~ ~ ~  #2  MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NYC  ~ ~ ~

 Friday, January 24, 1969

I had no way to get to the box office for these tickets; a NYC customer of my employer bought them for me, and treated my friends and I to the show.  This ticket was pale green and had a $5.00 price on it.  The same friend who shared my first concert with me, two other friends and I took a train from Princeton, New Jersey into Penn Station in NYC.

Our seats were TERRIBLE ... nosebleed level, for sure.  This place held 20,000 people.  The Doors were on a stage so far away  down there ... Jim was a tiny figure in a white shirt.  The horn section was onstage for part of the time, as this was the Soft Parade era.  

I have often heard the guys mention that this was their favorite show, I guess because of the prestige and audience size.  It remains my LEAST favorite of all five shows, because I was so far away and unable to really "experience" the show.

Set list:   Touch Me  <>  The Soft Parade  <>  Tell All The People  <>  Love Me Two Times  <>  Who Scared You  <>  Spanish Caravan  <>  Wild Child  <>  Light My Fire  <>  Back Door Man  <>  The Devil Is A Woman  <>  Five To One  <>  When The Music's Over

note:   Many thanks to Greg Shaw's "The Doors On The Road" book, used as the source for the set list

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