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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword: The Doors Through a New Lens
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Friends I Have Gathered Together: Key Players in the Doors’ Saga
2. Tell Me Where Your Freedom Lies: Jim Morrison’s Earliest Influences
3. A Place for Me to Hide: How the Lizard King’s Upbringing Affected His Anti-Authority Stance
4. Let’s Swim to the Moon: Early Incarnations of the Band
5. I Was Turning Keys: How the Doors Got Their Name
6. Stumbling in the Neon Groves: The Circumstances Surrounding the Band’s First Demo
7. Heavenly in Its Brilliance: Musical Acts That Influenced the Doors
8. Just Got into Town: Los Angeles Area Landmarks Associated with the Doors
9. We Chased Our Pleasures Here: The Doors’ Earliest Venues
10. Kingdoms of Our Own: Methods the Doors Utilized to Achieve Their Unique Sound
11. The Music and Voices Are All Around Us: Doors Songs That Were “Inspired” by Other Sources
12. Do It, Robby, Do It: Doors Songs Written by Robby Krieger
13. Girl, We Couldn’t Get Much Higher: Doors Singles That Reached No. 1 on the Charts
14. Realms of Bliss, Realms of Light: Doors Songs That Feature Direct Literary References
15. A River of Sadness: The Most Overtly Political Doors Songs
16. She Was a Princess: Doors Songs That Were Inspired by Pamela Courson
17. Must Be Something Else We Say: Why The Soft Parade Was So Different from Other Doors Albums
18. The Mask You Wore: The Real Story Behind the Doors’ Album Covers
19. A Beast Caged: The Failure of the “Celebration of the Lizard”
20. If You Don’t Give a Listen: The Most Essential (and Least Essential) Doors Albums
21. The Lights Are Getting Brighter: Bands That Shared the Bill with the Doors During the Early Years
22. Under Television Skies: The Doors’ Most Notable TV Performances
23. Blood on the Rise: The Top Ten Most Notorious Doors Concerts
24. See Me Change: Songs Modified by the Doors During Live Performances
25. C’mon People, Don’t You Look So Down: The Biggest Events and Festivals Where the Doors Played
26. Trade in Your Hours for a Handful of Dimes: Why the Doors Didn’t Perform at Woodstock
27. Everything Is Broken Up and Dances: Doors Concerts Recorded for the Absolutely Live Album
28. In a Darkened Room: How Morrison’s Alcoholism Affected the Doors’ Performances and Studio Albums
29. Once I Had a Little Game: The Real Story of the Miami Concert
30. It Hurts to Set You Free: Negative Consequences Stemming from the Miami Concert
31. Witnessing the Wild Breeze: Morrison’s Arrest on a Flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix
32. No One Left to Scream and Shout: The Atmosphere During the Forty-Day Miami Trial
33. Night Is Drawing Near: The Doors’ Last Concert as a Quartet
34. I Need a Brand New Friend: Morrison’s Attempt to Shed His Rock Star Image
35. Out Here on the Perimeter: The Reasons Paul Rothchild Quit as Producer of L.A. Woman
36. Smooth as Raven’s Claws: Some Common Myths About Morrison’s Death
37. Ancient Shapes Were All Around Us: Jim Morrison’s Final Resting Place
38. Wandering in Hopeless Night: Other Musicians Who Died at the Age of Twenty-Seven
39. We Linger Alone: Studio Albums That Were Released After Jim Morrison’s Death
40. Death Not Ends It: Factors That Led to the Doors’ “Resurrection”
41. You’ve Seen This Entertainment Through and Through: The (In)Accuracy of The Doors
42. Can’t Remember Where I’ve Been: Other Films That Feature the Doors
43. The Ceremony Is About to Begin: The Doors’ Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
44. Follow Me Down: Musicians Who Have Been Influenced by the Doors
45. Rage in Darkness by My Side: Artists Who Have Covered Doors Songs
46. Let Them Photograph Your Soul: Doors Songs That Have Appeared in Feature Films
47. So Sing a Lonely Song: The Controversy Caused by the Doors of the 21st Century
48. Can We Resolve the Past: The Most Essential (and Least Essential) Doors Biographies
49. You Might Recall All of the Rest: The Unique Qualities of the Documentary When You’re Strange
50. I’m Going, but I Need a Little Time: Whatever Happened to …
Selected Bibliography
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