Behind The Doors
“The program for this evening is not new. You’ve seen it thru and thru. Your birth, your life, and death. You might recall all of the rest. (Did you have a good life when you died?) Enough to base a movie on” (The Doors)? Jim Morrison’s life was plenty to base a movie on, along with multiple books and magazine articles. His life was a complex mixture of in-depth poetry, sexual drive, and excessive drinking. The excitement and adventure of his life and the mystery of his death will keep him a legend forever.
James Douglas Morrison was born December 8, 1943 in Clearwater, Florida. His father, Admiral George Steven Morrison, was a high ranking Navy officer, therefore he was not home ...
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and grandfather, were driving through the desert at dawn. A truckload of Indians had either hit another car or something – there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death. So we pulled the car up…I don’t remember ever seeing a movie, and suddenly, there were all these redskins, and they were lying all over the road bleeding to death. I was just a kid, so I had to stay in the car while my father and grandfather went back to check it out…I didn’t see nothing – all I saw was funny red paint and people lying around, but I knew something was happening, because I could dig the vibrations of the people around me ‘cause they’re my parents and all, and all of a sudden I realized that they didn’t know what was happening more than I did. That was the first time I tasted fear…and I do think, at that moment, the souls or ghosts of those dead Indians – maybe one or two of ‘em – were just running around freaking out, and just landed in my soul, and I was like a ...
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“Honor Roll.” He enjoyed being the center of attention in school.
Throughout high school he kept a journal of what he did that day and any thoughts he had. After graduation he destroyed them. During the evenings he would walk across town to blues clubs. This set the foundation for The Doors’ music. Jim enjoyed discussing religion. He was raised in a Catholic home, but thought they were a judgmental and condemning group. In June of 1961 he graduated from George Washington High School. He didn’t even go pick up his diploma. His parents felt he should go on to college so they enrolled him in St. Petersburg Junior College without his permission. He returned to Clearwater and ...
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