Actually, Jim Morrison had driven to Las…

Actually, Jim Morrison had driven to Las Vegas from Orange County with a friend who wrote for the New York Times magazine, and they came to see Stark Naked and the Car Thieves who were appearing at the Pussycat A’ Go Go rock club. Unfortunately, it was their night off. Jim was pretty loaded and got into a beef with the bouncer, who didn’t like his long hair, or hippies in general. As the incident escalated, Morrison was sapped a couple of times, which seemed to enrage him rather than subdue him. The Las Vegas police were called who empathized with the club as Morrison went ballistic. The writer wrote extensively about this night and felt they were lucky to have posted bail, when there was a threat of a severe beating from the police after their shift was up. So no, the Doors never played the Cat, but the groups were known to each other from previous engagements in Hollywood.