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Remaining Doors can still light fires
REVIEW: RIDERS ON THE STORM
Roundhouse
by Andy Dangerfield
PARAMEDICS at the Riders of the Storm Roundhouse gig were probably expecting pacemaker failures rather than drug overdoses from wrinkly rockers in the crowd.
Maybe they had underestimated Doors fans. One leather-trouser-clad groupie was so excited he chundered in his pint glass before inanely waving his arms and climbing over seats for the entire two-hour set.
In true Doors style, the band arrived on stage half an hour late. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger were the only original Doors members, but lead singer Ian Astbury had Jim Morrison’s look as he shook his tambourine and stamped his feet for opener Roadhouse Blues.
At 67, Manzarek could still flip his leg onto the keyboard to play with his foot with relative ease.
He shouted: “We’re going to do this for Jim,” as many of the crowd left their seats to head to the front to shake hands with Krieger for the deftly played Turn out the Light.
Krieger’s flamenco guitar interlude was the low point but things picked up with an unerring acoustic version of When You’re Strange.
Manzarek sang lyrics to Sex Machine which he dedicated to James Brown and fans were stamping in the balconies for the second encore.
Manzarek asked: “What would you like us to play?” As if he needed to. The band dragged out Light My Fire for 10 minutes to raucous applause. |
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