Smith wasn’t alone in recognizing Morrison’s enigmatic verse as literature. “Jim Morrison was one of our great poets and unique performers,” Patti Smith told CBS’ On Sunday Morning. But whenever Jim wasn’t fully igniting his senses, he managed to read-a lot-passing on the inspiration he found in poetry, plays and avant-garde film to his audience. You could learn a lot from Jim Morrison, intoxicated as he might have been much of the time. “Some are born to sweet delight some are born to endless night,” wrote the great 18th-century romantic poet/painter William Blake in his classic “Auguries of Innocence,” lyrics Morrison brilliantly lifted for the Doors’ classic “End of the Night.” “I Looked At You” is Jim’s breezy valentine to the eternal yin/yang, girl/boy dance of attraction, a menacing variation on Doris Troy’s R&B hit “Just One Look (That’s All It Took).”īut Morrison’s celebration comes with a warning: “It’s too late,” he moans, knowing all too well that once you trip love’s trigger there’s no turning back, as his bandmates sweep us away on a brief joyride, buoyed by Ray’s keyboards and punctuated Densmore’s riveting drum fills. Other than stealing my lick he was pretty original.” I thought he was very good and appropriate for what the band was doing. Once we were on a plane when he came down the aisle and I said, ‘Hey, you stole my lick!’ He said, ‘I was paying tribute to you!’ I said, ‘I wish you were paying money!’ Ray was a nice guy.
But he had played my lick from ‘House in the Country’ in one of their songs. “He was unique in that he didn’t play a Hammond organ, which nearly everybody used at the time. “The first thing that impressed me about Ray was that he played organ and bass at the same time, which is no mean feat!” exclaimed legendary organist Al Kooper. Over seven minutes long, the original track not only contained one of the Door’s most memorable lyric hooks but was the perfect vehicle for Ray Manzarek’s swirling climactic organ work, which gave way to Robby Kreiger’s slinky midnight Arabic tent dance. Roberts was Chris Henderson's guitar tech previously.“Light My Fire,” The Doors’ first and most successful single, was an intoxicating sonic cocktail blending Ray’s Bach organ fugues with Robby’s Flamenco-style guitar while Jim, the psychedelic Sinatra, crooned, and bellowed such provocative lyrics as “You know that I would be a liar.” This movement created space for Chet Roberts to fill. In 2012 the band released a statement explaining an issue with original guitarist Matt Roberts' health, leading to his departure from 3 Doors Down. In 2005, when Daniel Adair was hired full-time by Nickelback, 3 Doors Down took on Greg Upchurch (Puddle Of Mudd) to play drums full-time. From 2002 - 2005 The band hired Daniel Adair as a 'touring' drummer and took off to play nearly 1000 shows as this formation all across the world in support of their hugely successful 'Away From The Sun' album. Richard Liles played drums for the band during their touring stint on that record. They took in guitarist Chris Henderson in the very early days of The Better Life's creation and released the album as a 4 piece band. The band originally consisted of Brad Arnold (vocals/drums), Todd Harrell (bass) and Matt Roberts (guitar). cueĠ1 - 3 doors down - Kryptonite (lp version).flacĠ2 - 3 doors down - Smack (lp version).flacģ Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi who formed in 1996. It's Not My Time (Pop Radio Edit).flacģ Doors Down - It's Not My Time (Radio Single).logĠ4 It's The Only One You've Got (Acoustic).flacģ Doors Down - Time Of My Life. Here Without You - Acoustic Version.flacģ Doors Down - Single - Here Without You.logĪcoustic EP. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down - The Better Life (Best Buy Bonus Tracks).flacĠ5 - 3 Doors Down - Here Without You.flacĠ2 - 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone (Intro).flacģ Doors Down - Away From The Sun (CD Single).logĢ.
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