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Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter is a song by The Rolling Stones, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Electric Guitars: Keith Richards
Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger
Vocal Solo: Merry Clayton
Backing Vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Merry Clayton
Harmonica: Mick Jagger
Piano: Nicky Hopkins
Percussion: Jimmy Miller

Gimme Shelter is also the name of a film directed by Albert Maysles[?] and David Maysles[?], chronciling the Rolling Stones' 1969 U.S. tour, culminating in a disasterous concert at Altamont[?] in which the Hell's Angels provided security and a fan was murdered on film.



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