Jim Morrison, 50 Years After His Death: An Edgy Rock Icon, a Poet, Beloved Brother and Web of Contradictions
- by George Varga
JIM WAS LOADS OF FUN!’ SAYS HIS SISTER AND EXECUTOR, WHO OVERSAW THE NEW BOOK, ‘THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JIM MORRISON: POETRY, JOURNALS, TRANSCRIPTS AND LYRICS’
Few rock ‘n’ roll legends have had as enduring an impact on multiple generations as Jim Morrison, whose death 50 years ago next month at 27 made him an even bigger cultural icon than when he was alive.
Yet, while his six-year tenure as the deep-voiced front man in The Doors created a quintessential template for brooding, bad-boy rock singers clad in leather and oozing primal sex appeal, musical stardom was most assuredly not this former San Diegan’s goal. That point is repeatedly emphasized in The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts and Lyrics, a massive, nearly 600-page book that will be published on June 8 by HarperCollins.
