Miami Dinner Key FL : Concert & Aftermath March 1969

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Miami Dinner Key Auditorium FL, March 1st 1969

Using the Miami Herald to tell the story of this momentous day in March 1969 and its aftermath when Rock found itself on trial in Florida.
## I have added some non Herald documents and photos that add weight to the reporting##


MIAMI HERALD

1969

THE CONCERT


Herald ADVERT February 1969

3rd March 1969








March 3rd TV station WTVJ Editorial for that nights evening programme


Cool to Bellend in two shakes of a lambs tail.

4th March 1969





DOJ alerts FBI due to Jim leaving state



5th March 1969








CHARGED

6th March 1969


7th March 1969



8th March 1969





Getting to something when even 'working girls' are disgusted.


Where's my lamb?

12th March 1969




14th March 1969


15th March 1969


18th March 1969

In an hilarious bit of fallout from The Doors show even Christians were not welcome at the Dinner Key.

The Miami Herald March 18th 1969
By: Herb Kelly

‘MORRISON JUST TUCKED SHIRT” (HAW!)

Goodness, gracious, how poor, innocent Jim Morrison has been maligned. It took his booking agency, Ashley Famous 18 days to think up this one up as an excuse for his obscene performance at Dinner Key Auditorium March 1.
Morrison did not fondle himself on stage, the agency sad, he was tucking in his shirt.” And how can you do that without putting your hand in your pants? his agents ask.
For the information of Ashley Famous a guy can tuck in his shirt without exposing himself. I talked with a fellow who was sitting up front and he verified the exposure. Anyhow, the disgusting Miami performance of the Doors has cost the group more than $100,000. Seven dates already have been cancelled by promoters in Philadelphia, Providence, R.I., Toronto, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Detroit . They wouldn’t touch the crummy group with a mile long pole.

24th March 1969


25th March 1969



28th March 1969






FBI file on Jim


29th March 1969




30th March 1969


31st March 1969

Support from nut job Tiny Tim.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

1st April 1969


SURRENDER TO FBI
5th April 1969


The same story from a later edition.


14th April 1969



DOJ still trying to involve FBI

15th April 1969



Same story from 2 editions of the Herald

20th April 1969

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

14th May 1969

This is a Grand Jury report into drugs in Miami. (Irony Alert)
The Doors are dragged into this enabling the Holiest in Miami to decide what people see and hear.
Basically they have enacted a law that states if you can't prove to US you are worthy then you can't play Miami.
A totally illegal city ordinance #7757 that goes against the US Constitution

15th May 1969

FBI decline to prosecute Jim.

17th May 1969


25th June 1969

Another, but more worthy, political spin on Jim's misfortunes.

8th July 1969


13th July 1969


28th August 1969


27th September 1969

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

1st October 1969


3rd October 1969

The sheriff failed to stop this show see below
newdoorstalk.proboards.com/thread/4538/las-vegas-nv-1967-1969

26th October 1969


29th October 1969

Wonder where that came from?

5th November 1969






ARREST & BAIL

9th November 1969



11th November 1969


Again 2 different editions

12th November 1969


13th November 1969


23rd November 1969


25th December 1969

Surprised it took this long to challenge such obvious nonsense.
Ordinance #7757 which was passed back in May to control what citizens saw and heard.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

MIAMI HERALD

1970

23rd March 1970


2nd August 1970


11th August 1970









A later edition with The Doors dropping off the front page.

13th August 1970

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

THE TRIAL

15th August 1970



16th August 1970


17th August 1970


18th August 1970









20th August 1970




21st August 1970





22nd August 1970


26th August 1970



The Doors were allowed a recess so that they could play at the Isle Of Wight Festival on August 30th.
The band needed this as they were not bringing in concert receipts due to the fallout from Miami.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

2nd September 1970


3rd September 1970




14th September 1970
The Miami Herald News September 14 1970
MORRISON TRIAL RESUMING
The trial of rock singer Jim Morrison charged with lewd and lascivious conduct, resumed today in Criminal Court before Judge Murray Goodman.
Defense attorney, Robert Josefsberg was expected to call witnesses to the stand who would testify in defense of Morrison’s performance on the stage of the Dinner Key Auditorium in March 1969.
The trial began August 2, but has been interrupted frequently because of other cases on the judge’s calendar or conflicts with trials involving the attorneys.


16th September 1970
Jim & The Doors testify.
Here is part of what Jim said.




READ ALL THE DOORS TESTIMONY CLICK LINK BELOW
newdoorstalk.proboards.com/thread/1431/doors-miami-testimony-1970

17th September 1970


20th September 1970


21st September 1970



GUILTY













23rd September 1970


28th September 1970

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

SENTENCE

29th October 1970





31st October 1970












Various editions from that day

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

MIAMI HERALD
1971

After the sentencing the Miami Herald forgot about Jim Morrison and he would not even make the gossip columns.
Then an incident in the summer brought him hurtling back onto the front pages.

In England the music press caught a few whispers a couple of days after the event leaving Sounds to ask 'is Jim Morrison dead?'
It wasn't until the weekend after July 3rd that the tragic news was confirmed by Radio #1.
About the same time US newspapers were catching up on the story.

10th July 1971







13th July 1971


18th July 1971

Even when he was dead they were accusing him of shit.

11th November 1971



THE END....but of course it wasn't and over 50 years on the bloke still annoys and astounds people.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Remembering Miami


Miami responded to Oliver Stone exonerating Jim in his 1991 film.
3rd March 1991


7th March 1991




The Miami Herald did two retrospective Miami articles from 2006 and January 2024.
I will put them here for a more modern view of Miami events.

1st March 2006









4th March 2006

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

7th January 2024
## I added some photos to replace the adverts.###

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

The Pardon

This split Doors fans.
Personably I believe they should have told Florida to shove their Pardon up their collective arces
AS it just covered up how Jim was railroaded by a corrupt legal system in Miami with crooked judges
and prosecutors.
It assuages Florida's Guilt not Morrison's.

10th April 2007


11th April 2007


10th December 2010

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

MIAMI HERALD - MAY 18TH 1969

Pretty interesting 11 page piece on Jim shortly after the events.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]