The Doors 21st Century
on Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn
Thursday, January 30, 2003
The Doors 21st Century were the musical guests on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. Audience members were not supposed to line up before 3:00 p.m., so naturally I arrived by 2:00. Friends Felicia and Kurt arrived around 2:30, followed by my son & daughter-in-law, David and Cheri.
Cars entering the CBS Studios parking lot had to allow a search by the security guards, so we were able to view every car entering the lot. Kurt noticed a bright purple early 70's 'muscle car' entering the lot, joked that it was Ian, and sure enough ... it was! After Ian showed his ID and pulled on in (no car search), we all waved to him. I think he was surprised, and waved back at us.
I saw Doors 21st Century manager Tom Vitorino arriving, as well as bass player Angelo Barbera. Angelo walked over to say hello, and I introduced him to Felicia and Kurt before he went on into the building.
It was a long afternoon waiting in line, then being moved to another staging area before we were finally admitted to the building. That process involved a bag search and going through a metal detector.
After another wait in an interior 'holding area', we were finally led upstairs to Studio 58. We were seated in the center section, 2nd row. I was in the aisle seat and wore a bright turquoise blouse so I'd be easy to spot if the camera panned the audience.
We realized that the band would perform FIRST and then be out of there, so the small studio stage could be used for other parts of the show. That bummed us out; we were not interested in staying once their performance was over, but audience members were NOT allowed to leave until the entire show was done so we were destined to sit through Craig's interviews with Jeff Goldblum and Daisy Fuentes.
Sure enough, out came the band first: Ray in dark clothes, Ian wearing sunglasses and a black jacket over black t-shirt, Robby in red shirt over a Jim t-shirt with camouflage pants, Angelo all in black ... and surprise! Robby's drummer, Ty Dennis, took the drum seat wearing a knit cap and dark clothes.
They performed a searing Break On Through. The band stage area was small, there wasn't much room for Ian to move but he definitely made the most of it. It should be mentioned that Ian was NOT using a music stand, which has been widely discussed (and debated and criticized) since they began playing shows.
After a brief break, the band played Love Me Two Times. Ian removed his sunglasses for this one. I got a wave from Ray and a smile from Robby. WOO HOO!
The band waved goodbye to the audience and left, and the band setup was removed. No chat, no talk :=(
Later that night on the broadcast, only Break On Through was featured. The next day, a Doors associate told me that Love Me Two Times will probably be used on the show at some later time, so we need to keep watching the Kilborn schedule!
The Webmaster at www.robbykrieger.com has uploaded a whole bunch of photos from the set as they set up the stage and rehearsed ... see them at this link:
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by Ida 1/31/03