Strange Doors

STRANGE DOORS

Musician Pub 10th February 2023

Saturday night at The Musician Pub a big crowd turned out to hear the music of the Doors, and to say farewell to one of the best tribute bands you will ever see.... The Strange Doors - UK Doors Tribute Band, who were playing their last ever tour and last ever gig at the Musician. "Not Jim Morrison" said at the beginning this was their last visit to the Musician and they intended to deliver an outstanding show... and they did that and more... something over 2 hours of classic Doors material delivered with energy, passion and obvious love, and uncannily accurate... you could easily believe you were listening to the original...

Just look at the set list... a bona fide cross section of classics...

The band kicked off with "When the Music's Over" which had the audience fully bought in to the show and bouncing...

The band work their socks off throughout the show to ensure a powerful unforgettable show, and "Not Jim" must have watched hours of the band to have Morrisons style and movements down so accurately...

The fabulous "Unknown Soldier" included the iconic "Shot" and collapse to the ground which had the audience gasping... and the final song of the first set was maybe the most famous song "Light my Fire" which stretched into a jam featuring a mesmerizing keyboard solo from "Not Ray" followed by a superb guitar solo by "Not Robbie"

After the break the band came back with the same intensity building to a superb "Riders on the Storm"

The next song, "Soul Kitchen" had elements of the audience fearing it was the last song... "Well, the clock says it's time to close now..." but it was far from that.. "Roadhouse Blues" had the audience belting out "Let it roll baby roll"

LA Woman then romped to a climax with the audience belting out the iconic "Mr Mojo Risin" tag line

It was then time for the closer... inevitably... "The End" always a hugely powerful piece delivered here with immense power... albeit missing out a few lyrics replacing them with snippets of Morrison poetry... and ending with a fabulous tour de force drum solo by "Not John"... As the song ended the crowd roared and bayed for more and they encored with a rocking, powerhouse "Changeling"

The band had delivered a magnificent set... powerful and absorbing throughout.. Superb musicians all... and a special word for "Not Robbie" who was a relatively last minute deputy for the regular guitarist... she had learned the whole set in about 3 days and one rehearsal on the day... and was faultless throughout.

So.. after "Changeling" the band linked arms, took a bow and were gone... for the last time at the Musicians

"This is the end... beautiful friend"

I will take this opportunity to thank the band for their fabulous performances and wish them well in all future projects

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