I was looking forward to the show at Tollygunge Club in the evening. “A Tribute to the DOORS” it was called. The promise of Insomnia and Rishi & Samidh (of Hip Pocket) doing the show was good enough. After swimming in the evening, we made our way to the set-up at Far Pavilion. The show started quite promptly at the designated time of 7.15pm. We took up seats in what was turning out to be a full house in the back row. It was an open air-affair and after several renditions of the classics from Doors, it was quite evident that the group lacked the punch to deliver the magic of the cult band.
By the midway point, the MC apologised for the absence of Rishi & Samidh and asked the crowd to make do with Francis Lepcha who with utmost modesty declared that he had never sung any Doors number’s, but on one day’s notice had managed to come up with two tracks which he was going to attempt. He did the first one “Light My Fire” only to be cut-off towards the end due to a complete power failure on stage. Everything just went silent. He came back to say he’d leave that jinxed song where he had left it and would do his next one which was a more popular one called “Roadhouse Blues”. He even managed to get the crowd to sing with him on his two-song jig on stage.
By the end of his performance we decided that we had seen enough being done to poor old Jim. He must be rolling in his grave I was thinking. So we went o the Shamiana. We had thought of the Belvedere Room, but it was booked to the brink. From the Shamiana we heard the remaining part of the show over beer and Pepper steaks with Insomnia doing a better job now. Finally they had finished with their never-ending last track and we decided to call it a day having finished our meal.
By the midway point, the MC apologised for the absence of Rishi & Samidh and asked the crowd to make do with Francis Lepcha who with utmost modesty declared that he had never sung any Doors number’s, but on one day’s notice had managed to come up with two tracks which he was going to attempt. He did the first one “Light My Fire” only to be cut-off towards the end due to a complete power failure on stage. Everything just went silent. He came back to say he’d leave that jinxed song where he had left it and would do his next one which was a more popular one called “Roadhouse Blues”. He even managed to get the crowd to sing with him on his two-song jig on stage.
By the end of his performance we decided that we had seen enough being done to poor old Jim. He must be rolling in his grave I was thinking. So we went o the Shamiana. We had thought of the Belvedere Room, but it was booked to the brink. From the Shamiana we heard the remaining part of the show over beer and Pepper steaks with Insomnia doing a better job now. Finally they had finished with their never-ending last track and we decided to call it a day having finished our meal.
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