Jim Morrison

JANUARY 1, 1967 – The Doors made their first live television appearance lip-syncing their first single “Break on Through” on the “Shebang” program, broadcast on KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles, California. More

The Doors opened their set with “Moonlight Drive” from their newest album “Strange Days,” released just three weeks before. And then it was “Break on Through” and “Backdoor Man,” “People Are Strange,” “Crystal Ship” and, following a wild piece of Morrison’s avant-garde poetry called “Wake Up!,” they did a masterly version of “Light My Fire.” […] More

SEPTEMBER 15, 1968 – The Doors were forced to perform as a trio at a concert in Amsterdam at the Concertgebouw after Jim Morrison collapsed while dancing during the Jefferson Airplane’s performance.The Doors were touring Europe in the summer of 1968 with Jefferson Airplane. Before the show, both bands strolled the streets, taking in the […] More

JANUARY 28, 1968 – The Doors singer Jim Morrison and New York Times journalist Robert Gover (author of “The $100 Misunderstanding”) visited the Pussycat a’ Go-Go on a trip to Las Vegas, where Morrison pretended to smoke a cigarette like a joint. One of the security guards at the club wasn’t having any of it […] More

MAY 23, 1966 – The Doors played their first show, debuting at the The Whisky A-Go-Go in West Hollywood, California where they became the house band for several months opening for touring groups like the Byrds, The Turtles, The Seeds, Buffalo Springfield, Them, Love and many others.The band’s sets were comprised mainly of songs which […] More