Just finished watching a doco on the making of The Doors first album.

Brilliant stuff watching the three remaining members individually (I think they only talk to each other through their lawyers these days) recreate their parts in the various tracks and lucidly explaining how they were able to put music to Morrison's words.

Their enthusiasm was matched by the sound engineer. You could see the respect on his face as he played with his panel to demonstrate various aspects of the tracks.

The pity of it all is, in the words of John Densmore, brilliance and self-destruction came together in Jim Morrison.

Robby Krieger and Ray Manzerek still tour as "Riders on the Storm". Go and see them. Go.

Also watch the film "The Doors". Well worth three hours of your life.

there's a couple of great moments in the above movie which show the talents these guys had.
brilliantly put together by Coppola.

'American Prayer' was released posthumously, using recordings of Jim Morrison and music by the band to fit around that. Whilst some are disparaging about the album, citing its sophomore themes, I think its bloody brilliant. 1978, It hit dead on target for a middle class white youth in those hot summer nights between school and university. It still reminds me of those days more than any other.