Studio Chapman....

So long, Marianne....

Hydra in the early 1960’s....

Portobello Road, 1983...

Amanda Bergman at Pustervik....

Göteborg, November 24, 2024

Best in show: "Taxis"....and all the rest 👏

Baia de Cascais....

Studentkåren....2024

..the bigger stage is gone (left some marks on the floor)....and so all the great concerts. So empty these days 😢

Johnny Thunders at Studentkåren....

Göteborg, November 10, 1984

Johnny Thunders - vocals, guitar, Keith Yon - bass, Michael Thimrén - guitar, Terry Chimes - drums

Here with a taste of Johnny`s raw power

1971....

Monterey County Fair....

TSOOL at Liseberg....

Liseberg, September 7

Best in show: "You are the beginning"

Studentkåren....

Garbage in the bin..!!

Johnny Thunders and the Hartbreakers....

..London, March 25th 1984

The Soundtrack of our Lives at Pustervik....

Pustervik, March 19, 2024

The Soundtrack disbanded in 2012 but reunited for a few concerts....and last night they went through an outburst of musicality and energy at Pusterviks stage. The band have a collection of great songs under the belt....and live - it's hard to find a better number 👌

Best is show: "You are the beginning"...and all the rest.

Get Back....

Fender Bass VI....

Greed....

"riders on the storm"....

The recording of LA Woman in December 1970 at The Doors Office on Santa Monica Blvd. The boys seem to attend a funeral rather than being in the process of creating some of their best songs. Photo: Wendel Hamick

After reading the biographies of the three surviving Doors in a short time, I have to wonder if they forgot to have fun while the train rushed away ? One can discern a certain playfulness and pleasure around 1965 when Manzarek and Morrison lived together on Frazer Av. (Venice). After that, there is most hard work (and trouble) during the incomparable creative process that they went through the next few years. But joy .... is just not there (or so they forgot to write about it ?). Densmore`s book is like a letter of reconciliation; "and a little sad that I did not really understand what was going on ... then". What you get from all three books (and they actually complement each other), is a very good picture of who Morrison was; an enormously talented and tormented young man, whose legacy is still as relevant today ....

Jim....he would have been 80 today.

Portobello Road, 1983....

ZZ Top at Scandinavium....