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John Densmore Talks Doors Battle

Pulse of Radio — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:22:39 +0000

Doors drummer John Densmore has just released his second memoir, called The Doors: Unhinged - Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes On Trial. The book details Densmore's successful five-year battle against surviving Doors Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger over their use of the band name for new projects and the Doors' music for a proposed $15 million commercial deal with Cadillac.

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Densmore Picks Fallon as Potential Jim Morrison Replacement

Billy Dukes — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:46:24 +0000

Should the remaining members of the Doors reunite (it seems unlikely), drummer John Densmore knows who he'd want to fill Jim Morrison's space in front of the microphone. It's not clear if he's being cute or funny, but during a recent radio interview he said Jimmy Fallon could get the job done.

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Jim Morrison in Newly Discovered Interview: 'Fat Is Beautiful'

Jeff Giles — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:20:59 +0000

He's been dead for decades -- and the subject of countless retrospectives ever since -- but that doesn't mean we've heard and seen everything Jim Morrison committed to tape before he passed away. The latest example? A newly unearthed candid interview the Doors front man gave to director and journalist Howard Smith in 1969.

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Jim Morrison Documentary in Production

Pulse of Radio — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:20:34 +0000

A new Jim Morrison documentary is in the works, which will chronicle his life from his childhood through his career with the Doors.

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44 Years Ago: Jim Morrison Allegedly Exposes Himself

Nick DeRiso — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:47:17 +0000

Did he or didn't he? The late Doors frontman Jim Morrison was charged with exposing himself before a stunned audience in Florida on March 1, 1969, though he vehemently denied the allegation. Bandmate Robby Krieger still says that no photographic evidences exists to prove it.

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Blues Fix at 6: December 30, 2012

Crash — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:17 +0000

A full hour, Sunday night edition of the Blues Fix at 6. Scott Davidson sitting in for the vacationing Crash again.

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45 Years Ago: Doors' Morrison Maced and Arrested

Sterling Whitaker — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 05:10:27 +0000

One of the most mythologized and romanticized figures in rock history, Doors front man Jim Morrison possessed a deep-seated anti-authoritarian streak that repeatedly landed him in trouble. On Dec. 9, 1967, the rebellious rocker was arrested at a Doors gig in New Haven, Conn., earning him the dubious distinction of being, as far as we know, the first rock star ever arrested onstage during a performance.

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Doors: Hollywood Bowl '68

Crash — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:09:35 +0000

The Doors' 1968 Hollywood Bowl concert will be available for pay-per-view screening December 5th via Facebook.

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Ray Manzarek Says Doors Put Fans First

Crash — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:26:21 +0000

Once again Doors fans are blown away by the quality of the band's latest vault release, The Doors Live At The Bowl '68, chronicling the group's legendary July 5th, 1968 Hollywood Bowl concert.

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Rock Quiz: The Doors [November 12]

Jeff Harkness — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:52:54 +0000

Q) On this day in 1970 at a show in New Orleans, The Doors performed their last full concert with Jim Morrison. Four weeks later in the middle of a show in Dallas, Morrison slammed his microphone down and refused to sing the rest of the show, marking his last public appearance with the band. ‘Morrison Hotel’ was also released that same year and had just one song crack the Top 50. Which song?

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