“Soul Kitchen” captured at various gigs
The Doors | Soul Kitchen | Live Performances | As they did as house band at the Whisky a Go Go a year before, The Doors fell comfortably into nightclub mode at the Matrix, trying out new songs and arrangements, improvising lyrics and instrumental parts, and extending songs with jams.
The Doors were quite at home with three-set nights in front of drinking audiences. They delved into the blues with “I’m A King Bee” and “Crawling King Snake.”
Morrison jazzed up Lee Dorsey’s “Get Out Of My Life Woman” and interspersed pieces of poetry over passages in “Moonlight Drive” and “The End.”
Bach-inspired flurries
Manzarek cruised into Bach-inspired flurries on “Soul Kitchen.” Krieger was crisp and inventive in his lengthy solos.
The Doors are captured raw, savage, rough and the edges. This is pure Doors: unselfconscious and unspoiled. I have set my focus on the number “Soul Kitchen”. How much has in developed in the live arena? Can you tell any difference?
This post will change over time, as and when I add more live recordings of The Doors performing “Soul Kitchen”. I know there are several bootleg albums to seek out and consider.
Absolutely Live
Reflecting on the live album in an interview, Jim Morrison remarked, “I think Absolutely Live is a fairly true document of what the band sounds like on a fairly good night. It’s not the best we can do and it’s certainly not the worst. It’s a true document of an above average evening.”
In his autobiography, Manzarek explained the group’s intentions with the album: “We wanted to get the Doors experience on tape. Live. One time. For the ages. And in doing so, perhaps we could capture the moment of escape.
The Doors | Soul Kitchen | Live Performances
- “Soul Kitchen” recorded live at the Matrix, 7th March 1967
- “Soul Kitchen” recorded live at the Matrix 10th March 1967
- “Soul Kitchen” recorded live during the “Roadhouse Blues” tour, January 1970
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