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Post by ctghostman on Jul 13, 2020 10:50:59 GMT -5
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Post by FU73 on Jul 13, 2020 11:30:32 GMT -5
According to Greg Shaw, author of the book "The Doors on the Road," The Doors were scheduled to play Fairfield University on May 9, 1970, but ultimately, the band was dropped from playing a Spring show at the University. "This much-anticipated show was purportedly canceled due to a management dispute over the audience capacity, but the campus newspaper's front-page headlines announced that the concert had been canceled after an emergency meeting of the board of trustees to prevent The Doors from appearing at the upcoming gig," said Shaw in his book. Also:  The Doors at Fairfield University on May 9, 1970 Venue Address: 1073 N. Benson Rd. - Faifield, CT Promotion: Belkin Productions Event: In Concert Also Performing: John Sebastian Lighthouse Info: -7:30pm scheduled start time. -Outdoor performance. - This show is cancelled due to concerns from the University's board of trustees, an issue stemming from a Miami incident. (During a concert on March 1 in Miami, Jim Morrison of The Doors attempted to spark a riot in the audience, in part by screaming "Want to see my **** and other obscenities. He failed, but six warrants for his arrest were issued by the Dade County Police three days later for indecent exposure, among other things). -Students strongly protest the cancellation of this show but do not succeed in having The Doors perform. -Meanwhile in New Haven, Jim Morrison is still wanted for his failure to appear in court following his arrest in 1967. Student Newspaper: Fairfield Stag Author: Unknown Publish Date: April 8th - 1970 Copyright © Fairfield Stag  |
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Post by naplesstag on Jul 13, 2020 11:37:37 GMT -5
Yea, That Spring on college campuses there was a great deal of political and social unrest in America. I was a freshman living in Gonzaga that Spring. The Kent State shootings,Viet Nam War protests,and civil unrest was rampant. A group of students even took over Canisius and chained the doors closed. There were negotiations to reopen the building. Good old Fairfield students didn't have that much to complain about,but we all got caught up in the fray as well. It seems that "The Doors" were playing at Yale and then were coming to Fairfield....well Jim Morrison commited a "lewd act" on the stage at Yale. As a reaction to Morrison's antics our concert was cancelled...... that was the last straw for the noble Stags and we were all off to the races,so to speak. Remember,we were without any logical females on our campus(last all-male class) to keep the herd in check. Soon we were all sent home and had to drive back to the campus to take our finals at a later date..... I have no idea what happened with the DEAD concert.
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Post by FU73 on Jul 13, 2020 11:48:26 GMT -5
Some YALE students were trying to recruit us and other Stags to protest the war by stopping traffic on I-95. Classes were cancelled and those of us in Loyola 2 took advantage of the tar beach on the roof of Loyola to get a tan. Ultimately you got to take your grade at the time and go home early that Spring. Not a hard choice for a bunch of 19 year old freshmen.
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Post by ctghostman on Jul 13, 2020 13:22:34 GMT -5
Aware of the Doors/Morrison incident. The Dead thing is intriguing (especially since I’m a fan). Hopefully we can get some further insight as it’s probably a good story for / of interest to the whole alumni base. Maybe we can get them / Dead and Co (and local boy John Mayer) to honor their old commitment.
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Post by FU73 on Jul 13, 2020 14:21:42 GMT -5
 ghostman, Maybe this blogspot and the 22 comments will help you and our Deadhead alumni: Lost Live DeadIdentifying and illuminating live Grateful Dead shows (and shows by band members) that are unknown or poorly documented. From the Trustees at the time: "It is not in the best interests of the Fairfield community to have as its star attraction at spring weekend a person such as Mr. James Douglas Morrison."The statement went on to warn that "undesirable and immoral elements might infiltrate the campus under the guise of watching the concert." The cancellation created enough of an uproar to warrant coverage by the New York Times when approximately half of the student body protested with a boycott and called for the resignation of the university's president. After the uproar, refund were given for all returned tickets sold and the event silently became another chapter in Doors history. There's two ways to look at this. The first is that the University was afraid of a campus riot if they canceled the Grateful Dead, too--no joke in the wake of Kent State just a few weeks earlier. The other is that if a school found Jim Morrison and The Doors might attract "undesirable and immoral elements," it doesn't seem that likely that they would say "however, a band with a lead singer named Pigpen and his Hell's Angels friends are still always welcome.".... lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2009/12/may-17-1970-fairfield-university.html |
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Post by FU73 on Jul 13, 2020 14:30:40 GMT -5
My work-study job at the University from September 1969 to May 1973 was in the Office of Public Information. The office handled all the releases for the Fairfield University Public Relations, Sports Information and Special Events. All dissemination of any University information went through that office. I never heard of any Grateful Dead concert that was supposed to be held on campus during those years.
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Post by paulie74 on Jul 20, 2020 5:36:55 GMT -5
Very Interesting. This was the spring before my freshman year and I don't remember any of this being talked about when we arrived on campus in August.
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Post by ctghostman on Jul 20, 2020 6:51:02 GMT -5
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