Tell us something we don't already know. D'uh!!

Damn, what was that like?

George Morrison died at 89 in 2008, dude was a highly decorated Rear Admiral Naval Aviator who served in WW2, Korea, was a nuclear weapons instructor, and was commander of Naval Operations during The Gulf Of Tonkin incident. There are sites who say he started the Vietnam War, which isn't true but he was there when it officially started. It's easy to see why a young, sweet, artistic, boy like Jim Couldn't get far enough a way from that life.

@hkitm is really leaving us hanging

Me too I was born in ‘57. I’m still confused about modern music. But I’m grateful I grew up during the time of such amazing music.

They often used a bass player in the studio

@@jamesmcintyre2008 Yes, it was Jerry Scheff on this track.

RIP ray

Um, the Beatles?

@@DJ-bj8ku I’ve given some thought to your post, and I tend to agree with Frank Zappa on this. “The Beatles were alright, but I always thought the Stones were a lot more interesting. They were a lot closer to the roots.” They were brilliant tunesmiths, but they had no formal training and worked their way along pretty much by accident. For a zillion reasons, I find their stuff a bit dated by now. Besides, I was always more of a blues cat than a rocker, so I guess it’s all a matter of taste.

@@danielschaeffer1294 What I loved about the Beatles is that no album sounds alike and each grew in sophistication, unlike most bands and soloists who have a formula and stick to it. And the sounds they produced were sublime. Even with Yellow Submarine, a simple pop sound, you feel like you’re actually in one. I’ve been around a long time and I like the Doors. Check out the interview with Jim’s father. Very illuminating about the generational divide.

@@danielschaeffer1294 ..... The Beatles, defined the way on everything and still are the trendsetters to this day, nothing is dated with them, you will find with every musician who has been successful that they were inspired and patterned their work after what the Beatles have done. The Beatles studied rhythm and blues heavily and was the foundation for most of their music at least in the beginning and their objective was to never have an album or song that sounded like the previous one. I'm someone who absolutely loves the Doors and definitely one of my all time favorites, But even the Doors credit The Beatles for many of their achievements. The sounds so common from the Doors and other groups from the sixties were unknown prior to The Beatles.

Music prior to the Beatles was mature, rich, and full. It was not just music, it was lives lived and experiences that drove it to the depth that was the music of this Era. The Beatles brought fluff music...I always felt like music took a step backward. Bands like The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Eagles, Queen...they laid the foundation for all other music...and they did it without synthesizers or digital manipulation. I don't listen to much mainstream music these days. There are a few contemporary artists that I go to on You Tube, but not many consistently have a lot of substance.

And if you listen to the very last refrain of "riders on the storm," there's a third tracking of Morrison screaming out the words, but it's so far down in the mix, you can barely hear it.

I can't unhear that now.

I first heard it on the John Peel show on Radio 1, around 1974 when I was 14. Completely blew me away, I'd never heard anything like it before or since !

@@robplazzman6049 Ah, the John Peel show. That's where I go into Tangerine Dream and their album "Phaedra". 😎

He does an amazing Morrison!

I don't fully understand the level of the lyrics, but the part "take him by the hand. make him understand" makes me think of how a god can pull someone out of time for whatever reason then put them back exactly where they were and they won't know time has passed or have any memory of it after the correction update has been installed.

Bass was played by Jerry Scheff in the later studio sessions, including this song.

@@davidpeters44 He didn't like it either.:-) Most of the bass work was done by Ray on the Fender Keyboard Bass You can tell because most of the bass parts are just triads, as keyboard players would do. Occasionally there's some good bass parts.

I’ll buy that!

Got them booted from the Whiskey for doing the End.

Unknown Soldier

An American Prayer is Jim at his trippiest...

Ha, I was there the same year. Graffiti and flowers all over his grave.

Except this song has an actual bass player on it. Although it's very deceptive because it sounds like a part a keyboard player would come up with. It's not a part a real bassist would play. But there are places where you can tell its a real bass because he's sliding up and down the fretboard. Plus all the documentation that names Elvis' bass player as the bassist on this song. I thought it was Ray for a whole lot of years and was very surprised to find out otherwise.

Sam Bennett carried Morrison from the restroom of club called Circus RR Club to Morrison’s room and put him in bathtub to try to wake him up but it was too late.

Dude! You need to put that in a book! I bet it was an experience!

@@franciscoramirez4179 Yes, my future wife and I were lucky to get good people helping us and we stayed a few days with my former rock band member (Denny) in Vegas, just to get off the highways for a bit. The worst spot to hitch hike (and we waited 3 hours) was St. Louis. Luckily , a van of rare hippies like us came along and gave us R&R with the some home hospitailty and good smoke. The shortest time was with 2 dudes with a huge truck fill of wooden chairs of all types. We were on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mtns. looking at the expanse of the Mohave desert below and the ribbon of highway that appeared to never end at the horizon, when they gave us a short ride to a desert crossroads.( I might have some facts rearranged since this was 46 years ago.) The coolest dudes were a black brother and a white longhair in a sweet 1963 Chevy Bel Air that shared Coors beer and smoke with us as we spent hours crossing the desert from the desert crossroad to Southern Cal. They are among the heroes of our adventure. Peace. Life has been good.

they played it in dallas & new orleans in their last 2 shows w/ morrison.... the dallas show is on youtube. sound quality & jim performance, sub par, but it nevertheless was live.

No it isn't.

Same here,cassette deck,road troppin 80's looped