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Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison (born 1943 December 8) was an American rock singer/lyricist and cult figure since his death. His collections of poetry include An American Prayer (1970) and The Lords and The New Creatures (1971). Dead, a better selling poet than most live ones.
Morrison studied theatre arts at the University of California and formed a group which was in 1965 christened The Doors after Aldous Huxleyʼs book on mescaline, The Doors of Perception, which quoted William Blakeʼs poem.
If the doors of perception were cleansed
All things would appear infinite.
Their first album, “The Doors†(1967), mixed performances from Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weilʼs “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)†to Willie Dixonʼs “Back Door Manâ€.
Francis Ford Coppola used The Doorsʼ performance of “The End†in Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now, and in 1991 director Oliver Stone made the film biography The Doors, starring Val Kilmer.
Oliver Stoneʼs movie “The Doors†depicted three true incidents.
Author Tom Robbins (Another Roadside Attraction) covered a Doors concert for Seattleʼs undergound “Helix,†describing them as “late patricidal, lunchtime in the Everglades, Black Forest blood sausage on electrified bread, Jean Genet up a totem pole, artists at the barricades, Edgar Allan Poe drowning in his birdbath, Massacre of the Innocents, tarantella of the satyrs, L.A. pagans drawing down the moon.â€
