The Cheat Sheet

The Backup Singer on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’ Didn’t Know Who They Were

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 ...
The Cheat Sheet

The Backup Singer on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’ Didn’t Get the Song at 1st

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 ...
Hartford Courant

Opinion: When ‘Gimme Shelter’ is more than a Rolling Stones song

”Ooh, a storm is threatening/my very life today/If i don‘t get some shelter/ooh yeah I‘m gonna fade away.” (Jagger/Richards) I can‘t recall when I have been as happy recently as i was upon seeing the ...
thedailytimes

Tennessee Theatre shares a screening of 'Gimme Shelter,' a film possessing both grit and gravitas

The upcoming screening of the Rolling Stones’ historic documentary “Gimme Shelter” at the Tennessee Theatre on Friday, Aug. 29, may be seen by some as a choice bit of nostalgia. However, others may ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Stones' 'Gimme Shelter' is the anthem for these conflicted times

I’ve been on a “Gimme Shelter” kick for the past few months. Can’t get enough of it. It’s a haunting, haunted, menacing song, brought together by ghostly high harmony backing vocals and a descending, ...