Although only open for the year of 1968, The Back Door, owned and operated by Bob Jones, is remembered fondly. Located on Front Street, the Back Door presented a very eclectic lineup of artists, and was heavily blues oriented. (No concert dates are available at this time, what follows below is an alphabetical listing of groups presented, supplied by Bob Jones, (who still plays music locally in the Ventura County area) (In May 2012, Dennis Shives, poster artist for the Back Door, supplied the dates of some of the shows below). More recently, Janis Cash, Sandy Rea and Lani Byhoffer have supplied additional information.
July 25, 26 & 27, 1968: Lightnin' Hopkins, Alexander's Timeless Blues Band
August 30 & 31, 1968: Hoyt Axton
October 5, 6 & 7, 1968: Charlie Musselwhite and His South Side Blues Band
Luther Allison
Benjy Aranoff
August 30 & 31, 1968: Hoyt Axton
October 5, 6 & 7, 1968: Charlie Musselwhite and His South Side Blues Band
Luther Allison
Benjy Aranoff
Hoyt Axton
The Bombers (with Pat Buley & Larry Nass)
The Bombers (with Pat Buley & Larry Nass)
Tim Buley Blues Band (opened for Canned Heat)
Canned Heat
Michael DeTemple
Michael DeTemple
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Jesse Ed Fuller
Genesis
Richard Greene
John Hammond
The Holy Modal Rounders
The Holy Modal Rounders
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lydia E. Pinkham Superior Orchestra
The Hour Glass
Kaleidoscope
Rabbit Mackay
Taj Mahal
The Maze/The Knack??
Lee Michaels
Long Gone Miles and Bernie Pearl
Charlie Musselwhite Band
John Phillips (not the Phillips of the Mamas & Papas)
John Phillips (not the Phillips of the Mamas & Papas)
John Pilla
Rose (opened for Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
Rose (opened for Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
George Harmonica Smith
Paul Sykes
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Turquoise
The Yellow Payges
The Yellow Payges
