Recording for the first live Doors album was done at concerts over a span of several months, but the concert that took place at the Felt Forum, the 5,000 seat theater under Madison Square Garden, on this night in 1970 yielded more songs than any other. The group's live performances were so uneven that most of the songs on it include snippets of music from different concerts cobbled together to get the best version possible by producer Paul Rothchild, who estimated he did close to 2,000 edits in the process.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on January 17 include...

1948 Rolling Stones Mick Taylor is born.

1955 Steve Earle is born.

1965 Rolling Stones record The Last Time and Play With Fire.

1974 Bob Dylan releases Planet Waves.     
1981 Motley Crue forms.

1981 Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam VII in Nashville features his band, Molly Hatchet, Ted Nugent, Jimmy Hall and others.

1990 The Who and the Kinks get inducted into Rock Hall Of  Fame.

1995 Gilby Clark quits Guns N Roses.

1996 Rock Hall Of Fame inducts Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Jefferson Airplane.

2001 Jason Newsted announces he is leaving Metallica.

2009 Doors movie When You’re Strange premiers at Sundance Film Festival. 
2016 Mott the Hoople's Dale Griffin dies