Jim Morrison

Life, Death, Legend

By: Stephen Davis

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

As the lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison's searing poetic vision and voracious appetite for sexual, spiritual, and psychedelic experience inflamed the spirit and psyche of a generation. Since his mysterious death in 1971, millions more fans from a new generation have embraced his legacy, as layers of myth have gathered to enshroud the life, career, and true character of the man who was James Douglas Morrison.

In Jim Morrison, critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Gods, unmasks Morrison's constructed personas of the Lizard King and Mr. Mojo Risin' to reveal a man of fierce intelligence whose own destructive tendencies both fueled his creative ambitions and brought about his downfall. Gathered from dozens of original interviews and investigations of Morrison's personal journals, Davis has assembled a vivid portrait of a misunderstood genius, tracing the arc of Morrison's life from his troubled youth to his international stardom, when his drug and alcohol binges, tumultuous sexual affairs, and fractious personal relationships reached a frenzied peak. For the first time, Davis is able to reconstruct Morrison's last days in Paris to solve one of the greatest mysteries in music history in a shocking final chapter.

Compelling and harrowing, intimate and revelatory, Jim Morrison is the definitive biography of the rock idol in snakeskin and leather who defined the 1960s.

©2004 Stephen Davis (P)2004 Penguin Audio and Books on Tape, Inc.

A must for any true Fan

read No One Here Gets Out Alive approximately 38 years ago What a fantastic follow-up

Jimmy,Jimmy,Jimmy

Everyone listening to this audiobook, wants to believe the stories about Jimmy. All these stories are over the top, exaggeration, half lies. This whole book is a exaggeration of a man’s life. It’s a fairytale of a rockstar. The word Jimmy is probably stated over 5000 times in the first 3 chapters. The narration is very well done. If you’re a Doors fan, you will enjoy the story. Just take every story with a grain of salt. A lot of innuendos of Jim being a homosexual. I’ve never read that before, from any of the other biographies, or any other Doors books. A lot of conflicting info concerning his friendships especially with each band member. Other books and publications say he was friendly with his band. This book he dislikes everyone. Jim Morrison is a narcissistic, immature, and an alcoholic. Plus a genius, narcissistic, larger than life rock God.

Fantastic story

As a Doors fan this was a fantastic story of the life of James Douglas Morrison. I would highly recommend.

pretty good

What made the experience of listening to Jim Morrison the most enjoyable?

I liked hearing about the scene and enviornment around the early years of the band - I was not alive so it gave me a picture of what it was like

Who was your favorite character and why?

jim--crazy @@@@@%^$#

Any additional comments?

a bit long but found out a lot about jim - one of my favorite singers - maybe more than I wanted to -- it was a good month by month history - very detailed - I felt sorry and envied jim all at the same time - quite a drunken ride - only for hardcore fans - you might bore if you don't love the music a lot

loved it!!!

loved it.... had to listen to some sections twice... it is so detailed that I needed to listen again to let it sink in.... was a hugh Doors fan,.... and loved Jim Morrison .... but was so sad that he let his life slip away while he drowned in alcohol... sad... sad... that no one stepped in to help save him from himself....had he been my son or brother.. I would have tried anything to help him with his demons....

Thought I knew it all

Loved the book. I honestly thought I knew everything there was to know about James Douglas Morrison. I was wrong and I realized that after listening to this book.
My eyes are open. I am on a mission to read all books about the Lizard King.
What a sad loss of talent

Crazy Guy

While I don't think he was a genius, I do think he's an interesting read.

Terrific Biography that…

Doubles as a survey of the pop cultural scene of swinging sixties Los Angeles. The book is well researched, smoothly written, and nicely narrated. I have loved the Doors (a fav of my Dad’s) since childhood and appreciate the level of no BS detail on the man and the scene featured.

Great read

It was a long book but, it really kept my iterest.I listened to it all the way through in only a few days. It had a lot of info on Morrison I didn't know. He was an interesting person with a wild life...

Awesome.

This audio book was awesome. I think I will go listen to some doors albums now.