I have a mental list of things I want to do in LA before I die or move to someplace less crazy. Seeing Wild Child live, THE Doors cover band, has been on that list for years.
As far as cover bands go, I've seen my share. In LA it's special because there's a whole cult following generated by these groups. I've seen Led Zeppelin and Stevie Nicks covered in strange places like Receda and the Bicycle Casino off the freeway. It's not always a pleasant experience.
So on the 35th Anniversary of Jim Morrison's death and on Wild Child's 20th Anniversary of being together the stars aligned and I ended up at The Whisky. I thought the crowd would be lots of old souls and hard rockers, but to my surprise easily half of the audience was a young Latino crowd, along with some drunken blondes and a few men who looked like they saw The Doors back in the day.
Not to say that Dave Brock, lead singer of Wild Child is Jim Morrison, but their performance was haunting. They don't do the note for note but instead after so many years together they have their own sound that's a beautiful homage to the Doors.
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