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The Doors started as the house band
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The Rainbow

The Doors startedas the house band. We're paying themabout 50 bucks a week, a case of...

The Doors started
as the house band. We're paying them
about 50 bucks a week, a case of beer
a night, whatever,
just to keep 'em entertained

Full Transcript

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The Doors started as the house band.
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We're paying them about 50 bucks a week,
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a case of beer a night, whatever, just to keep 'em entertained.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:12
Uploaded
Jun 15, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

While the world around it has changed dramatically, The Rainbow Bar and Grill has remianed as one of the last bastions of true Rock n' Roll on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip. Legendary musicians recount their stories from the iconic venue.
How The Doors got booked in the Whisky to begin with - The Rainbow 00:16
How The Doors got booked in the Whisky to begin with
The Doors opening for Johnny Rivers - The Rainbow 00:09
The Doors opening for Johnny Rivers
They learned their trade. They came and rehearsed all day. - The Rainbow 00:10
They learned their trade. They came and rehearsed all day.
By the time it came out on the radio and became famous, - The Rainbow 00:06
By the time it came out on the radio and became famous,
Turn it off! Turn these fucking...! - The Rainbow 00:11
Turn it off! Turn these fucking...!
My Father did not throw Jim out. - The Rainbow 00:06
My Father did not throw Jim out.
Now I know today, they wear their pants below their ass, - The Rainbow 00:06
Now I know today, they wear their pants below their ass,
And one night in particular, - The Rainbow 00:14
And one night in particular,
Jim jumped off the stage onto the dance floor, - The Rainbow 00:08
Jim jumped off the stage onto the dance floor,
Literally like, to say screw you back to my Dad for unplugging him. - The Rainbow 00:04
Literally like, to say screw you back to my Dad for unpluggi...
Went up in the dressing room and hid, - The Rainbow 00:08
Went up in the dressing room and hid,
Jim Morrison used too many drugs. - The Rainbow 00:06
Jim Morrison used too many drugs.
Like I'd tell him "Hey," you know I called 'em names, - The Rainbow 00:09
Like I'd tell him "Hey," you know I called &#...
The Whisky was the place where the happening acts were happening. - The Rainbow 00:06
The Whisky was the place where the happening acts were happe...
If you come out to LA as a band, - The Rainbow 00:08
If you come out to LA as a band,
My Dad was 17, 18 years old working in these clubs, - The Rainbow 00:15
My Dad was 17, 18 years old working in these clubs,
I mean, just to be sitting at the Whisky - The Rainbow 00:08
I mean, just to be sitting at the Whisky
And I was the busboy for probably six, eight months - The Rainbow 00:07
And I was the busboy for probably six, eight months
I worked into bartending. I learned the business from the ground up. - The Rainbow 00:10
I worked into bartending. I learned the business from the gr...
Janis Joplin came in, and her name's Pearl by the way, - The Rainbow 00:19
Janis Joplin came in, and her name's Pearl by the way,