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"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by American musician Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The lyrics draw on a Southern U.S. cultural term for an extramarital affair. The song is one of several Dixon-Wolf songs that became popular among rock musicians, including the Doors who recorded it for their 1967 self-titled debut album.
The book The Doors, by the remaining Doors, quotes Morrison's close friend Frank Lisciandro as saying that too many people took a remark of Morrison's that he was interested in revolt, disorder, and chaos "to mean that he was an anarchist, a revolutionary, or, worse yet, a nihilist. Hardly anyone noticed that Jim was paraphrasing Rimbaud and ...
Soundstage Performances is a 2002 music DVD documentary featuring 13 live TV performances by American rock band the Doors.The compilation features three shows from three distinct stages in the band's career – a TV appearance in Toronto, Canada in 1967, a Danish TV special during the Doors only European tour in 1968 and an appearance on PBS's Critique show in 1969.
"Back Door Man" – excerpt from The Doors Are Open, Roundhouse, London, September 1968 "Light My Fire" – performance from The Ed Sullivan Show September 17, 1967 "Celebration of the Lizard – excerpt from The Doors Are Open, Roundhouse, London, September 1968 "When the Music's Over" – excerpt from Hollywood Bowl, July 5, 1968
The Doors were honored for the 50th anniversary of their self-titled album release, January 4, 2017, with the city of Los Angeles proclaiming that date "The Day of the Doors". [185] At a ceremony in Venice, Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin introduced surviving members Densmore and Krieger, presenting them with a framed proclamation and ...
The Doors was released on DVD in 1997 and again on August 14, 2001 [58] and was later released on Blu-ray on August 12, 2008. [58] The film was released on 4K Blu-ray on July 23, 2019, with a new version of the film dubbed The Final Cut .
The Doors' producer and longtime collaborator Paul A. Rothchild claimed to have painstakingly edited the album from many different shows to create one cohesive concert. According to Rothchild, the best part of a song from one performance may have been spliced together with another part of the same song from another performance, in an attempt to ...
The band is interviewed between the two songs. The Doors also performed "Light My Fire" on the Malibu U TV show on August 25, 1967. Initially Jim Morrison was not at the shooting and Robby Krieger’s brother, Ron, stood in with his back to the camera. Morrison was later recorded on the studio roof and the two performances were edited together.