THIS WEEK IN DOORS HISTORY

  February 10    to    February 16

 February 11

2007:  The Doors get awarded a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award during the Grammys awards show at Staples Center

 

 February 12

1939:  Raymond Daniel Manzarek born in Chicago, Illinois

1969:  The date of Jim Morrison's Last Will & Testament, naming Pam as beneficiary

2003:  The Doors of the 21st Century tape a performance for NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly {read about it}

 

 February 13

1970:  The Doors performed at Allen Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio

 

 February 14

1967:  The Doors played at Whisky a Go-Go in San Francisco, California

1970:  The Doors performed at Allen Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio

1971:  Pamela Courson left for Paris, France

2004:  Ray Manzarek performed an evening of spoken word & music at the Raven Theater in Healdsburg, California

2004:  "The Best of The Doors" was certified 10X Platinum by RIAA and the band was presented with the rare and prestigious  Diamond Award for sales of 10,000,000 units

 

 February 15

1967:  The Doors played at Whisky a Go-Go in San Francisco, California

1970:  The Doors played at Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois

1971:  Pamela Courson checked into the Georges V Hotel in Paris

2001:  Ray Manzarek did a book signing appearance at Tower Records in Santa Monica, California

2007:  Ian Astbury announced his resignation from Riders On The Storm to focus on his own band, The Cult

 

 February 16

2002:  Ray appeared in an evening of spoken word and music at McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California

 

note:   Many thanks to Greg Shaw's "The Doors On The Road" book, used as the source for much of the information used in the THIS WEEK IN DOORS HISTORY feature


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