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Jim Morrison

ISBN-13: 9780859653008

Author(s): Frank Lisciandro

Subjects: 6PB, 6RF, AVGP, AVLP

Publisher: Plexus

Publisher Imprint: Plexus

Publication Date: 01-02-2001

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: Temporary unavailable

£12.99
Jim Morrison

About the book

Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, has achieved a bizarre cult status since his death in Paris twenty-nine years ago. The Doors were one of the most popular and controversial bands to emerge during the sixties, and their singer/songwriter Morrison was described amongst other things as an erotic politician, a poet of the counter-culture, a corrupter of youth, and a new Dionysius. His controversial live performances landed Morrison in jail, but encapsulated all the volatility and forbidden excitement American youth had ever dreamed of. A true spokesman for a generation, Jim Morrison's style and influence have grown so much since his death that now the real man has all but disappeared behind the legend. 'Give us an hour for magic...' Jim Morrison wrote two years before he died in 1971. Now, Frank Lisciandro, close friend and editor of Morrison's poetry, who worked, travelled and partied with him for more than three years, celebrates the visionary poet's creative magic and turbulent