This film has been kicking around for almost a decade now but last night was given a “world premiere” in cinemas, preceded by a short film of Robbie Krieger and John Densmore in the studio with a couple of session musicians playing Riders On The Storm and LA Woman and doing the inevitable interview. It’s good, Densmore especially is still a fine drummer and they have Jason Scheff on bass and excellent vocals, he’s the son of Jerry Scheff who played bass on the original LA Woman album (having previously played in Elvis Presley’s band).
Then we are treated to the remastered version of The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl. I realised I’d never seen live footage of them before. Densmore is high up on a riser, Manzarek stage right at 90° facing Robbie Krieger on the other side, and in the middle Jim Morrison, all tight brown leather clutching the mike like he needs something to hang on to. Is he out of it? I have no idea. Probably. There are basically only two cameras, one front-on which zooms in and out of the band, and one side-on close up of Morrison. You see guys with hand held cameras » Continue Reading.