Venue Address: 1001 N Main St. - Canton, IL 
Promotion: Student Council
Event: Canton Friendship Festival

Also Performing:
Wild Life

Battle Of The Bands:
Continental Blues
Those Guys
Page 1 & The Articles
Beggars Opera

Setlist:
Break On Through
Light My Fire
(Incomplete)

Recordings / Film:
Unavailable

Photographers:
Conni Smith
Unidentified (Professional)

Reviews / Info:
-The Doors are paid $2,000 to perform.
-This performance takes place in the Canton High School Auditorium.
-A supper is given backstage and a Q&A by Connie Cook takes place with The Doors.
-A Battle Of The Bands takes place prior to The Doors performance.
-The Doors are advertised as judges for the Battle Of The Bands.
-Continental Blues win the Battle Of The Bands.
-8:00pm scheduled start time.
-The audience reacts with silence towards Jim Morrison's stage antics.
-Reviews of this performance are positive.


"The Canton audience was too quiet and freaked out by The Doors that night. The minister's daughter was sitting next to me and her mouth kept dropping open as Jim did gross things with the mic. During 'Light My Fire', Jim scowled down at me due to the bewildered audience response - and so cut the song short, and muttered (and I quote), "Let's get the fuck out of here," and stomped off-stage.

By that point, I was already deep into my writer's mode, about how to actually describe to readers what was going down. I needed to get home and write this up and get it typed up in the newsroom by 7:00 am - as well as finish up a paper for my mid-day English class."

Connie Smith
Canton, IL
Copyright © 2013 Connie Smith


A Special Thanks to Connie Smith for providing her review of the concert to MildEquator.com!

ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:

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REVIEW #1:

Newspaper: The Daily Ledger
Author: Conni Smith
Publish Date: September 15th - 1967
Copyright © Conni Cook

Contributed by: Connie Smith

REVIEW #2:

Newspaper: Unknown
Author: Skip Daniels
Publish Date: Unknown - 1967
Copyright © Unknown

Contributed by: jim4371

PHOTOGRAPH:

Newspaper: The Daily Ledger
Photographer: Conni Smith
Publish Date: September 15th - 1967
Copyright © Conni Cook

Contributed by: Connie Smith

YEARBOOK:

Contributed By: jim4371

YEARBOOK PHOTO:

Contributed By: MildEquator.com

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