The Doors
The sixties were a time of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and theDoors fit this time perfectly. Through out the time of the Doors, they had their share of good and bad times. From alcoholism and brush ins with the law, from being an unknown garage band, to rock legends. All those hard times are made up with all the great years of good music and great entertainment.In 1965, Jim Morrison (vocals) and Ray Manzarek (keyboards) were at film school together. While at UCLA is when the two realized that they shared a musical interest. In July of that year Manzarek encountered Morrison, whom he hadn't seen for some time. As Manzarek told writer Digby Diehl: I had been friendly with Jim Morrison at UCLA and we had talked about rock 'n'roll even then. . . .(When) I met him on the beach in Venice, he said he had been writing some songs. So we sat on the beach and I asked him to sing some of them. He did. and the first thing he tried was 'Moonlight Drive.' When he sang those first lines--'Let's swim to the moon / Let's climb through the tide / Penetrate the evening / That the city sleeps to hide'--I said, 'That's it.' I'd never heard lyrics to a rock song like that before. We talked a while before we d
an edited version of Krieger's "Light My Fire" from the Doors' in two years reaches #11. While in June L.A. Woman, recorded in have seen Morrison's body. Only more speculation is added due to Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl." Another song, Waiting For Rangers. Robby Krieger (guitar) being raised with Chicago Blues lead to too much speculation. Especially since there was no as a back up band at the Whiskey A-Go-Go club. Throughout
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