Should the remaining members of the Doors reunite (it seems unlikely), drummer John Densmore knows who he'd want to fill Jim Morrison's space in front of the microphone. It's not clear if he's being cute or funny, but during a recent radio interview he said Jimmy Fallon could get the job done.
He's been dead for decades -- and the subject of countless retrospectives ever since -- but that doesn't mean we've heard and seen everything Jim Morrison committed to tape before he passed away. The latest example? A newly unearthed candid interview the Doors front man gave to director and journalist Howard Smith in 1969.
Did he or didn't he? The late Doors frontman Jim Morrison was charged with exposing himself before a stunned audience in Florida on March 1, 1969, though he vehemently denied the allegation. Bandmate Robby Krieger still says that no photographic evidences exists to prove it.
One of the most mythologized and romanticized figures in rock history, Doors front man Jim Morrison possessed a deep-seated anti-authoritarian streak that repeatedly landed him in trouble. On Dec. 9, 1967, the rebellious rocker was arrested at a Doors gig in New Haven, Conn., earning him the dubious distinction of being, as far as we know, the first rock star ever arrested onstage during a performance.
There's no denying that Doors singer Jim Morrison was one of the most charismatic front men of his generation. Unfortunately he was one of the most troubled, too. The singer had a terrible alcohol problem that played a big role in his repeated arrests, including one on Nov. 11, 1969 in Arizona that resulted from Morrison and a friend drunkenly heckling a flight crew on a commercial airliner.
The song 'L.A. Woman', is my favorite Doors' tune. Check out this new video, released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary edition of the album of the same name. 'L.A. Woman' was the last Doors' album before the death of Jim Morrison.
July 5, 2011 Jim Morrison's legacy lives on 40 years after his death. The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger were at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris over the weekend visiting the grave of the late frontman.
A previously unreleased Jim Morrison spoken-word recording will be part of 'Prayer Cycle 2: Path to Zero,' an upcoming genre-bending album that's due May 10 via Across the Universe Records. The LP -- produced by Jonathan Elias -- is a mix of devotional music, electronica, orchestral, spoken word, rock, vintage radio samples and more
It's been 40 years since Jim exposed Jimmy at a concert in Miami. Florida's Clemency board has finally wiped that slate clean!
