<P> Of the change in public perception the band experienced after the song's release, Richards said in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, "Before, we were just innocent kids out for a good time, they're saying,' They're evil, they're evil .' Oh, I'm evil, really? So that makes you start thinking about evil...What is evil? Half of it, I don't know how much people think of Mick as the devil or as just a good rock performer or what? There are black magicians who think we are acting as unknown agents of Lucifer and others who think we are Lucifer . Everybody's Lucifer ." </P> <P> Contrary to a widespread misconception, it was "Under My Thumb" and not "Sympathy for the Devil" that the Rolling Stones were performing when Meredith Hunter was killed at the Altamont Free Concert . Rolling Stone magazine's early articles on the incident misreported that the killing took place during "Sympathy for the Devil", but the Stones in fact played "Sympathy for the Devil" earlier in the concert; it was interrupted by a fight and restarted, Jagger commenting, "We're always having--something very funny happens when we start that number ." Several other songs were performed before Hunter was killed . </P> <Ul> <Li> Mick Jagger--lead vocals </Li> <Li> Keith Richards--guitar solo, bass guitar, backing vocals </Li> <Li> Brian Jones--backing vocals </Li> <Li> Bill Wyman--maracas, backing vocals </Li> <Li> Charlie Watts--drums, backing vocals, cowbell </Li> <Li> Nicky Hopkins--piano, backing vocals </Li> <Li> Rocky Dijon--congas </Li> <Li> Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull--backing vocals </Li> </Ul> <Li> Mick Jagger--lead vocals </Li>

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