The Grateful Dead wrote several songs about, or in response to, what lyricist Robert Hunter called "the Altamont affair", including "New Speedway Boogie" (featuring the line "One way or another, this darkness got to give") and "Mason's Children".
Flere Grateful Dead sange blev skrevet om – eller i respons til – hvad tekstforfatteren Robert Hunter kaldte: "Altamont affæren”, inklusiv "New Speedway Boogie" (med linjen:” One way or another, this darkness got to give”), og ”Mason's Children".