8. Gimme Shelter
IMDb rating: 7.9
This entry on our list of best music documentaries on YouTube will sound familiar if you followed our previous similar articles. The documentary follows the tour of the Rolling Stones across the United States in 1969, featuring some exclusive footage from behind the scenes. The major focus of the documentary is the Altamont Free Concert, which served as the closing show of the tour. Besides the Rolling Stones, the concert featured various other popular acts like Santana and Jefferson Airplane. What should have been a holiday of rock music, turned out to be a violent event that culminated in three deaths and numerous injuries. Even the Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was attacked by a member of the audience.
