One of rock’s most innovative bands – the Doors, from their appearance on the Smothers Bros.
Note that Robby Krieger is sporting a black eye in this video, which he received from:
1) Getting into a fight with Jim
2) A car accident
3) A guy went to punch Jim for being a “hippie”. Jim ducked, nailed Robby right in the eye.
All of these have been said by band members.
I got to meet Robby in 1983 when we had him play at Cal State Fullerton – a free show at noon on a Wednesday in the middle of campus!
All-time favorite band in the world. While this song does not show off Jim’s amazing lyrics, it does show off how beautiful his voice was (not to mention how incredibly attractive he was). Ray Manzarek attended many X shows in LA and I got to meet him at the Whisky. Interesting man. Love X’s cover of Soul Kitchen.
I knew Jim’s dad. Steven Morrison was an admiral in the US navy for many years. At one time he was in charge of the entire Pacific fleet. The “Admiral” lived in Coronado on H street. He died a few year ago though. Very nice man with great war/combat stories. He did not like talking about Jim very much though.
Robby was a massively underrated guitarist.
Have you ever seen Jim’s first video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meMiC1g_kZI