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DALLAS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM - 07/09/1968

DALLAS, TX - U.S.A.

Venue Address: 650 S Griffin St. - Dallas, TX
Promotion: Anderson-Biel Productions
Event: In Concert

Also Performing:
The Moving Sidewalks

Setlist:
Soul Kitchen
-Pray The Lord
Back Door Man >
Five To One
Break On Through
-Don't Fight It
The Crystal Ship
Texas Radio And The Big Beat
Hello, I Love You
Moonlight Drive
Money
When The Music's Over
Wake Up!
Light My Fire

Recordings / Film:
16mm Professional Film - 'Feast of Friends'
Amateur/Audience Recording

Photographers:
Unidentified (Amateur & Professional)

Reviews / Info:
-This is The Doors second performance in Texas.
-8:00pm scheduled start time.
-Approx. 9,000 in attendance.
-The Moving Sidewalks feature pre-ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons.
-Setlist includes the earliest known live performance of Texas Radio And The Big Beat.
-Performance footage is shot for Feast of Friends (See Below).
-An audience members captures this show on tape.
-The Doors 1969 performance in Dallas is cancelled due to Miami.
-The Doors return to Dallas in 1970 for two shows.

"It was an exciting time never to be repeated. Wish I would have done more. The Dallas Memorial Auditorium Doors Concert in July 1968 was a completely different kind of concert. I was younger (High School age) and The Doors were a little tighter and sounding more like their recordings. We had seats about 4 rows from the stage and we all rushed forward when Jim went rogue. Why didn't I have my Leica camera with me at that time? Morrison was in rare form and jumped off the stage, smoked a cigarette down to the filter and threw it on the floor. A Dallas Police officer stared him down and helped him get back on the stage (about 6' up from the floor). One of my sisters rushed up and tried to get the cig butt but the cop told her "don't be disgusting" and pushed her back. Haha! Also, at the Dallas '68 show we all bought the famous program which I think was $1, and only available from 68-69. My family and friends were Doors fans. All the dark lyrics and the mystic of Jim Morrison. Pretty cool band.

I ended up with two stubs to the '68 concert. Seat No.2 which was my seat and seat No.3 which was a friend of our family who went with us to the show. She was smart enough to make sure the guy taking the tickets only tore off the entry stub and left the main part of the ticket intact. Mine received the usual tear in half treatment. Her name was Susan Holland and she loved me and my sisters and we did a lot of stuff as a family with Susan. Susan died in 2014, before she passed she gifted me all her Doors memorabilia which included her ticket to the '68 show. She was a super Doors fan and is dearly missed. I have her collection of posters, magazines, books and albums. Some are rare. She also worked at Peaches Records and Tapes which was a local record store in the 1970's and got me a lot of cool Doors recordings and promotional posters for the American Prayer album. In any event Susan deserves the credit for this beautiful full ticket."

Gerald Lemke
Fort Worth, TX
Copyright © 2019 Gerald Lemke

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MARGE PETTYJOHN INTERVIEWS THE DOORS

Publication: Dallas Morning News
Issue: January 21st - 1968
Interview Date: Exact Date Unknown - Mid-January 1968
Publish Date: January 21st - 1968
Interview Location: The Doors Office, CA > Dallas, TX

Info:
Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger give a telephone interview to Dallas Morning News reporter Marge Pettyjohn in January of 1968. Robby talks about leaving school for the band, and Ray talks about performing live, not being on drugs, recording The End, and the unreleased new song The Unknown Soldier. Jim Morrison is quoted in this article, however it is not clear if he was present during the phone call. This is the earliest known published interview for 1968.

The Doors - Dallas 1968 Marge Pettyjohn Interviews The Doors

ARTICLE:

Newspaper: Dallas Morning News
Author: Marge Pettyjohn
Publish Date: July 7th - 1968
Copyright © Dallas Morning News
The Doors - Dallas 1968 Article by Marge Pettyjohn

Contributed By: MGiannella

A Special Thanks to Mario Giannella for providing the Marge Pettyjohn articles to MildEquator.com!

FEAST OF FRIENDS:

Info:

Very little performance footage is captured at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on July 9th, 1968. Various clips from this filmwork can be seen throughout The Doors official releases.

ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:

REVIEW:

Newspaper: Dallas Notes
Author: John Marken
Publish Date: July 14th - 1968
Copyright © Dallas Notes
Dallas 1968 - Newspaper Photo

Contributed By: jim4371

REVIEW:

Newspaper: Dallas Notes
Author: John Muir
Publish Date: July 14th - 1968
Copyright © Dallas Notes
Morrison Dominates Doors' Performance

Contributed By: RFritts

REVIEW:

Newspaper: Dallas Notes
Author: John Muir
Publish Date: July 31st - 1968
Copyright © Dallas Notes
Morrison Dominates Doors' Performance