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43 Years Ago: Jim Morrison Arrested in Arizona

Sterling Whitaker — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:00:10 +0000

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.

Doors Pay Tribute to Jim Morrison

Jen Austin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:30:04 +0000

Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger were in Paris Sunday to pay tribute to the band’s late singer, Jim Morrison. July 3rd marked the the 40th anniversary of his death, so the guys visited his grave, and played a show at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris that evening. Fans lit candles [...]

Jim Morrison Pardon: Did He Or Didn't He?

Chris Cobb — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:53:43 +0000

Jim was posthumously pardoned recently for his indecent exposure charge that he got in 1969 at a show in Miami. But did he even actually do it? The other members of The Doors always maintained it was unlikely Morrison did expose himself. During the week of the Miami show he had been in the audience [...]