest member, Ron Wood — posing in front of the Alamo.

It’s a dazzling visual. Jagger is wrapped in a British flag. A menacing looking Richards is holding a confederate flag. Wood, wearing a halter top, is holding the Texas flag and Wyman is wearing a coonskin cap. Watts just glares.

A few hours later, Jagger, dressed as a puppet, would generate controversy (amid squeals of delight) as he danced provocatively with a sideman, keyboardist Billy Preston, and simulated a sexual act; later, Jagger straddled and whipped a billowing, stories-high balloon-like prop shaped like a phallus.

That’s the moment that Avila, a visual artist, photographer and founding member of the #2 Dinners, realized he should have brought his camera. read more at mysanantonio.com

 

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