The Rolling Stones are known for plenty of incredible songs, but nothing quite beats the instrumental introduction to the 1969 hit song “Gimme Shelter”. It’s one of the most instantly recognizable ...

”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 ...

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, ...

It was around midnight in the late fall of 1969 when a very pregnant Merry Clayton received a phone call asking her to come to the studio to record backing vocals on a song called “Gimme Shelter.” The ...