Post by darkstar3 on Jan 30, 2011 22:55:54 GMT
Arizona Republic
February 18 1968
People Fracas Starts Off Show By Doors Rock Group At Coliseum
By Troy Irvine
The audience gave an outstanding performance at the Coliseum last night. About 7,000 persons paid $2.50 to $6.00 a ticket to see The Doors, a national rock recording act.
People were the show before the music started. Everyone seemed to arrive at the 8 O’clock starting time, jamming the parking lot and then the entrance ways.
Between 100 and 150 teeners who didn’t have tickets but who wanted inside anyway began pushing, shoving and then fighting their way in from the second floor ramp.
NEARLY HALF managed to battle their way past the ticket takers at the doors but finally were forced out by 28 ushers.
The program began 25 minutes late with the Hamilton Street Car, a Los Angeles group that had been together two years.
LEAD SINGER Ralph Plummer salked his way across stage as his musical backup was heavy with strains of Country Joe & The Fish, Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The Sunshine Company was the second act, and could have better opened the show because they changed the freaky pace with some uplifting vocal work. Their “Back On The Street Again” and “Happy” were both well executed.
AFTER intermission the Doors appeared. Their first selection, “Back Door Man,” was extremely loose with the drummer dropping beats. The organ player, Ray Manzaveki sang the second song, “Whiskey Bar,” with lead singer Jim Morrison, and sounded stronger than the latter.
Bobby Krieger played lead guitar, without picks, and played through acoustical amps for a louder, more true sound. He was especially strong on “Love Me Two Times,” which was second in audience popularity only to “Light My Fire.”
“FIRE” was introduced as a ‘famous radio song’ and then many in the audience lit up sparklers as the song began and then drove on for six more minutes. Lead singer Morrison, who most of the Coliseum had really come to see, jumped in the air and landed on his left side, conking his knee on the five foot high stage.
The finale was, appropriately, “The End,” the big production number on the Doors’ first album. They made an excellent use of dynamics, building tempo, then easing off.
END.
February 18 1968
People Fracas Starts Off Show By Doors Rock Group At Coliseum
By Troy Irvine
The audience gave an outstanding performance at the Coliseum last night. About 7,000 persons paid $2.50 to $6.00 a ticket to see The Doors, a national rock recording act.
People were the show before the music started. Everyone seemed to arrive at the 8 O’clock starting time, jamming the parking lot and then the entrance ways.
Between 100 and 150 teeners who didn’t have tickets but who wanted inside anyway began pushing, shoving and then fighting their way in from the second floor ramp.
NEARLY HALF managed to battle their way past the ticket takers at the doors but finally were forced out by 28 ushers.
The program began 25 minutes late with the Hamilton Street Car, a Los Angeles group that had been together two years.
LEAD SINGER Ralph Plummer salked his way across stage as his musical backup was heavy with strains of Country Joe & The Fish, Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The Sunshine Company was the second act, and could have better opened the show because they changed the freaky pace with some uplifting vocal work. Their “Back On The Street Again” and “Happy” were both well executed.
AFTER intermission the Doors appeared. Their first selection, “Back Door Man,” was extremely loose with the drummer dropping beats. The organ player, Ray Manzaveki sang the second song, “Whiskey Bar,” with lead singer Jim Morrison, and sounded stronger than the latter.
Bobby Krieger played lead guitar, without picks, and played through acoustical amps for a louder, more true sound. He was especially strong on “Love Me Two Times,” which was second in audience popularity only to “Light My Fire.”
“FIRE” was introduced as a ‘famous radio song’ and then many in the audience lit up sparklers as the song began and then drove on for six more minutes. Lead singer Morrison, who most of the Coliseum had really come to see, jumped in the air and landed on his left side, conking his knee on the five foot high stage.
The finale was, appropriately, “The End,” the big production number on the Doors’ first album. They made an excellent use of dynamics, building tempo, then easing off.
END.