THE DOORS LIVE IN DALLAS JULY 9, 1968: BOOTLEG ANALYSIS
On July 9, 1968, a week after the release of the LP “Waiting For The Sun,” The Doors performed live for about an hour at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas. Before an audience of thousands stood a band that was rapidly reaching the peak of its fame. Some segments of the concert, primarily featuring lead singer Jim Morrison, were filmed and later included in the documentary about the Californian quartet’s life on the road (“A Feast of Friends”). Although we’re lucky to be able to listen to the bootleg of the Dallas show, the amateur recording resulted in low-to-medium audio quality. Robby Krieger’s electric guitar suffers the most, being almost inaudible. So, we won’t discuss it in this article. Nevertheless, it’s possible guess a substantial number of solos and guitar parts of remarkable quality and interest (for example, during the “Back Door Man” / “Five To One” medley, in “Moonlight Drive,” and in “When The Music’s Over”). Despite the less-than-ideal audio quality, li...
