Jim Morrison Was a Dutiful and Respectful, However He Became Increasingly Antagonistic Towards Fans

Of Scottish and Irish ancestry, Jim Morrison was the son of United States Navy Admiral George Stephen Morrison and Clara Clark Morrison, who met in Hawaii in 1941 where Stephen Morrison was stationed. Jim Morrison was born December 8 of that year in Melbourne Florida, Morrison’s early life was a nomadic existence typical of military families, His mother lived with her in laws in Clearwater Florida, for 3 years before her husband would return from his service in World War 2. Upon his return, the Morrisons then had a daughter Anne Robin and a son Andrew Andy Lee. According to Morrison’s brother, their parents had determined to never use corporal punishment on the children and instead instilled discipline and levied punishment by the military tradition known as dressing down. Consisting of loud scolding and berating the children until they tearfully acknowledged their failings. As Andy states the practice never drew a tear from his brother, Biographers record that during his youth Morrison was a dutiful, respectful son who excelled at school and greatly enjoyed swimming and other outdoor activities. In accordance with his parents hopes, Morrison intended to follow in the military footsteps of his father. However he became disruptive and a discipline problem in school when he discovered drinking in his adolescence, which developed into a life-long pattern of alcoholism and substance abuse. In 1965 after graduating from the School of Theater Arts at UCLA, Morrison had wowed fellow UCLA student and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who desired to combine the lyrics with his music thus the Doors were formed. They were soon joined by drummer John Densmore, who recruited guitarist and lyricist Robby Krieger. The name of the band was inspired by William Blake's poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in which Blake wrote, If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is infinite. The Doors were first noticed on the national level in the spring of 1967 after signing with the Elektra Records label. The single Light My Fire hit number one in June 1967. Three months later Morrison controversially disobeyed censors, refusing to change his edgy lyrics when the Doors performed on the famous Ed Sullivan Show. Ed Sullivan broke a long standing tradition by not shaking their hands, The Doors were not invited back. The Doors sound was a significant innovation, dominated by Morrison's deep, sonorous baritone voice against the interplay of Manzarek's keyboards, Krieger's classically influenced flamenco guitar style and Densmore's crisp fluid drumming. The Doors didn't have a bass guitar in the lineup, Manzarek provided bass lines on his newly released Fender keyboard bass, a small bass scale electric piano. Though the group hired bass players in the studio, the Doors usually appeared as a four piece in concert. Morrison and Manzarek's film school education was put to effective use when the Doors produced a promotional film for Break On Through, decades before music videos became common place. The Doors continued to make innovative music videos including ones for The Unknown Soldier and People Are Strange.
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