by alan | Nov 26, 2021 | Autumn 2021, Clarion Rock
Jim Morrison: Back to the Sixties, Darkly : Ultimate bad boy’s life story THE DOORS comes to the big screen Danny Sugerman thought that then-hot disco king John Travolta might make a good Morrison. So he introduced him to the Doors–and he and Manzarek...
by alan | Nov 26, 2021 | Autumn 2021, Clarion Rock
In 1968 Admiral Morrison was Commander In Chief of Carrier Division Nine fighting the war in Vietnam. Clara Morrison was visiting the far east at the time and sent back gifts to us including a couple of Happi Coats, I gave one (pictured above) to Lee and we both wore...
by alan | Nov 23, 2021 | Clarion Causes, Clarion Rock
Dateline 1980: Like many of us, I got hip to The Doors after reading, then rereading, No One Here, Gets Out Alive. 1983: My first visit to LA, my hostess seems quite perplexed that the first thing I want to see is a small motel on the corner of La Cienega and...
by alan | Nov 20, 2021 | Autumn 2021, Clarion Causes
All aboard! Train driver Mike Yacovetti eases his train gently out of Union station San Diego for a trip to Los Angeles Ca. The conductor C J Hardman and his crew, Oscar Olivas, Scott Wasilevich, Luis Rodrigues, and Paul Wilson, are all about to take me on a magic...
by alan | Nov 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Meeting the Lizard King Admiral Morrison, accompanied by his wife, Clara, had driven to Dulles Airport to pick up their daughter, Anne, her husband, Alan Graham, myself, who they hadn’t seen since England, and our new grandchild, Dylan. For six weeks, we newlyweds...
