Venue Address: 1001 Truxtun Ave. - Bakersfield, CA 
Promotion: West Coast Promotions
Event: In Concert
Also Performing:
Crabby Appleton
Setlist:
Roadhouse Blues
Alabama Song
Back Door Man >
-Old Stone Road
Five To One
Universal Mind
-Afro Blue
When The Music's Over
-All My World
Love Me Two Times
-St. James Infirmary
-Baby, Please Don't Go
Mystery Train
-People Get Ready
-Away In India
-Crossroads
Ship Of Fools
The End
"We have a couple of newlyweds in the audience..."
-Across The Sea
-Someone Is Following Me
Recordings / Film:
Stage Recording
Archive/Newsreel Footage (See Below)
Photographers:
Unidentified (Amateur)
Reviews / Info:
-Jim Morrison is on trial in Miami the day before this show.
-Promotional posters/handbills from this show have never surfaced.
-This is a 3,000 seat venue.
-A short backstage interview with Jim Morrison is filmed for television news prior to the performance. (See Below)
-Along with the interview, portions of the show are filmed. (See Below)
-Jim Morrison recites a rare but incomplete lyric/poem during Back Door Man known as 'Old Stone Road'.
-The Doors perform a rare 8-minute version of Universal Mind featuring the melody of Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaria.
-Jim Morrison dedicates The End to Bob and Brendee Greene, The Doors accountants.
-The End features a rare poetry recital referring to the law and the Miami trial judge.
-The End does not feature the Oedipal section due to the Miami trial.
-This performance is recorded through stage microphones by The Doors road manager Vince Treanor. (See Below)
-Light My Fire may have been performed but not recorded during this show.
-This is The Doors 2nd and final appearance in Bakersfield.
"I attended the August 1970 concert in Bakersfield. The first act to perform was Crabby Appleton. My girlfriend and I stood at the apron of the stage for the entire show. Jim, as I recall, drank 1 quart of Schlitz beer throughout. At one point he asked me for a cigarette and I gave him a Winston. He dedicated 'The End' to a couple in the crowd who had just got married. Jim performed with his back to the crowd for much of the concert. He had his long hair and beard at the time and looked old to me. The concert was awesome, tight, and without incident. Attendees were sitting on the concrete floor. I have no idea what the attendance was, but it didn't seem like that many. That concert and a recent Santana concert in Nashville, were the best I ever attended! Spiritual experiences. And I was straight for both!"
David Urgo
Roanoke, VA
Copyright © 2020 David Urgo
A Special Thanks to David Urgo for providing his review of the concert to MildEquator.com!
VINCE TREANOR III - STAGE RECORDINGS
In the first half of 1970, The Doors road manager Vince Treanor III is gifted a consumer grade 4-track Sony TC-630 Reel-To-Reel tape recorder by The Doors themselves, and the deck is put to use capturing three of The Doors 1970 concerts on tape. Two-track 1/4" stereo tape and two AKG Acoustic D 1000E cardioid microphones are selected for the recording of these performances, and the microphones are placed selectively around the stage for optimal recording quality. Various tape speeds are used throughout the shows, and although the intention is to capture these shows in their entirety, two of the performances run on for a short while after the night's tape has run out. Concerts recorded by Vince Treanor include Seattle (Unknown Speed), Vancouver at 1 7/8 ips, and Bakersfield at 3 3/4 ips.
Hidden away as personal possessions for almost three decades, the Vince Treanor tapes are offered up for sale in late 1997 to the general public, along with a roll of 16mm film shot in 1969. The Doors Music Co. quickly seizes the opportunity to acquire the tapes for future release, and a deal is struck for all three shows. Although many bootlegs go into circulation since the deal is made, 2010 sees the first complete and official issue of the tapes with The Doors Live In Vancouver on a two-disc set. On November 24th, 2023 The Doors release Live In Bakersfield on Vinyl and CD.
16MM COLOR FOOTAGE WITH SOUND
Info:
16mm color concert footage shot by Alvie Chadwick at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium in 1970, and later used in a television news segment for Channel 23 KERO-TV. The complete filmwork consists of a backstage Q&A with Jim Morrison featuring audio, and approximately four and a half minutes of silent concert footage. The Doors, Tony Funches and Babe Hill are also captured on film as they make their way to the stage. During his Q&A, Jim Morrison discusses the Miami trial and the future of music. To read more about this footage, click HERE.
ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:
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