Roadhouse Blues: Morrison, The Doors, and the Death Days of the Sixties

Smart, engaging...PopMatters Fascinating, informative, extraordinary, and essential reading for the legions of Jim Morrison fans.Midwest Book Review Shrouded in mystery and the swirling psychedelic sounds of the Sixties, the Doors have captivated listeners across seven decades. Jim Morrisonhaunted, beautiful, and ultimately doomedtransformed from rock god to American icon. With each successive generation of fans, the Doors become more popular and transcendent. Yet the bands full significance is buried beneath layers of mythology and folklore. In Roadhouse Blues, Bob Batchelor presents an epic tale of one of rocks (and Americas) most significant periods, as the Age of Aquarius gave way to a new age of mayhem, presidential misdeeds, and murder. Batchelor combines cultural history, musical and lyrical analysis, and a broad stroke of pop-culture mythos to give fresh perspective on a pivotal time. Candid, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Roadhouse Blues is a biography of a man, a band, and an era that set the tone for the contemporary world. Beyond the mythology, the hype, and the mystique around Morrisons untimely death, this book takes readers on a roller-coaster ride, examining the impact the band had on America as the nation veered from decadence to debauchery. Were gonna have a real good time!