Jim Morrison's Music is Eternal Reminder of a Man Possessed by Talent, Questions, and Urge to Look for Answers
- by Lakshmi Govindrajan Javeri
JIM MORRISON WAS THE ORIGINAL REBEL WITH A CAUSE, ONE THAT BELIEVED IN BOUNDLESS SELF-EXPRESSION EVEN AT THE COST OF IRKING AUTHORITIES AND SOCIETY ITSELF.
In #TheMusicThatMadeUs, senior journalist Lakshmi Govindrajan Javeri chronicles the impact that musicians and their art have on our lives, how they mould the industry by rewriting its rules and how they shape us into the people we become: their greatest legacies.
Fifty years ago, The Doors released L.A. Woman in April 1971, a seminal album that saw the band return to its blues roots, stripped down from the heavy orchestration of their previous album The Soft Parade. It was also the last album to be released in the lifetime of frontman Jim Morrison, who tragically passed away three months later.
Half a century later, the band is set to release a 50th anniversary deluxe issue of the album on 3 December to mark the occasion and Morrison’s birthday a few days later. The reissue will comprise the remastered original album as well as two hours of unreleased session outtakes that find the band fine-tuning an album that went on to sell over 2 million copies.
