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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 12, 2021 22:56:47 GMT 10
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| | | | | 01/06-08 | San Francisco, CA, US | Fillmore Auditorium | 3 | 01/13-15 | San Francisco, CA, US | Fillmore Auditorium | 3 | 01/19-29 | New York, NY, US | The Ondine | Unknown | 01/31 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | 1 | | | | | 02/01-02 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | 2 | 02/10 | Modesto, CA, US | Modesto Skate Arena | 1 | 02/14 | San Francisco, CA, US | Whisky A Go Go | 1 | 02/15 | San Francisco, CA, US | Whisky A Go Go | 1 | 02/18 | Hollywood, CA, US | Hullabaloo | 1 | 02/21 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | 1 | 02/22 | Woodland Hills, CA, US | Valley Music Theatre | 1 | 02/23-24 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | Unknown | 02/25 | Burbank, CA, US | Griffith Park - Greek Theatre | 1 | 02/25 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | Unknown | 02/25 | Hollywood, CA, US | Hullabaloo | 1 | 02/26-28 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | Unknown | | | | | 03/02 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Gazzarri's | Unknown | 03/03 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 03/04 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 03/07 | San Francisco, CA, US | The Matrix | 3 | 03/08 | San Francisco, CA, US | The Matrix | Unknown | 03/09 | San Francisco, CA, US | The Matrix | 2 | 03/10 | San Francisco, CA, US | The Matrix | 2 | 03/11 | San Francisco, CA, US | The Matrix | Unknown | 03/13-31 | New York, NY, US | The Ondine | Unknown | | | | | 04/01-02 | New York, NY, US | The Ondine | Unknown | 04/07 | Merced, CA, US | American Legion Hall | 1 | 04/08 | Turlock, CA, US | Turlock Fairgrounds | 1 | 04/09 | Santa Monica, CA, US | Cheetah | 2 | 04/14 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 04/15 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 04/20 | Woodland Hills, CA, US | William Howard Taft High School | 1 | 04/21 | West Hollywood, CA, US | The Kaleidoscope at Ciro's | 1 | 04/22 | West Hollywood, CA, US | The Kaleidoscope at Ciro's | 1 | 04/23 | West Hollywood, CA, US | The Kaleidoscope at Ciro's | 1 | 04/28 | Monrovia, CA, US | Monrovia High School | 1 | 04/29 | Santa Barbara, CA, US | Earl Warren Showgrounds | 1 | 04/30 | Hollywood, CA, US | Hullabaloo | 0 | | | | | 05/01 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Whisky A Go Go | 1 | 05/07 | Woodland Hills, CA, US | Valley Music Theatre | 1 | 05/12 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 05/13 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 05/14 | Santa Monica, CA, US | Cheetah | 1 | 05/16-21 | West Hollywood, CA, US | Whisky A Go Go | 1 | 05/20 | Van Nuys, CA, US | Birmingham Stadium | 1 | 05/26 | La Crescenta, CA, US | Crescenta Valley High School | 1 | 05/27 | Inglewood, CA, US | Darby Park Recreation Center | 1 | 05/27 | Santa Barbara, CA, US | Earl Warren Showgrounds | 1 | 05/28 | Beverly Hills, CA, US | Beverly Hills High School | 1 | 05/29 | Reseda, CA | Grover Cleveland High School | 1 | 05/30 | Hollywood, CA, US | Hullabaloo | 2 | | | | | 06/03 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 06/04 | San Francisco, CA, US | Avalon Ballroom | 1 | 06/08 | Merced, CA, US | American Legion Hall | 1 | 06/09 | San Francisco, CA, US | Fillmore Auditorium | 1 | 06/10 | Mill Valley, CA, US | Tamalpais Mountain Theater | 1 | 06/10 | San Francisco, CA, US | Fillmore Auditorium | 1 | 06/11 | New York, NY, US | Village Theatre | 2 | 06/12-15 | New York, NY, US | The Scene | Unknown | 06/16 | Island Park, NY, US | Action House | 1 | 06/17 | Island Park, NY, US | Action House | 1 | 06/18 | Philadelphia, PA, US | Town Hall | 1 | 06/19-30 | New York, NY, US | The Scene | Unknown | | | | | 07/01 | New York, NY, US | The Scene | 2 | 07/03 | Santa Monica, CA, US | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | 1 | 07/04 | San Bernardino, CA, US | Kaiser Dome | 1 | 07/05 | Whittier, CA, US | Lowell High School | 1 | 07/06 | Fresno, CA, US | Fresno Convention Center - Selland Arena | 1 | 07/08 | San Diego, CA, US | Balboa Stadium | 1 | 07/13 | Oakland, CA, US | Oakland Civic Auditorium | 1 | 07/14 | Sacramento, CA, US | California State Fair Grandstand | 1 | 07/15 | Northridge, CA, US | Devonshire Downs | 1 | 07/15 | Anaheim, CA, US | Anaheim Convention Center Arena | 2 | 07/20 | Victoria, BC, CAN | Victoria Memorial Arena | 1 | 07/21 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Dante's Inferno | 1 | 07/22 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Dante's Inferno | 1 | 07/23 | Seattle, WA, US | Eagles Auditorium | 1 | 07/24 | Seattle, WA, US | Eagles Auditorium | 1 | 07/26 | Portland, OR, US | Portland Masonic Temple | 1 | 07/27 | Salem, OR, US | Salem Armory Auditorium | 1 | 07/28-30 | San Francisco, CA, US | Fillmore Auditorium | 3 | | | | | 08/05 | Santa Barbara, CA, US | Earl Warren Showgrounds | 1 | 08/10 | Brighton, MA, US | Crosstown Bus | 2 | 08/11 | Brighton, MA, US | Crosstown Bus | 2 | 08/12 | Forest Hills, NY, US | Forest Hills Tennis Stadium | 1 | 08/15 | Lowell, MA, US | Commodore Ballroom | 1 | 08/18 | Annapolis, MD, US | Annapolis National Guard Armory | 1 | 08/18 | Alexandria, VA, US | Alexandria Roller Rink Arena | 1 | 08/19 | Hampton Beach, NH, US | Hampton Beach Casino | 1 | 08/25 | Las Vegas, NV, US | Las Vegas Convention Center | 1 | 08/27 | Santa Monica, CA, US | Cheetah | 3 | | | | | 09/02 | Asbury Park, NJ, US | Asbury Park Convention Hall | 1 | 09/03 | Fort Worth, TX, US | Will Rogers Exhibit Building | 1 | 09/04 | Fort Worth, TX, US | Will Rogers Exhibit Building | 1 | 09/08 | Farmington, UT, US | Lagoon Patio Gardens | 2 | 09/09 | New York, NY, US | Village Theatre | 2 | 09/11 | Oswego, NY, US | State University of N.Y. - Oswego Lee Hall | 1 | 09/13 | Canton, IL, US | Canton High School | 1 | 09/14 | Warrensville Heights, OH, US | Musicarnival | 1 | 09/21 | Westport, CT, US | Staples High School | 1 | 09/22 | Providence, RI, US | Brown University - Meehan Auditorium | 1 | 09/23 | Stony Brook, NY, US | Stony Brook University | 1 | 09/24 | Wallingford, CT, US | Oakdale Theater | 1 | 09/27 | Des Moines, IA, US | KRNT Theater | 1 | 09/29 | Denver, CO, US | University of Denver | 1 | 09/30 | Denver, CO, US | The Family Dog | 1 | | | | | 10/06 | Los Angeles, CA, US | California State College - Eagles Nest Gymnasium | 1 | 10/07 | Tucson, AZ, US | Hi Corbett Field | 1 | 10/08 | Tulsa, OK, US | Tulsa Assembly Center | 1 | 10/11 | Danbury, CT, US | Danbury High School | 1 | 10/12 | Hull, MA, US | The Surf | 2 | 10/13 | Baltimore, MD, US | The Lyric Theatre | 1 | 10/14 | Selinsgrove, PA, US | Susquehanna University - Weber Chapel Auditorium | 1 | 10/15 | Berkeley, CA, US | Berkeley Community Theatre | 2 | 10/20 | Ann Arbor, MI, US | University of Michigan - I.M. Building | 1 | 10/21 | Colorado Springs, CO, US | Broadmoor Hotel Ballroom | 1 | 10/27 | San Luis Obispo, CA, US | California Polytechnic State University | 1 | 10/28 | Goleta, CA, US | University of California, S.B. - Robertson Gym | 1 | | | | | 11/03 | Santa Clara, CA, US | Continental Ballroom | 1 | 11/04 | San Diego, CA, US | Community Concourse Golden Hall | 1 | 11/10 | Seattle, WA, US | Eagles Auditorium | 1 | 11/11 | Corvallis, OR, US | Oregon State University - Gill Coliseum | 1 | 11/16 | San Francisco, CA, US | Fillmore Auditorium | 1 | 11/17 | San Francisco, CA, US | Winterland | 1 | 11/18 | San Francisco, CA, US | Winterland | 1 | 11/24 | New York, NY, US | Hunter College - Assembly Hall | 2 | 11/25 | Washington, D.C., US | Hilton Hotel - International Ballroom | 1 | 11/26 | Hartford, CT, US | Bushnell Memorial Auditorium | 1 | | | | | 12/01 | Long Beach, CA, US | California State Long Beach - Men's Gym | 2 | 12/02 | Portland, OR, US | Portland Memorial Coliseum | 1 | 12/08 | Troy, NY, US | R.P.I. - Houston Field House | 1 | 12/09 | New Haven, CT, US | New Haven Arena | 1 | 12/15 | Sacramento, CA, US | Sacramento Memorial Auditorium | 2 | 12/16 | San Bernardino, CA, US | Swing Auditorium | 1 | 12/22 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Shrine Exposition Hall | 1 | 12/23 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Shrine Exposition Hall | 1 | 12/26 | San Francisco, CA, US | Winterland | 1 | 12/27 | San Francisco, CA, US | Winterland | 1 | 12/28 | San Francisco, CA, US | Winterland | 1 | 12/29 | Denver, CO, US, US | The Family Dog | 1 | 12/30 | Denver, CO, US, US | The Family Dog | 1 | 12/31 | Denver, CO, US, US | The Family Dog | 1 |
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 12, 2021 22:57:31 GMT 10
June 10th, 1967: Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theatre, Mill Valley
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 12, 2021 22:58:05 GMT 10
June 10th, 1967: Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theatre, Mill Valley
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 12, 2021 22:58:48 GMT 10
June 10th, 1967: Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theatre, Mill Valley
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 12, 2021 23:01:15 GMT 10
The Doors play an early 3:00 p.m. show and a later show at 8:30 p.m. with The Jefferson Airplane. The evening show draws 8,500 people. Jim shows emotions of all kinds to the crowd. He is very loose on stage, off-key, hoarse and rambling whatever comes into his head between songs. He even throws lit cigarettes into the audience during this mischievous performance showing the beginning of his sometime obvious disdain for his audience. Also performing: The Merry Go Round July 15th, 1967: Anaheim Convention Centre, Anaheim
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:24:49 GMT 10
The band has a chance to play on this liberal television series yet omits the Oedipal section. The show broadcasts on October 16th and later in the US on August 1, 1970 in a show called the Now Explosion. This is one of few television recorded shows the band is happy with. September 14th, 1967: CBC Television Studios, Toronto
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:25:23 GMT 10
September 14th, 1967: CBC Television Studios, Toronto
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:25:54 GMT 10
September 14th, 1967: CBC Television Studios, Toronto
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:27:51 GMT 10
In this infamous appearance, The Doors are asked to modify the word 'higher' in "Light My Fire". The Doors oblige, and do so in rehearsal, but during the live broadcast Jim sings the song as it was originally written and recorded. The Doors are never invited back. The Doors also perform their new single "People Are Strange" in a segment prior to the later "Light My Fire" segment from this historical performance. September 17th, 1967: Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:28:44 GMT 10
When The Doors Defied Ed Sullivan
More than fifty years ago, on September 17, 1967, The Doors defied Ed Sullivan and the CBS censors by refusing to change the word “higher” while performing their #1 hit, “Light My Fire,” on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Recalled Doors’ drummer John Densmore, “‘You will never do this show again,’ Ed fumed after we’d directly disobeyed his censorship requirements. Jim turned to him and remarked, ‘Hey, that’s okay—we just did The Ed Sullivan Show.’”
Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger’s reaction was, “We thought they were joking. Who were they kidding? Wanting us to change the lyrics on the number one song in America? We decided to just do the song as-is and maybe they would forget all about it. What could they do? After all, it was live television! So, yeah, we never played The Ed Sullivan Show again. But we didn’t care.”
It may seem ridiculous today, but The Doors’ action created an absolute furore and media firestorm. Almost anything goes on today’s television, but America’s prudishness about drugs, sexuality and “the counterculture” in the 1960s was extreme by modern standards. In fact, just a decade earlier, Lucy [Ball] and Desi [Arnaz] had to sleep in twin beds, and the word “pregnant” couldn’t be uttered on television.
“Light My Fire” was not the first time The Ed Sullivan Show, a Sunday-night viewing ritual in American homes, had censored pop music performers—Elvis and the Rolling Stones included. The Doors’ famous moment was dramatized in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors.
As Doors’ co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek explained in an interview filmed in 1991, Jim Morrison and his bandmates decided they would not buckle to the network censors. Manzarek promised the CBS executive just before the performance that they would go ahead and replace the offending lyric. But they would be performing live, so the Doors knew that they could get away with singing the controversial song as it was written. In the process, the Doors won their battle with CBS and made television history.
Until producers at SOFA Entertainment decided to dig into the Sullivan production files in Sept. 2017, they had no idea what lyrics the network was suggesting Morrison sing instead of the song’s infamous line.
Andrew Solt of SOFA Entertainment, the company that owns the Sullivan archive, relates how the discovery occurred. “Greg Vines and I discussed how good it would be if we could find the word CBS wanted Morrison to sing instead of ‘higher.’ When Greg returned from the vault, he was elated. “You won’t believe it. We not only have the word; we have the whole line! Instead of ‘Girl we couldn’t get much higher’ Jim was asked to sing, ‘Girl, there’s nothing I require.’ It’s laughable. Imagine Morrison singing ‘require’ instead of ‘higher’?”
JAM, Inc.’s Jeff Jampol, manager of the Doors, and of the Morrison Estate, was also surprised by the discovery of the absurd suggested replacement lyrics. “It’s fascinating to get an inside peek at how television, the media and corporate culture continually conspired to censor art and free expression, all in the name of selling more cereal, while at the same time, they were co-opting pop culture themselves (and definitely not for the betterment of art). But even more scintillating to me is to take a look back at a time when artists took a stand, not only for their art, but for their ideals and for freedom of expression—their own, as well as others’. It’ a refreshing reminder and contrast to so many of today’s mainstream artists who seemingly refuse to take a stand, to speak out against injustice, or who are unwilling to put their wallet (and sometimes, their entire career) on the line to take a stand for anything, let alone freedom of artistic expression. Thank God for Jim Morrison; thank God for the Doors.”
September 17th, 1967: Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:30:51 GMT 10
This show is primarily attended by nearby college students from Western Connecticut State College and locals of Danbury. Prior to the show, Jim and his drinking buddy Tom Baker were partying all day. Tom even gets to introduce the band tonight preceded by a female announcer who tells the crowd not to leave their seats during the performance or they will be escorted out of the venue! There was also a beauty pageant prior to this evening’s performance. Early into the show a group of students who are mad about The Four Seasons being cancelled are ragging on the band about how wasted they look and how rigid they appear. The band plays great tonight with a lot of energy, probably a carry-over from their fabulous shows at The Scene. Jim however is pretty mellow and it isn't until late in the concert that he jumps off the stage into the startled audience during "The End", leaps back on stage, and begins to smash the microphone stand into the stage repeatedly in a violent scene. The marks are still there! October 11th, 1967: Danbury High School, Danbury
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:32:28 GMT 10
Reviews / Info: -8:15pm scheduled start time. -Approx. 2,000 in attendance at this 1,200-seat venue. -This performance is put on by the Western Connecticut State College for their annual 'Wesconn Weekend'. -A 15-minute intermission is announced following The Newfield Patch Band. -The audience is warned to stay in their seats or risk being removed from the venue. -Fall Weekend Princess candidates are introduced during the intermission. -Actor Tom Baker introduces The Doors onstage at 9:00pm and they play until 10:00pm. -Jim Morrison beats a microphone stand into the stage floor during the climax of The End. -This performance features early lyrics from Who Scared You and The Celebration Of The Lizard. -A recording of this performance is made through the school’s microphones set up at the front of the stage. October 11th, 1967: Danbury High School, Danbury
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:35:10 GMT 10
University of Michigan I.M. Building - Ann Arbor, MI - (Homecoming) These days the University of Michigan doesn’t seem to get too excited over homecoming. But in the 1960s it was a different story. Back then the weekend’s schedule of events often read like a scene from the movie “Animal House.” In addition to the usual pep rallies and tug-of-wars were chariot races, bed races, elephant races (with real elephants), sky divers, go-go girls, the Mud Bowl, and a grand parade through the streets of Ann Arbor, complete with student-built floats, local politicians, celebrity alumni, Playboy bunnies, and Sonny Elliot. During the ’60s, homecoming weekend also featured concerts by one or more prominent national music acts, including such notables as the Righteous Brothers, the Four Tops, the Beach Boys, and Dionne Warwick. For 1967 the organizers lined up folksinger Buffy Sainte-Marie, jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, and, for the Friday night dance at the Intramural Sports Building, the Doors. When the Doors took the stage on the evening of Oct. 20, the surprisingly small audience was in for a unique experience—but for all the wrong reasons. The concert would turn out to be a memorable disaster. But beyond disappointing hundreds of fans, that fateful show would also prove to be an event that may well have altered the history of rock and roll. October 20th, 1967: University of Michigan, Michigan
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:36:16 GMT 10
Among those in the crowd that night was 19-year-old U-M sophomore Fred LaBour, who happily paid $3 for himself and a date to see the band whose hypnotic single “Light My Fire” had been burning up the charts since June. “I was a big fan,” recalls LaBour, today better known as “Too Slim” of the country and western act Riders in the Sky. (He was also one of the prime sources behind the 1969 rumour that Paul McCartney was dead.) “I loved the first album, front to back. The weird circus grooves, the poetry, ‘The End,’ even a Kurt Weill song. Such a unique, compelling sound.” The opening act that evening was the Long Island Sound, one of the campus’s top dance bands. By all accounts their set was well-received and included a number of tracks from the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” released only a few months before. Then it was time for the Doors, who took the stage to enthusiastic applause—but without singer Jim Morrison. The other three band members launched into the opening riff of their song “Soul Kitchen,” which they proceeded to play over and over while everyone waited for Morrison to appear. “After a while it started to get uncomfortable,” says Fred LaBour. “There was scattered booing.” LaBour recalls that the band withdrew and then returned about half an hour later, this time accompanied by their charismatic bad-boy vocalist, who seemed in no condition to be on stage. “Morrison could barely stand up. He was practically falling on his face every few moments.” October 20th, 1967: University of Michigan, Michigan
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Mar 13, 2021 19:37:40 GMT 10
The Long Island Sound’s Steve Welkom, who had stayed to hear the Doors, remembers Morrison lurching up to the microphone and making weird sounds that the audience soon realized were words—and that the words were f-bombs. “At the time it was kind of an outrageous thing to say,” explains Welkom. “The girls started to blush, and guys were putting their hands over the girls’ ears. These were guys with crew cuts. They were football players. It wasn’t the hippest dance you could possibly imagine.” The atmosphere in the unseasonably warm gymnasium grew tense as the audience’s shock turned to anger. The Long Island Sound’s Gary Munce recalls that Morrison was “in a foul state of mind” and proceeded to crank up the temperature a few more degrees when he started throwing things into the crowd. “That’s when it got really nasty.” At some point the police were called and the pie-eyed singer was persuaded to leave the stage, very likely averting an outbreak of violence. “People were mad,” recalls Steve Welkom. “The place was in chaos.” Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek remembers that evening well. It all started, he says, when the band decided to stop for a frosty treat while riding in the limo from Detroit to Ann Arbor. “We all wanted some ice cream,” explains Manzarek. “But Jim says, ‘Ice cream is for babies. I want whiskey.’ So, we had to stop at a liquor store and buy a bottle of booze.” Something about the others eating their ice cream seemed to set Morrison off, and for the rest of the trip he sat in the back, drinking sullenly. By the time they reached Ann Arbor, remembers Manzarek, the singer was “drunk as a skunk.” When he finally came out on stage, he was unable, and perhaps unwilling, to perform. “He was missing all the cues, and at some point, started berating the audience. I’m thinking, ‘Jim, do not anger these guys! These are football players. Look at the thickness of their necks!’ But he just kept going on and on.” October 20th, 1967: University of Michigan, Michigan
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