Billed as a "history of The Doors" in spoken word and solo piano, those expecting a reasonably cogent overview of one of the most successful US bands of the 1960s or a keen insight into the mind/persona of Jim Morrison - one of the most photogenic rock icons and possibly the worst rock-poet of the past 40 years - would be advised to leave early and listen to the band's records.

The 65-year-old Manzarek, The Doors' former keyboard player, exudes a right-on, enlightened, avuncular air. Looking fitter and funkier than any other OAP I've ever seen, he thanks God for Jungian psychology and beatnik poetry before delving into what initially is extremely interesting: how he and Jim Morrison met on the sands of Venice Beach and how they formulated the genesis of The Doors. Informed, amusing anecdotes are subsequently related about the collective mindset of the band, but fairly quickly the anecdotes dry up. Manzarek fills in the rest of the show with some quite nifty keyboard doodles (The Doors' Crystal Ship, Miles Davis/John Coltrane run-throughs) and some rambling thoughts.

It all adds up to a big, vague nothing although it eventually, finally, leads to the creation of Light My Fire - where Manzarek does, indeed, deliver the goods. And then he's off, the remaining years of The Doors and Jim Morrison's eventual disintegration and death (now there's a story!) going backstage with him. The history of The Doors? Go figure.