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While attending Bowling Green University, my buddy Ron and I were lucky enough to see Ray Manzarek perform live at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, OH. We got there very early, parked my 1962 Thunderbird right out front, and got a table in the front row! Ray started the show with “I Wake Up Screaming.” …
On July 15th, 1967, The Doors appeared at Devonshire Downs Fantasy Fair in Northridge, in San Fernando Valley, a few miles from where I lived at the time. Also appearing were the Airplane, Byrds, Canned Heat, and many other bands. My friend Jill from New York City came with me, and we arrived at 10am. …
In my senior year of high school, The Doors played a show in the school gym in the afternoon. This was Cleveland High, in the city of Reseda, CA., in the San Fernando Valley. Other groups played there, like The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Flo and Eddie, and a few more, but nobody as big as …
My friend, actor Bill Mumy and I attended The Doors’ first show at The Aquarius Theater in Hollywood. We were both 15 at the time. The tickets cost two bucks each, and my folks dropped us off at about 2pm that day. I was beyond excited because The Doors had been my favorite band for …