At Madison Square Garden on November 27, 1969, the Rolling Stones performed to a sold out audience, one of the lucky attendees was guitar god Jimi Hendrix.

It was his 27th birthday.

Sadly, it would be the last one he would celebrate due to an accidental overdose in September of 1970.

The Stones were on the North American leg of their Let It Bleed tour. And what a lineup it was.

Along with The Stones, on the bill were also Ike & Tina Turner, Terry Reid, B.B. King and occasionally Keith Richards' hero, Chuck Berry.

The band had released Beggars Banquet right before Christmas of '68, and Let It Bleed was born in November of '69.

There were a lot of great new tunes at The Stones' ready, which made for an extremely dense setlist of bangers and important covers. No filler.

The inclusion of the Robert Johnson and Robert Wilkins covers as well as the traditional "You Gotta Move," were no doubt a reflection of the newer path the band were on thanks to 20 year-old Mick Taylor whose love for the blues endeared him to Richards and made him the perfect replacement for Brian Jones.

Although not an ideal fit for the lifestyle of the band, the music he made during the 5 1/2 years with The Stones is, in many peoples' minds, their best.

That is why two recordings during this tour are such a blessing to have at the ready. The first is the film Gimme Shelter which was shot as the Let It Bleed Tour was ending.

The Stones did three gigs in two days at Madison Square Garden on November 27-28, they did two shows on November 29, flew down to Florida for a festival on November 30 and then jetted across the country the next weekend to perform the notorious Altamont Speedway Free Festival which ended in tragedy when four fans died among a sea of 300,000.

The second recording of importance is the Get Your Ya-Ya's Out! album, which would be the second live record by the Brits. It, too, was recorded during this tour.

The legendary rock critic Lester Bangs wrote in Rolling Stone magazine, "I have no doubt that it's the best rock concert ever put on record."

Thanks to the camera crew being omnipresent at several of the gigs, notably the MSG one, the lovely vision of watching Hendrix examine Richards' clear 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite guitar is a delight.

Keith first used it a few days prior during their visit to the Ed Sullivan Show where they played three tunes from the new record: "Gimme Shelter," "Honky Tonk Women," and the Johnson cover "Love in Vain."

Original models can be found for about $4,500, although Steve Earle's is going for more than twice that.

During their 27 stops, The Stones generally stuck to a core of 10 songs and then substituted a handful of other songs as wildcards.

One song that was played at just a dozen of the tour dates in '69 was "I'm Free," which made it to the set at MSG that night.

The Stones aren't huge fans of it. It was only played two other times after the Let It Bleed Tour, both in 2006.

Will the Stones tour again? Of course.

No dates have been announced but check back on their website for the latest news.