Venue Address: 308 East 59th St. - New York, NY 
Promotion: Brad Pierce/Ondine
Event: Venue Exclusive
Also Performing:
Dane & Billie Fox (DJ's)
Setlists (Multiple):
Break On Through
Alabama Song
The End
(Incomplete)
Recordings / Film:
Unavailable
Photographers:
Don Paulsen
Reviews / Info:
-This venue has a nautical theme and claims to be New York's oldest discotheque.
-Ondine serves southern fried chicken.
-The Doors stay at the Henry Hudson Hotel while in New York.
-The Doors play multiple half-hour sets a night at this venue.
-Setlists mainly include first album tracks and blues songs.
-The Doors earn $500.00 a week at this club.
-Club owner Brad Pierce takes The Doors shopping for new stage clothes during this time period.
-The Doors mix their first album at Elektra Studios by day, and perform by night.
-A band known as The Pilgrims perform on the nights that The Doors do not.
-The exact number of performances during this time period are unknown.
-Jim Morrison meets Lynn Veres during this engagement, who later becomes Lynn Krieger.
-On November 24th, The Doors are invited to Paul Rothchild's home for Thanksgiving dinner and do not perform.
-Hit Parader editor and photographer Don Paulsen conducts The Doors first formal interview during this time period.
-The Doors film a promotional video for Break On Through during this time period.
-The Spike Drivers begin a four week engagement at this venue on November 28th.
-Robby Krieger cuts Jim Morrison a check for $100.00 on November 29th.
-The Doors return to Ondine in March 1967.
PUBLISHED INTERVIEW
Publication: Hit Parader
Issue: No. 34
Interview Date: Exact Date Unknown - November 1966
Publish Date: April 1967
Interview Location: Ondine, New York
Info:
This is the first known nationally printed article about The Doors. Written by Don Paulsen in 1966, this article was not actually published until April 1967 in an issue of Hit Parader magazine. The article features quotes from The Doors taken from November 1966 while the band is performing at the Ondine in New York. The Doors talk about the Whisky A Go Go, signing with Elektra, and the origins of the group's name. Don Paulsen is editor and photographer for Hit Parader magazine at the time, and conducted multiple interviews with The Doors in New York from 1966 to 1968. Don Paulsen is also given a pre-release copy of The Doors first album on tape, and highly recommends it to the readers.
ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:
MAGAZINE ARTICLE:
Magazine: FlipAuthor: Brad Pierce
Publish Date: January - 1968
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