The 1967 debut of The Doors changed much more than the popular music scene. The genre-defying band and its music helped transform youth lifestyle and usher in the rebellious counterculture that came to define the late ’60s. While The Doors captivated and challenged audiences with their blend of psychedelia, jazz, blues and poetry; just a …
WANTED:We are on the hunt for the missing elements from the legendary show at London’s Roundhouse in 1968. On behalf of The Doors, Eagle Rock Entertainment is offering a $10,000 reward for the return of the original 16mm camera negatives filmed on September 6&7, 1968. These elements were used to create the documentary by Granada …
DCM: Whose idea was the famous 1967 LA billboard? Jac: I saw a billboard and decided it was a good idea. Arthur Lee claims that I stole the idea from him which is not true. . .I had a feeling about the group. But here’s the story of the record release delay [The Doors]. When …
Academy Award Winner Oliver Stone and the members of the rock group, THE DOORS, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, announced today that a movie entitled “THE DOORS”, story of the late Jim Morrison, poet, lyricist and singer for THE DOORS will begin filming this spring for Carolco Pictures. “THE DOORS” will be directed …
PETER GOLDEN & ASSOCIATES, INC. June 10, 1980 Mr. Mel Posner ELEKTRA ASYLUM RECORDS 962 North La Cienega Los Angeles, CA 90069 Dear Mel: I am going to be winding down most of my activities on behalf of The Doors catalog. Rich Linnell will be assuming responsibility in conjunction with Danny Sugerman. Please afford him …
PUBLISHED IN ROCK MAGAZINE BY DANNY SUGERMAN JIM MORRISON A Shaman’s Sojourn Through The Doors Music Company ROCK takes pride in presenting a profile of Jim Morrison by the writer who probably knew him best. Jim Morrison, lyricist and focal point of the supergroup The Doors, died in Paris, Farance, July 3, 1971. He was …
From whom would you expect to hear songs about snakes, sonic booms, dogs, freeways and killers? **ARTICLE CUTS OFF** C. Petula Clark D. James Morrison “Riders on the storm/Into this house we’re born/Into this world we’re thrown/Like a dog without a bone and an actor out alone”: Jim Morrison. Basically there are three kinds of …
Published in RECORD WORLD Elektra Records has resigned the Doors – Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore—to an exclusive recording agreement, announces President Jac Holzman. “The history of the Doors and their success,” Holzman said, “closely parallels that of Elektra Records. All of us at the company who have worked for so many years …
Published in the LA Times BY DAN KNAPP Riders on the storm, Riders on the storm Into this house we’re born, Into this world we’re thrown Like a dog without a bone, An actor on alone Riders on the storm… Lyrics by Jim Morrison. The beginning of the last number on the last album cut …
Do you know the warm progress under the stars! Do you know we exits? Have you forgotten the keys to the Kingdom Have you been borne yet & are you alive? An American Prayer, copyright James Douglas Morrison, 1970 Jim Morrison looked his life like a movie. A subtle fantasy in which he was both …