The Doors Live At The Aquarius Theatre The Second Performancerar Hot

July 21, 1969

Recorded on , Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance captures the Doors' late-night set in Hollywood, just months after the infamous Miami incident. This double live album was released in 2001 as part of the Bright Midnight Archives . Performance Context

The Venue

: The Aquarius was then home to the musical Hair . The Doors played on a Monday, the production's night off. 💿 Release Information

In the summer of 1969, mankind was holding its breath. We had stared at the moon through the cathode-ray glow of our televisions, waiting for a man to step onto its dusty face. But three weeks before Neil Armstrong made that giant leap, a different kind of voyage was being recorded on magnetic tape at 6230 Sunset Boulevard. July 21, 1969 Recorded on , Live at

The Doors' album Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance

Morrison turned his back to the crowd. He picked up a small, empty bottle of Jim Beam that had been resting on his amplifier. He held it up to the light. It caught the blue gel, turning the glass into a dark sapphire. He pretended to drink from it, then smashed it on the stage floor. Closing — Aftermath and Silence Performance Flow captures

Closing — Aftermath and Silence

Performance Flow

captures the band's late show on July 21, 1969, in Hollywood. This recording is part of the Bright Midnight Archives then miraculously found each other again

They launched into a version of "The Celebration of the Lizard" that wasn't on the setlist. It was a spoken-word meltdown over a broken bass riff. "Lions in the street... and dogs in the pond..." He was hallucinating live on stage. The rhythm section fell apart for four bars, then miraculously found each other again, locking in tighter than before.