by talkfromtherockroom | May 1, 2020 | Reviews
In July of 1969 the Doors played two intimate concerts at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, California in the hopes of recording a live album. For reasons known only to the band they decided to not release the tapes of the performances (until over three decades...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 6, 2017 | Now Showing, Reviews
Flickering in the ‘rock room’ today is the 2014 video collection R-Evolution featuring the Doors, always a band delicately balanced on the cutting edge, the DVD immortalizes the band as they made forays into the media of film, while highlighting their influential...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 19, 2017 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Today in the ‘rock room’ I am enjoying one of the few and rare recorded live documents of The Doors to circulate from their first year of major popularity, 1967. Early recorded performances are at a premium in the case of the Doors with the recently released...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 23, 2016 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
One of the psychedelic rock era’s most important pioneers, Robby Krieger, founding member and guitarist of the Doors did most of his sonic damage using one particular make and model of guitar. While the ‘rock room’s’ Tools of the Trade feature...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jamming today in the ‘rock room’ is an intimate on stage recording of the Doors at the 3,000 seat Bakersfield Civic Auditorium on August 21, 1970. Following the band’s legendary spring 1970 tour, which resulted in the seminal live recording Absolutely Live, this...
