Walters, Glenn D. (2006). Lifestyle Theory: Past, Present, and Future. Nova Publishers. p.81. ISBN 978-1-60021-033-4.

a b Crosby, David; Gottlieb, Carl (2005). Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby. Boston, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press. p.125. ISBN 0-306-81406-4. One of Morrison's early significant relationships was with Mary Werbelow, whom he met on the beach in Clearwater, Florida, when they were teenagers in the summer of 1962. In a 2005 interview with the St. Petersburg Times, she said Morrison spoke to her before a photo shoot for the Doors' fourth album and told her the first three albums were about her. She also stated in the interview that she was not a fan of the band and never attended a concert by them. Werbelow broke off the relationship in Los Angeles in the summer of 1965, a few months before Morrison began rehearsals. Manzarek said of Werbelow, "She was Jim's first love. She held a deep place in his soul." Manzarek also noted that Morrison's song "The End" was intended originally to be "a short goodbye love song to Mary," with the longer oedipal middle section a later addition. [125] [126] [127] [128]

"Wild child full of grace, Savior of the human race"

With no comparable anthem to Light My Fire to rally the freak flag around, the album tiptoed rather than raced to near the top of the US charts, eventually stopping off at No.3. It would soon be superseded in the public’s imagination by the next album, 1968’s Waiting For The Sun, and that record’s breakout single, Hello, I Love You. In the UK, where the first Doors album had been a minor commercial hit but a major critical success, Strange Days came and went in a flash, without getting anywhere near the charts. Again, it was only Waiting For The Sun that finally introduced The Doors to the UK Top 20, by which time no one could recall anything about Strange Days other than its, well, strange cover. In 1990, Morrison's father, George Stephen Morrison, after a consultation with E. Nicholas Genovese, Professor of Classics and Humanities, San Diego State University, placed a flat stone on the grave. The bronze plaque thereon bears the Greek inscription: ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ, usually translated as "true to his own spirit" or "according to his own daemon". [199] [200] [201] [202] Legacy [ edit ] Musical [ edit ] Hopkins, Jerry (July 26, 1969). "The Rolling Stone Interview: Jim Morrison". Rolling Stone. New York City: Wenner Media. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018 . Retrieved December 11, 2021. Young, Ralph (2015). Dissent: The History of an American Idea. NYU Press. p.418. ISBN 978-1-4798-1452-7.

Lester Bangs, "Jim Morrison: Bozo Dionysus a Decade Later" in Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, John Morthland, ed. Anchor Press (2003) ISBN 0-375-71367-0 Doors, the; Fong-Torres, Ben (October 25, 2006). The Doors. Hyperion. p.10. ISBN 978-1-4013-0303-7.

"LA Woman, you're my woman"

Other works relating to religion, mysticism, ancient myth and symbolism were of lasting interest to Morrison, particularly Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. James Frazer's The Golden Bough also became a source of inspiration and is reflected in the title and lyrics of the song " Not to Touch the Earth". [168] [169] Morrison was particularly attracted to the myths and religions of Native American cultures. [170] Jim Morrison". UXL Newsmakers. 2005. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008 . Retrieved August 24, 2008.

Belkacem Bahlouli, editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone France magazine is sceptical about the overdose theory. In the middle of 1965, after graduating with a bachelor's degree from the UCLA film school, Morrison led a bohemian lifestyle in Venice Beach. Living on the rooftop of a building inhabited by his UCLA classmate, Dennis Jakob, he wrote the lyrics of many of the early songs the Doors would later perform live and record on albums, such as " Moonlight Drive" and " Hello, I Love You". According to fellow UCLA student Ray Manzarek, he lived on canned beans and LSD for several months. [42] Krieger went on to enjoy success as a jazz guitarist, recording a handful of records with the Robby Krieger Band in the 1970s and ’80s. Versions (1983) and No Habla(1986) amply demonstrate his versatility. “I think playing guitar is probably the one thing that gets better with age,” he says.Robby Krieger is listed among Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Hutchinson, Lydia (July 8, 2015). "The Mysterious Death of Jim Morrison". Performing Songwriter . Retrieved March 24, 2021.In the Strange Days period, Jim was more interested in psychedelics than, you know, getting wasted. I mean, he still might not show up if he was on too much acid but he was still just one part of this bigger… thing. I always used to joke and say after Light My Fire, it was all downhill from there. But it kind of was. Except for Strange Days. That was probably us at our best, when it was still fun.”

Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore released two albums as a trio under the Doors moniker, with Manzarek and Krieger handling vocals. Manzarek next formed the group Nite City, which invited comparisons to Mott the Hoople and Aerosmith; the quintet released its one album in 1977. Goldstein, Richard (August 5, 1968). "The Shaman As Superstar". New York . Retrieved March 24, 2021.Morrison's grave with headstone and Greek inscription ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ photographed in August 2008 (left), and on July 5, 2012 (right) a b "People Weekly citation of 1988 book "Long Time gone" by David Crosby and Carl Gottlieb". People. November 28, 1988 . Retrieved April 16, 2014.