THE DOORS PLAY ON TV IN APRIL 1969: A RESTROSPECTIVE
After the infamous Miami concert on March 3, 1969, The Doors' career was in danger of derailing. In the long run, the live show would go down in the annals of contemporary music history, but its immediate aftermath foreshadowed significant problems for the band. Not only was the band's lead singer, Jim Morrison, charged with several misdemeanors related to his behavior on stage that night, but more than fifteen concerts were canceled (the entire tour that had just begun in Miami). Against the backdrop of this difficult situation, The Doors were wrapping up the controversial and bumpy recording of their fourth album ("The Soft Parade", later released in July '69). It was therefore with great pleasure that they accepted the chance to appear in a TV special filmed in New York on April 28 and 29, 1969, called "Critique". This was a good opportunity to reappear in public, albeit through the filter of television, and try to make people forget the excesses of M...
