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THE DOORS STRANGE DAYS WAITING FOR (January, 1967) (November, 1967) THE SUN (July, 1968)

Few bands have had as great and a lasting influence as “”, a band that has come to almost symbolise everything that was the late ‘60’s. As one of the most creative and original bands of that era, their songs still retain an incredible freshness THE SOFT MORRISON L.A. WOMAN even today. is still an icon even to teenagers PARADE HOTEL (April, 1971) today. Few bands have retained such a popularity. So many of (July, 1969) (February, 1970) their songs still fill the airways like “”, “”, and “Break on Through”. All brother band, Jeneva’s “The back doors” pays homage to the music, performance and poetry of “The Doors” and Jim Morrison. First staged in March ‘98 and matching the line-up of “The Doors”, from a poem recited to the maniacal “The End”, the accuracy of the performance is uncanny. The power of the bass AN AMERICAN IN CONCERT keyboard , against the distinctive Hammond sound from Terry, PRAYER (1978) (Rel: 1991) the aggressive outpouring of beat and tempo on drums by Is everybody in? ... Michael, with the fluent blues’ lament of the guitar played by Patrick, converges with the deep and powerful vocal delivery Is everybody in? ... Biography by John. Is every body in? ... Jeneva have since amazed and exhilarated audiences around The ceremony is about to No-one get’s out of here alive (Danny the country with this show. Sugarman & Jerry Hopkins) No one can really perform as The Doors but The Doors begin... The Doors (John Tobler & Andrew Doe). themselves. But as you listen to Jeneva perform, close Moonlight Drive (Chuck Crisafulli). your eyes, and let your imagination flow, journey with Wake Up...... them on this psychedelic cruise, and as you travel you The Doors In Poetry and History (Chris ‘The Doors’ may just find yourself at a club in L.A., going in thru’ Balz). “The back doors”.

Web Sites For more information on jeneva and The back doors, An Anthology of the Music, Performance www.thedoors.com Phone +353 (0)1-287 2532, +353 087 2951153 and Poetry of The Doors www.elektra.com/rock_club/doors/doors.html and Jim Morrison from Jim, that got The Doors fired, During the years The Doors Paul A. Rothchild from Elektra released five more albums, Records, signed them on the spot. with many hit singles, they gigged across the US and Now in 1967, The Doors recorded Europe with wild perfor- In 1965 on Venice Beach in there first album, “The Doors”. mances, leading in one L.A., Jim Morrison, an aspiring “Break on thru” was released on instance to arrest for “lewd- poet, philosopher, and a college single, but radio stations were ness” being accused of drop-out was talking to Ray reluctant to play it. Undeterred, the exposing himself, simulating Manzarek, an organ player. band phone the stations pretending masturbation and oral While explaining what he was to be different people and request- copulation, for which he was now doing, Jim shyly sang Ray ing that they play their song. They hyped it up even- fined $50,000. one of his songs, Moonlight tually reaching No 11. Drive. “They’re the greatest The drugs, sex and alcohol took it’s f**kin lyrics I’ve ever heard” was “” was released in June toll particularly on Jim. Unable to Rays response. “Lets form a Rock ‘n’ Roll band and ’67 and was No 1, two months later. take the pressures his lifestyle make a Million dollars”he said. “Lets call ourselves From that point on, the Doors were in created, he moved to Paris with his The Doors, Jim replied, “there’s the known, and countrywide demand. Appearing on long term girlfriend, his “soulmate”, there’s the unknown, and what separates the two is the Ed Sullivan show, Jim defied T.V. Pamela Courson, to write poetry, his the door, and that’s what I want to be”. producers when asked to sing “Girl first love. Here he rested well and we couldn’t get much both seemed content, but on 3rd of Joined by Robby better” instead of “higher” July 1971, Jim was found dead in Krieger on Guitar a line too provocative to the arising drug his bathtub. It is believed he suffered heart failure. and John culture. He sang it as is was written. He had just shaved off his beard for the first time in Densmore on two years and had passed Drums, they went The Doors became an icon of their genera- away with a knowing smile through the usual tion along side Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, on his face. He is buried in demo recordings The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, in the Pierre-Lachaise Cemetery and record company rejections. A era of free love, drugs, and peace. Vietnam in Paris. His grave is a young woman called “Ronnie” who was a focus of the time, and the Doors were very shrine, travelled to from all was scouting for the “Whisky a Go-Go”, in L.A. much attuned to these sentiments. They used drugs over the world. Pamela spotted The Doors, in a down town bar. Liking the to “expand their minds”, spoke out verbally and died in 1974. And The band (and fancying Jim) they were now performing musically against involvement in Vietnam, and took Doors, they played on... in a popular club, frequented by many people from everything to the edge. the music business. Inspired by a wild performance