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Westbury Music Fair Westbury NY April 19th 1968
The concert is not an open air one and 'the music fair' is the name of an in-the-round indoor venue in Westbury NY.
The band played an early first set but seem distant from the sparse crowd.
Their second set is very different and is described in OTR as outstanding.
A blistering version of WTMO ends the concert and the band leave the stage to a tremendous ovation.
The band return to encore with Unknown Soldier and Jim doing the execution segment.
'The War Is Over' screams Jim and the lights go out for a moment.
When they return the band has gone.
The band arrive with police escort and a fan finds an unusual way of getting an autograph.
19-4-1968
New York Post
Newsday New York NY
Flyer
A description from a concert goer of Jim Morrison's unusual entrance as the concert began.
"Jim wasn’t on stage when the music began. Suddenly there was a confrontation on one of the downward aisles leading to the stage.
He stumbled down the steps entangling his black leather and a mass of tangled hair with the offstage darkness.
He stopped to pose and a flash of light caught him trying to regain his balance. The taunts began immediately.
He responded with forced indifference or a threat of random violence."
Mr Mojo Risin’ David Dalton.
Jim wearing his famous snake skin trousers NOT his black leather as several commentators wrote about the concert.
Probably some photos are from the early set Robbie wearing a white T Shirt not his flowery one seen during Unknown Soldier finale.
## Contrary to the release of a bootleg from the concert this show was not taped (As Far As We Know) and the boot is actually NYC 1970.
"It was April 19, 1968, and The Doors took the stage for their second set.
Most of The Doors, anyway. As keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger began playing “Peace Frog” to a packed house, lead singer Jim Morrison was nowhere to be found.
Suddenly, there was commotion in the darkness at the back of the room, and Morrison stumbled down one of the ramps leading to the stage. The crowd taunted him as he joined his band mates and began hurling jabs at the audience in between songs and halfway through them.
A familiar tune would start—whether it be “Light My Fire” or “Soul Kitchen”—and Morrison would sing a few lines, rant about something else, then veer off, even picking fights with random audience members. Boos filled the air.
When a security guard attempted to calm the singer down, Morrison grabbed him, pulling him toward the stage. The guard broke free but lost his hat as he fled. Morrison mockingly tried to wear it onstage before he let out an ear-splitting shriek that ended the show.
As the house lights came on, Manzarek, Densmore and Krieger walked off, but the Lizard King lay on the stage howling before returning to his feet and dancing and chanting as if he were possessed.
It was a quintessential moment in rock history—the iconic image of leather-clad Morrison sprawled on the floor amid the amplifiers and gear, microphone in hand, writhing and yelping, forever immortalized by famed rock and roll photographer Ken Regan."
Long Island Press NY
The concert is not an open air one and 'the music fair' is the name of an in-the-round indoor venue in Westbury NY.
The band played an early first set but seem distant from the sparse crowd.
Their second set is very different and is described in OTR as outstanding.
A blistering version of WTMO ends the concert and the band leave the stage to a tremendous ovation.
The band return to encore with Unknown Soldier and Jim doing the execution segment.
'The War Is Over' screams Jim and the lights go out for a moment.
When they return the band has gone.
The band arrive with police escort and a fan finds an unusual way of getting an autograph.
19-4-1968
New York Post
Newsday New York NY
Flyer
A description from a concert goer of Jim Morrison's unusual entrance as the concert began.
"Jim wasn’t on stage when the music began. Suddenly there was a confrontation on one of the downward aisles leading to the stage.
He stumbled down the steps entangling his black leather and a mass of tangled hair with the offstage darkness.
He stopped to pose and a flash of light caught him trying to regain his balance. The taunts began immediately.
He responded with forced indifference or a threat of random violence."
Mr Mojo Risin’ David Dalton.
Jim wearing his famous snake skin trousers NOT his black leather as several commentators wrote about the concert.
Probably some photos are from the early set Robbie wearing a white T Shirt not his flowery one seen during Unknown Soldier finale.
## Contrary to the release of a bootleg from the concert this show was not taped (As Far As We Know) and the boot is actually NYC 1970.
"It was April 19, 1968, and The Doors took the stage for their second set.
Most of The Doors, anyway. As keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger began playing “Peace Frog” to a packed house, lead singer Jim Morrison was nowhere to be found.
Suddenly, there was commotion in the darkness at the back of the room, and Morrison stumbled down one of the ramps leading to the stage. The crowd taunted him as he joined his band mates and began hurling jabs at the audience in between songs and halfway through them.
A familiar tune would start—whether it be “Light My Fire” or “Soul Kitchen”—and Morrison would sing a few lines, rant about something else, then veer off, even picking fights with random audience members. Boos filled the air.
When a security guard attempted to calm the singer down, Morrison grabbed him, pulling him toward the stage. The guard broke free but lost his hat as he fled. Morrison mockingly tried to wear it onstage before he let out an ear-splitting shriek that ended the show.
As the house lights came on, Manzarek, Densmore and Krieger walked off, but the Lizard King lay on the stage howling before returning to his feet and dancing and chanting as if he were possessed.
It was a quintessential moment in rock history—the iconic image of leather-clad Morrison sprawled on the floor amid the amplifiers and gear, microphone in hand, writhing and yelping, forever immortalized by famed rock and roll photographer Ken Regan."
Long Island Press NY
