![]() ![]() ![]() By then, he was mostly confined to his bed, where he rested, met with friends, sorted through his belongings, and read books about reincarnation and near-death experiences. is basically designed so that the American family doesn’t have to deal with the dying,” Dr. And rather than being chemically “preserved” and placed in a sealed coffin, it remains on ice, but otherwise in its natural state. Instead of a body being whisked away by a funeral home, it stays on view at home for several days. The simple design represents a defiant upending of American death rituals. "a smooth, snarky, sarcastic and pull-no-punches look" and "at his best, Wall cuts through the haze and the myths surrounding Morrison and The Doors, backing it up in interviews with girlfriends, journalists, record company flacks and drinking friends.Set inside a circular wooden fence a few miles out of town, with the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains looming in the background, the pyre itself is a utilitarian structure: two waist-high stuccoed concrete walls lined inside with firebrick, and spanned by a plain metal grate. "A thorough look at the Doors' career, this book is a musical, cultural, and legacy-examining history of one of the most important bands in rock and roll." -Library Journal "For Doors fans, and readers of rock biographies in general, this should be considered a must read." -Booklist Here James Douglas Morrison emerges more and more as a stand-up, reciting American poet, and an artist whom this author makes you really feel for." -Stephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Gods "Jim Morrison was the terrible angel of the American sixties, and his latest biographer Mick Wall tells his story with a passionate, wide-open drive, like Jim's famous Shelby GT Ford Mustang with a nitrous oxide hookup. " attention to both the musical and business parts of the equation is a welcome addition…" -Kirkus Reviews Reviews"Wall's account pulls no punches, cataloguing each of the primal scenes-early performances, indecent exposure, Jim's sexuality, decline and death-with a detached, knowing eye." -Guitarist It wasn't Jim who saw a bright, acid-flared future for the band but keyboardist Ray Manzarek.And so, the band that started out as the "American Rolling Stones," noted for their wildly unpredictable performances, their jazzy vibe, and the crazed monologues of their front man, ended as badly as did the sixties: abruptly, bloodily, cripplingly.Along with evoking the cultural milieu of Los Angeles in the sixties, in LoveBecomes a Funeral Pyre bestselling writer Mick Wall captures the true spirit of that tarnished age with a brilliantly penetrating and contemporary investigation into the real story of the Doors. It wasn't Jim who wrote the hits it was guitarist Robby Krieger. The other Doors were saddened and shocked but had already fired him anyway. But it's not the story you think you know.Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971-but not in a bathtub. OverviewSpanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long remain the definitive biography of a band that forever changed popular music. ![]() Teacher Examination and Desk Copy Request
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