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Morrison, a Feast of Friends

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I have read many books on the doors and Jim and have been drawn into their world since 1995. During that time I read voraciously about the Doors and even took it a step farther to read Blake, Kerouac, Castaneda, Nietzsche, Rimbaud and other literary influences of Jim's. In order to know anyone you have to know what they know. I have tried to figure out what made Jim tick as best as I could and looked for books that showed this. This book peeled back the layers and showed Jim in the most real sense without sensationalizing the myth like Bonehead Stone did in the Doors movie. The book is a an account by all kinds of people that were close or not so close to Jim. The author was one of Jim's friends from UCLA before the fame gave him too many so called friends. Frank has done an exellent job of getting the people he interviewed to say something meaningful about Jim and this goes along with many great photos too. Many Doors books have come and gone over the years but this one I have had since 1996 and have read dozens of times over the years because the information contained in it is so good you can gain new insights as you figure out more things about Jim. The book is genuine and honest with no motives other than really trying to capture what Jim was like for people who have never had the chance to meet him. I can't believe the book is out of print but if you happen across it get it, it will be worth it...

Great pictures! Some of them I have never seen before and I am a collector of all things Jim Morrison. The written part might have been "fudged" a little. It contains interviews of people who knew Jim and were close to him, but, excludes The Doors (Ray, Robby, and John) stating that the other Doors have already had their say about Jim. I found this a little disappointing. The book seems a little biased against the other Doors who I believe did genuinally love Jim with all his different moods and personas. Some of the interviews mysteriously sound alike (even using the same words and phrasing). . . I am not sure what to make of this. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Jim, though, because the photos are excellent and some very rare. The pictures more than make up for the questionable accuracy of the interviews.