Gil wrote: >From the Whiskey to the Forum is quite a jump. When I saw Spirit, I think > Randy California may still have been playing his Sears Silvertone guitar, > although he'd customized it quite a bit. And the club was surely better > than the Forum.
I'm sure it surely was! The acoustics at the Forum back then were atrocious, especially if you were up in nosebleed seats. They opened for the Moody Blues. It was one of those - well - just glad to be there things. I didn't know about the Sears Silvertone. My first guitar was a used one and I found it pretty unplayable! > After all, The Doors at the Forum had to put on this *show*, and surrounded by police and thousands upon thousands of >fans, they were limited. In the intimate atmosphere of a club they could stretch out, > experiment, and respond to a different mood from the audience. My biggest regret was that I never got to see them live, especially when they were first on the Strip. > I just discovered Rhino's Handmade site and the live Doors albums available > (and Sweetwater). There goes my DVD money for a while! I try to resist the Rhino site - would go bankrupt if I succumbed! One can find an amazing collection of rarities there. Kakki NP: Rickie Lee Jones channeling Marty Balin - Comin' Back to Me
