The Doors

During the summer of 1965 in Venice Beach, California, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek met for the first time. Manzarek asked Morrison to sing a few lines of poetry he had written. Morrison was obligated but eventually sang a few lines from the song "Moonlight Drive". They both agreed to create a band unknowingly that they would influence many. Ray Manzarek explained the idea of a band John Densmore and Robby Krieger in meditation class. Both of the young individuals agreed quickly and they

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Many things such as Indians, poetry and theater influenced Jim. He had lived life on his own terms, had reaped the rewards, and now the bill was due. After one album people truly knew that The Doors ended when Morrison died.

A quote from the famous poet named William Blake influenced Morrison to name the band. Jim Morrison passed away in Paris on July 3, 1971.

The Doors tried to play without Morrison, but they did not succeed at all. Ray Manzarek, a classically trained pianist, with a deep love for the blues and jazz, wrote the themes for many of the songs and played not only the keyboard parts but simultaneously propelled the band with melodic driving bass lines. He was driven to go all the way to shock people and take risks like no other artist. Remarkable fusion of creative energies came together in those early days of practices. In the end, after conquering America, after being shackled by the courts and laws of the land that he loved, he escaped to Paris, traditional home of so many expatriate artists, to pursue his life as a poet. Myths of Morrison having a love child was wondered, myths of how an Indian set his soul free the day he died and anything from haunting photos to letters supposedly sent to lovers, Morrison was still living after he died. Morrison wanted to be successful as so did the others. The Doors conquered music and left a scar on people who would fall into a trance when listening to them. Ray Manzaerk started writing books such as “Light My Fire: My Life With The Doors” written in 1999. They thought it was such a shame, even though he was crude and bitter towards the end of his days.

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