As part of Arkansas Sounds Music Festival, nationally-recognized music critic Greil Marcus will discuss his book, The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years, in the Central Arkansas Library System's (CALS) Darragh Center at the Main Library, 100 Rock Street, on Tuesday, September 25, at 6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Arkansas Literary Festival and ProSmart Printing, the program is free and open to the public. In a book mostly about listening to the music of The Doors, Marcus revisits a parade of great performances – L.A. Woman,Roadhouse Blues, Light My Fire, When the Music’s Over, End of the Night, and more – and explores why and how the Doors have endured. The program will be presented in an interview format, with Tom Wood, local radio personality from TOMFM, asking questions of Marcus.
A book signing and reception will follow. Seating is open.