DECEMBER 2 1939 - RAYMOND DANIEL MANZAREK BORN IN CHICAGO, IL

DECEMBER 8 1943 - JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON BORN IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA

DECEMBER 1 1944 - JOHN DENSMORE BORN IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA

JANUARY 8 1946 - ROBERT ALAN KRIEGER BORN IN LOS ANGELES

CIRCA 1946 - RAY MANZAREK BEGINS TO PLAY PIANO

1948 - THE MORRISON'S MOVE TO LOS ALTOS, NORTH CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY WILL REMAIN FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS

CIRCA 1949 - JIM WITNESSES A HORRIFIC SCENE THAT WILL GREATLY INFLUENCE THE REST OF HIS LIFE. TRAVELLING WITH HIS PARENTS BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE HE SEES A CAR CRASH AND THE BODIES OF SEVERAL INDIANS. JIM SAID THE INDIANS AT THAT MOMENT "LEAPT" INTO HIS SOUL.

1957 - THE MORRISON'S MOVE TO ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA WHERE JIM ATTENDS ALAMEDA HIGH. THE FAMILY LIVE AT 1717 ALAMEDA AVE.

DECEMBER 1958 - THE MORRISON'S MOVE TO ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA WHERE THE FAMILY WILL LIVE FOR THREE YEARS. JIM STUDIES AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

JUNE 1961 - MORRISON GRADUATES FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON BY REFUSING TO TURN UP TO HIS GRADUATION CEREMONY.

SEPTEMBER 1961 - MORRISON'S PARENTS ENROL JIM AT ST. PETERSBURG JUNIOR COLLEGE IN FLORIDA WITHOUT CONSULTING THEIR SON. HE LIVES WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS IN NEARBY CLEARWATER.

AMONGST HIS CLASSES IS A COURSE ENTITLED "COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CROWDS"

SEPTEMBER 1962 - JIM MORRISON ENROLS AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

SEPTEMBER 1963 - MORRISON RETURNS BEGRUDGINGLY TO FSU BUT QUICKLY APPLIES FOR A TRANSFER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND LOS ANGELES (UCLA)

MORRISON SPENDS HIS LAST SEMESTER AT A NEARBY SEEDY HOTEL, THE CHEROKEE

JANUARY 8 1964 - MORRISON IS MADE TO SEE HIS FATHER, NOW A CAPTAIN WITH THE US NAVY, ABOARD THE USS BON HOMME

FEBRUARY 1964 - MORRISON BEGINS HIS STUDIES AT THE THEATRE ARTS DEPARTMENT AT UCLA

APRIL 1965 - KRIEGER AND DENSMORE BEGIN PLAYING IN A SHORT-LIVED GROUP NAMED THE PSYCHEDELIC RANGERS

JUNE 1965 - MORRISON GRADUATES FROM UCLA WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

JULY 8 1965 - JIM MORRISON MEETS RAY MANZAREK ON VENICE BEACH, CA. HE SINGS ONE OF HIS COMPOSITIONS "MOONLIGHT DRIVE" LEAVING MANZAREK SUIITABLY IMPRESSED. THE TWO AGREE TO FORM A BAND

AUGUST 20 1965 - JOHN JOINS A DOORS REHEARSAL FOR THE FIRST TIME AT RAY'S PARENTS HOUSE AT MANHATTAN BEACH

SEPTEMBER 2 1965 - THE THREE, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF MANZAREK'S OLD BAR BAND RICK AND THE RAVENS, RECORD A DEMO AT WORLD PACIFIC JAZZ STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA

SEPTEMBER 1965 - THE GROUP RECRUIT DENSMORE BUDDY ROBBY KRIEGER ON GUITAR

OCTOBER 1965 - ON THE STRENGTH OF THE DEMO THE GROUP SIGNS TO COLUMBIA RECORDS, A DEAL THAT FALLS THROUGH AFTER SIX MONTHS

JANUARY 23 1966 - JIM IS ARRESTED AND QUESTIONED OVER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS FRIEND PHIL O'LENO. JIM QUICKLY CONFESSES THAT HE, PHIL AND ANOTHER FRIEND FELIX VENABLE HAD GONE TO MEXICAN TO TAKE A "TRIP" BUT GOT IN A FIGHT WITH PHIL, O'LENO THEN CHOOSING TO MAKE HIS OWN WAY HOME

MAY 1966 - THE GROUP PROVIDES INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO A TRAINING FILM FOR FORD MOTORS, A FEATURE WHICH INCLUDES SECTIONS OF MUSIC FROM "THE SOFT PARADE"

MAY 23 1966 - THE DOORS BEGIN THEIR NOW LEGENDARY THREE MONTH ENGAGEMENT AT THE WHISKEY A GO GO

JUNE 18 1966 - AT THE END OF A TWO WEEK ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTING BRITISH GROUP THEM, MORRISON JOINS LEAD SINGER VAN MORRISON ONSTAGE FOR AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE GROUP'S CLASSIC "GLORIA", WHICH THE DOORS WILL LATER COVER

AUGUST 10 1966 - PRESIDENT OF ELEKTRA RECORDS JAC HOLZMAN GOES TO SEE THE DOORS AT THE WHISKEY ON THE INSISTENCE OF DOORS BUDDY ARTHUR LEE, OF LOCAL BAND LOVE

AUGUST 15 1966 - JAC IS JOINED BY HOUSE PRODUCER FOR ELEKTRA, PAUL ROTHCHILD FOR A DOORS SHOW AT THE WHISKEY. THEY OFFER THE DOORS A DEAL THAT EVENING

AUGUST 16 1966 - NEWLY APPOINTED LAWYER MAX FINK BEGINS NEGOTIATING WITH ELEKTRA ON THE GROUPS BEHALF

AUGUST 18 1966 - THE DOORS SIGN WITH ELEKTRA

AUGUST 21 1966 - THE DOORS ARE FIRED FROM THE WHISKEY FOLLOWING A PROFANITY FILLED PERFORMANCE OF "THE END" FROM MORRISON

AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 1966 - THE GROUP RECORDS THEIR DEBUT ALBUM IN, LEGEND PERMITTING, UNDER A WEEK

NOVEMBER 1966 - DURING A MONTH LONG RESIDENCE AT THE ONDINE IN NEW YORK THE GROUP OVERSEES THE MIXING OF THE ALBUM AS WELL AS SHOOTING THE COVER PHOTO AND A VIDEO FOR "BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE)"

NOVEMBER 15 1966 - THE DOORS OFFICIALLY SIGN WITH ELEKTRA FOR A SEVEN ALBUM DEAL

JANURY 1 1967 - THE DOORS MAKE THEIR FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE, LIP-SYNCHING TO A PLAYBACK OF "BREAK ON THROUGH" ON KTLA-TV CHANNEL 5's SHEBANG

JANUARY 4 1967 - THE GROUPS DEBUT ALBUM "THE DOORS" IS RELEASED ON ELEKTRA. THE ALBUM IS FOLLOWED BY THE GROUPS FIRST SINGLE "BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE" b/w "END OF THE NIGHT"

JANUARY 13 1967 - JIM MISSES THE FIRST OF THREE SHOWS AT THE FILLMORE, SAN FRANCISCO AFTER CHOOSING TO SIT THROUGH THREE SHOWINGS OF THE MOVIE CASABLANCA AT A SACRAMENTO THEATRE

FEBUARY 21 1967 - JIM MEETS ACTOR TOM BAKER AT A DOORS SHOW AT GAZZARRI'S, HOLLYWOOD. THE TWO WILL REMAIN FRIENDS FOR THE REST OF JIM'S LIFE

APRIL 1967 - "LIGHT MY FIRE" b/w "THE CRYSTAL SHIP" IS RELEASED

MAY 1967 - THE GROUP RETURNS TO SUNSET SOUND STUDIOS TO BEGIN WORK ON THEIR SECOND ALBUM

JULY 22 1967 - THE BAND RECORDS AN APPEARANCE ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND AT ABC STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD

JULY 29 1967 - "LIGHT MY FIRE" BELATEDLY HITS THE US NO 1 SPOT WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOR THREE WEEKS

AUGUST 12 1967 - THE GROUP PERFORMS TO 13, 000 PEOPLE AS A SUPPORT TO FOLK DUO SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, RECEIVING A MUTED RESPONSE. MORRISON SAYS AFTERWARDS THAT HE FELT LIKE "KILLING THEM ALL"

AUGUST 14 1967 - THE DOORS ATTEND A CEREMONY AT THE DEL MONICO HOTEL NEW YORK TO ACCEPT AN AWARD FROM CHART COMPILERS BILLBOARD FOR THE SUCCESS OF "LIGHT MY FIRE"

SEPTEMBER 4 1967 - "PEOPLE ARE STRANGE" b/w "UNHAPPY GIRL" IS RELEASED WHERE IT WILL GO ON TO REACH US NO 12

SEPTEMBER 14 1967 - THE DOORS PERFORM A RARE VERSION OF "THE END" ON THE ROCK SCENE LIKE IT IS AT CBS STUDIOS, TORONTO, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE RELEASED ON DVD 35 YEARS LATER

SEPTEMBER 17 1967 - THE DOORS APPEAR ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, SPARKING OUTRAGE AMONGST TV EXECUTIVES AFTER MORRISON SINGS THE WORD "HIGHER" DESPITE BEING ASKED NOT TO BY THE CBS NETWORK. THE PERFORMANCE IS LATER INCLUDED ON THE COMPILATION VIDEO "DANCE ON FIRE"

SEPTEMBER 22 1967 - THE GROUP TAPES AN APPEARANCE ON DJ MURRY THE K'S TV SHOW, SINGING "PEOPLE ARE STRANGE"

SEPTEMBER 25 1967 - THE "STRANGE DAYS" ALBUM IS RELEASED GOING ON TO REACH US NO 3

NOVEMBER 15 1967 - THE CURRENT ISSUE OF VOGUE BEARING THE NOW LEGENDARY "YOUNG LION" PHOTO OF JIM, HITS NEWSTANDS.

DECEMBER 9 1967 - MORRISON IS ARRESTED FOR "BREACHING THE PEACE AND RESISTING ARREST" AFTER BADMOUTHING THE POLICE ON STAGE IN NEW HAVEN, CT

DECEMBER 21 1967 - JIM MORRISON IS BEST MAN AT THE WEDDING OF RAY MANZAREK AND LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND DOROTHY AT LOS ANGELES CITY HALL

DECEMBER 26 1967 - MORRISON PAYS TRIBUE TO OTIS REDDING, WHO RECENTLY PERISHED IN A PLANE CRASH, ONSTAGE AT THE WINTERLAND, SAN FRANCISCO

DECEMBER 27 1967 - THE GROUP TAPES AN APPEARANCE FOR THE JONATHAN WINTER SHOW AT CBS STUDIOS LOS ANGELES PERFORMING "LIGHT MY FIRE" AND "MOONLIGHT DRIVE"

JANUARY 13 1968 - "PEOPLE ARE STRANGE" HITS US NO 13JANUARY 29 1968 - JIM MORRISON IS ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS. FULL STORYMARCH 6 1968 - MORRISON JUMPS ONSTAGE AT STEVE PAULS THE SCENE CLUB, NEW YORK TO JOIN JIMI HENDRIX, THE VERY DRUNKEN RESULTS OF WHICH APPEAR ON BOOTLEGS AND EVEN BUDGET LABEL CD'S (AS "MORRISON'S LAMENT")APRIL 1968 - WHILST SPENDING TIME IN THE STUDIO, THE BAND OPENS ITS OWN OFFICES AT 8512 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, WEST HOLLYWOOD. IT WILL PROVIDE SHELTER FOR MORRISON ON FREQUENT OCCASIONS.APRIL 13 1968 - THE FIRST FOOTAGE FOR THE DOCUMENTARY FILM FEAST OF FRIENDS IS SHOT AT SANTA ROSA FAIRGROUNDS SANTA ROSA, CAMAY 10 1968 - MORRISON INCITES A NEAR RIOT AMONGST FANS DURING A CONCERT AT THE CHICAGO COLISEUMJUNE 1968 - "HELLO I LOVE YOU" b/w "LOVE STREET" IS RELEASEDJULY 12 1968 - "WAITING FOR THE SUN" IS RELEASEDJULY 5 1968 - THE DOORS PLAY A SHOW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL TO A MIXED PRESS RESPONSE. PARTS OF THE SHOW ARE LATER RELEASED ON HOME VIDEOAUGUST 2 1968 - APPEARING AFTER THE WHO, THE GROUP AGAIN SPARKS RIOTOUS SCENES, THIS TIME AT THE SINGER BOWL, NEW YORKAUGUST 3 1968 - "HELLO I LOVE YOU" HITS US NO 1 WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOR TWO WEEKSSEPTEMBER 3 1968 - THE DOORS ARRIVE IN LONDON. THEIR MOVE IS QUICKLY SHADOWED BY GRANADA TV WHO ARE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY "THE DOORS ARE OPEN"SEPTEMBER 5 1968 - THE DOORS APPEAR ON TOP OF THE POPS PERFORMING "HELLO I LOVE YOU"SEPTEMBER 7 1968 - THE GROUP HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE ICA GALLERY, THE MALL, LONDONSEPTEMBER 7 1968 - "WAITING FOR THE SUN" HITS US NO 1 WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOR FOUR WEEKSSEPTEMBER 15 1968 - MORRISON COLLAPSES AFTER A DRUGS BINGE IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND LEAVING THE REMAINING THREE MEMBERS TO TAKE THE STAGE ALONE WITH MANZAREK HANDLING ALL VOCAL DUTIESSEPTEMBER 18 1968 - THE GROUP RECORDS SEVERAL SONGS FOR TELEVISION-BYEN GLAXAXE, COPENHAGEN, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WILL LATER APPEAR ON THE DOORS "IN CONCERT" 2CD SET AND SUBSEQUENT VIDEO'S AND DVD'SSEPTEMBER 21 1968 - ROBBY AND JOHN FLY BACK TO LOS ANGELES. JIM AND PAM STAY AT THE BELGRAVIA HOTEL, LONDON UNTIL OCTOBER 20SEPTEMBER 23 1968 - JIM ALLEGEDLY VISITS ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS TO HANG OUT WITH THE BEATLES WHO ARE RECORDING "HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN"NOVEMBER 1968 - THE GROUP BEGINS RECORDING THEIR FOURTH ALBUM "THE SOFT PARADE"DECEMBER 4 1968 - THE GROUP RECORDS AN APPEARANCE ON THE SMOTHER BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR PERFORMING "WILD CHILD" AND "TOUCH ME"DECEMBER 14 1968 - THE GROUP PLAYS A TRIUMPHANT HOMETOWN SHOW, THEIR LAST OF 1968, AT THE LA FORUM, INGLEWOODJANUARY 24 1969 - THE DOORS APPEAR IN CONCERT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WITH A ONE NIGHT STAND AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITYJANUARY 25 1969 - JIM MORRISON MEETS PATRICIA KENNEALY WHO SHE INTERVIEWS FOR JAZZ & POP MAGAZINE. SHE WILL REMAIN A KEY ROMANTIC FIGURE IN MORRISON'S LIFE UNTIL HIS DEATHFEBRUARY 5 1969 - "TOUCH ME" HITS US NO 3FEBRUARY 7 1969 - JIM IS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVINGFEBRUARY 24 1969 - MORRISON ATTENDS THE FIRST OF A FIVE NIGHT RUN OF THE LIVING THEATRE GROUP AT USC'S BOVARD AUDITORIUM. THE ANARCHIC SHOW IS HELD LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BEHAVIOUR LESS THAN A WEEK LATER AT THE MIAMI DINNER KEY AUDITORIUM.FEBRUARY 25 1969 - THE GROUP MEETS AT SUNSET SOUND AND BEGIN JAMMING. THE RESULTS BECOME THE NOW LEGENDARY "ROCK IS DEAD" SESSION WHICH SURFACED, IN AN EDITED FORM, ON THE 1997 DOORS BOX SET.MARCH 1 1969 - THE DOORS PLAY AN INFAMOUS SHOW AT THE MIAMI DINNER KEY AUDITORIUM WHERE MORRISON ALLEGEDLY EXPOSES HIS GENITALS ONSTAGE. THE HOUR LONG SHOW INVOLVES THE SINGER, WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING PRIOR TO THE CONCERT, SWEARING, INSULTING THE AUDIENCE AND STUMBLING THROUGH HALF A DOZEN NUMBERS


MARCH 2 1969 - THE WHOLE GROUP LEAVES FOR A PRE-ARRANGED VACATION TO JAMAICAMARCH 5 1969 - A WARRANT IS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE ARREST OF MORRISON. OF THE SIX WARRANTS, ONE IS A FELONY CHARGE OF "LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS BEHAVIOUR" ALONG WITH FIVE MISDEMENOURS: TWO COUNTS OF INDECENT EXPOSURE, TWO OF PUBLIC PROFANITY AND ONE OF PUBLIC DRUNKENESS.MARCH 9 1969 - A CONCERT IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA IS CANCELLED, THE FIRST OF 16 CONCERTS TO BE PULLED WITHIN THE ENSUING TWO MONTHS AFTER THE INCIDENT IN MIAMIMARCH 1969 - MORRISON ENTERS ELEKTRA SOUND RECORDERS STUDIO, HOLLYWOOD TO RECORD A SESSION OF POETRY, MINUS ACCOMPANIMENT, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WILL SHOW UP 25 YEARS LATER ON A BOOTLEG CDAPRIL 3 1969 - AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTRADITE MORRISON TO FLORIDA TO STAND TRIAL, THE SINGER SURRENDERS TO THE FBI AT THEIR LOS ANGELES BRANCHAPRIL 1969 - MORRISON TAPES HIS ONLY FEATURE FILM, HWY WITH BUDDIES BABE HILL AND PAUL FERRARAAPRIL 19 1969 - "WISHFUL SINFUL" HITS US NO 44APRIL 28-29 1969 - THE DOORS TAPE SEVERAL SONGS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCAST, THE RESULTS OF WHICH SURFACE MORE THAN 20 YEARS LATER ON THE SOFT PARADE VIDEOMAY 1969 - THE DOORS CONTINUE TO RECORD "THE SOFT PARADE" ALBUM, TAKING THEM THROUGH TO JULYMAY 30 - 31 - JIM ATTENDS A POETRY READING AT CINEMATHEQUE THEATRE 16, HOLLYWOOD WHERE HE READS "AN AMERICAN PRAYER" HE IS LATER JOINED BY ROBBY KRIEGER AND SINGS SEVERAL SONGS INCLUDING "I WILL NEVER BE UNTRUE" WHICH LATER APPEARS ON THE AMERICAN PRAYER ALBUMJUNE 14 1969 - THE DOORS PLAY THEIR FIRST SHOW SINCE MIAMI AT THE CHICAGO AUDITORIUM THEATREJUNE 20-21 1969 - MORRISON ATTENDS THE ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL WHERE FEAST OF FRIENDS RECEIVES FIRST PRIZE IN THE DOCUMENTARY CATEGORYJUNE 27 & 30 1969 - THE DOORS PLAY TWO WARMLY RECEIVED SHOWS THE FORUM, MEXICO CITYJULY 18 1969 - THE SOFT PARADE IS RELEASEDJULY 26 1969 - A LEGENDARY INTERVIEW WITH MORRISON, CONDUCTED BY JERRY HOPKINS EARLIER THAT MONTH, APPEARS IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINEAUGUST 2 1969 - "TELL ALL THE PEOPLE" HITS US NO 57SEPTEMBER 13 1969 - THE DOORS SHARE A BILL WITH JOHN LENNON & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND, CHUCK BERRY, GENE VINCENT AND JERRY LEE LEWIS AT THE TORONTO, ROCK'N'ROLL REVIVAL, ONNOVEMBER 6 1969 - MORRISON IS INTERVIEWED BY HOWARD SMITH FOR THE VILLAGE VOICE MAGAZINE, THE HOUR LONG RESULTS OF WHICH ARE LATER RELEASED ON CDNOVEMBER 9 1969 - MORRISON IS ARRESTED AT 9.50AM AS HIS FLIGHT FROM LA LANDS AT MIAMI. HE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.NOVEMBER 11 1969 - MORRISON IS ARRESTED AFTER A DISTURBANCE ABOARD A FLIGHT FROM LA TO PHEONIX, ARIZONA. HE HAD BOARDED THE FLIGHT TO SEE A ROLLING STONES CONCERT WITH TOM BAKER, FRANK LISCIANDRO AND DOORS PUBLICIST LEON BARNARDNOVEMBER 1969 - SESSIONS FOR THE "MORRISON HOTEL" ALBUM BEGIN AT SOUND RECORDERS, HOLLYWOODDECEMBER 8 1969 - MORRISON TURNS 26 BY TELLING FELLOW BAND MEMBERS THAT HE IS "HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN"JANUARY 17-18 1970 - THE DOORS PLAY TWO SOLD OUT SHOWS AT THE FELT FORUM, NEW YORK CITYJANUARY 19 1970 - THE GROUP HOSTS A PRESS PARTY AT THE HILTON HOTEL, NEW YORK TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF THE FELT FORUM SHOWSMARCH 3 1970 - MORRISON AND TOM BAKER APPEAR IN PHEONIX TO HEAR CHARGES RELATED TO THE DISTURBANCE ON NOVEMBER 11MARCH 23 1970 - MORRISON AND TOM BAKER APPEAR IN PHEONIX TO HEAR CHARGES RELATED TO THE DISTURBANCE ON NOVEMBER 11. AT HIS ATTORNEY'S INSISTENCE, MORRISON WEARS A SUITAPRIL 7 1970 - THE LORDS AND THE NEW CREATURES, MORRISON'S FIRST BOOK OF HIS OWN POETRY, IS PUBLISHEDAPRIL 20 1970 - MORRISON IS AQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES RELATING TO THE NOVEMBER 11 INCIDENT AFTER HE WAS MISTAKEN BY STEWARDESSES AS TOM BAKERAPRIL 1970 - "MORRISON HOTEL" IS RELEASED AND HITS US NO 4APRIL 11 1970 - MORRISON IS INTERVIEWED BY UK MUSIC PAPER MELODY MAKER IN HOLLYWOODMAY 1 1970 - THE DOORS PLAY TO 14, 000 FANS AT THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PAMAY 2 1970 - "YOU MAKE ME REAL" HITS US NO 50MAY 5 1970 - MORRISON PROPOSES TO PATRICIA KENNEALY IN CENTRAL PARKJUNE 24 1970 - MORRISON "MARRIES" PATRICIA KENNEALY IN A HANDFASTING CEREMONY IN NEW YORKJUNE 27 1970 - MORRISON ARRIVES IN PARIS WITH LEON BARNARD. HE WILL STAY AT THE GEORGE V HOTEL BEFORE LEAVING FOR SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICAAUGUST 4 1970 - MORRISON IS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC DRUNKENESS AFTER WAKING UP ON A RESIDENTS DOOR STEP IN LAAUGUST 10 1970 - THE TRIAL RELATING TO THE MARCH 1 1969 INCIDENT BEGINS AT METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY JUSTICE BUILDING, MIAMI

AUGUST 14 1970 - MORRISON JOINS CANNED HEAT ONSTAGE AT THE MARCO POLO HOTEL, MIAMIAUGUST 29 1970 - THE DOORS PERFORM AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, ENGLANDAUGUST 30 1970 - MORRISON IS INTERVIEWED BY JOHN TOBLER OF ZIGZAG MAGAZINE, THE RESULTS OF WHICH SHOW UP NEARLY QUARTER OF A CENTURY LATER ON CDSEPTEMBER 16 - 17 1970 - MORRISON TAKES TO THE STAND IN MIAMISEPTEMBER 20 1970 - THE JURY DELIVERS ITS VERDICT: GUILTY OF TWO MISDEMENOURS, INDECENT EXPOSURE AND PROFANITYOCTOBER 30 1970 - MORRISON IS SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS IN JAIL BUT RELEASED ON APPEALNOVEMBER 1970 - COMPILATION ALBUM 13 IS RELEASEDDECEMBER 8 1970 - MORRISON RECORDS ANOTHER POETRY SESSION AT VILLAGE RECORDEDS, WEST LADECEMBER 12 1970 - THE GROUP PLAYS ITS LAST CONCERT WITH MORRISON AT THE WAREHOUSE, NEW ORLEANS ENDING THE SHOW WITH "LIGHT MY FIRE"DECEMBER 1970 - THE GROUP BEGINS RECORDING "LA WOMAN" AT THE DOORS WORKSHOP, HOLLYWOODJANUARY 15 1971 - MORRISON CONDUCTS A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH BOB CHORUSH OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE PRESSFEBRUARY 1971 - MORRISON CONDUCTS HIS LAST EVER INTERVIEW WITH BEN FONG-TORRES (WHO WILL LATER BE IMMORTALISED IN THE MOVIE ALMOST FAMOUS) FOR ROLLING STONE MAGAZINEMARCH 11 1971 - MORRISON LEAVES FOR PARIS JOINING HIS LONGTIME PARTNER PAM WHO HAD LEFT FOR THE FRENCH CITY TWO MONTHS PREVIOUSLYMARCH 1971 - MORRISON, ALONG WITH PAM COURSON, MOVES INTO NO 17 RUE BEAUTREILLIS, THE APARTMENT WHERE MORRISON WILL LIVE THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF HIS LIFE INAPRIL 3 1971 - MORRISON MEETS AMERICAN MUSICIAN PHIL TRAINER WHO LATER REMEMBERS MORRISON SUFFERING SEVERE COUGHING FITS DUE TO A CONSISTENT INTAKE OF ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTESAPRIL 9 1971 - JIM AND PAM RENT A CAR AND DRIVE THROUGH THE SOUTH OF FRANCE TO SPAIN ONTO ALGIERSAPRIL 1971 - LA WOMAN IS RELEASEDMAY 3 1971 - JIM AND PAM FLY BACK TO PARIS

MAY 7 1971 - MORRISON FALLS FROM THE SECOND WINDOW OF NO 13 RUE DES BEAUX ARTS, WHERE HE HAD BEEN STAYING FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. HE CONTINUES ON A DRINKING BINGE AT THE ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCUS, WHERE AFTER BEING KICKED OUT FOR ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR IS TAKEN HOME BY FAN HERVE MULLER.MAY 1971 - JIM AND PAM SPEND 10 DAYS IN CORSICA, AN ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, BEFORE RETURNING TO PARISJUNE 11 1971 - JIM ATTENDS A PERFORMANCE OF 'LE REGARD DU SOURD' WITH FRIENDS ALAIN RONAY AND HERVE MULLERJUNE 14 1971 - MORRISON TELEPHONES JOHN DENSMORE IN LA TO FIND OUT HOW THE LA WOMAN ALBUM IS SELLINGJUNE 16 1971 - MORRISON INVITES TWO STREET MUSCIANS INTO A RECORDING STUDIO HE HAD FOUND TO LISTEN TO HIS POETRY REELS (RECORDED IN MARCH 1969). THE ASSORTED DRUNKENLY JAM FOR 16 MINUTES, THE RESULTS OF WHICH APPEAR ON A BOOTLEG IN 1994JUNE 1971 - MORRISON VISITS PERE LACHAISE CEMETERY. HE COMMENTS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE BURIED AT THE CEMETERYJUNE 28 1971 - THE LAST KNOWN PHOTOS OF JIM MORRISON ARE TAKEN BY ALAIN RONAY DURING A TRIP TO CHANTILLY, NORTH OF PARIS. THEY WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED FOR 20 YEARSJULY 2 1971 - JIM HAS A MEAL WITH ALAIN RONAY AT A RESTAURANT ON RUE ST ANTOINE WHERE HE EATS IN SILENCE.AFTER SENDING A TELEGRAM TO HIS PUBLISHER IN NEW YORK JIM AND PAM ATTEND A SCREENING OF THE MOVIE DEATH VALLEY BEFORE RETURNING TO RUE BEAUTREILLIS AT 1.00AM.JULY 3 1971 - PAM GOES TO BED BUT MORRISON STAYS UP LISTENING TO OLD DOORS ALBUMS. AFTER LISTENING TO THE BANDS 1967 DEBUT (CULMINATING IN "THE END") HE GOES TO BED BUT IT AWOKEN BY FITS OF VIOLENT VOMITING. PAM RUNS HIM A BATH BUT GOES BACK TO SLEEP. THE LAST WORDS SHE HEARS HIM SPEAK ARE "PAM? ARE YOU THERE?"SHE AWAKES AT 6.00AM AND FINDS THE DOOR LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE. SHE CALLS ALAIN RONAY ALONG WITH FRIENDS AGNES VARDA AND HER LOVER COUNT DEBRETEUIL (ALSO A LOVER OF MARIANNE FAITHFUL) AT 6.30AM TO TELL THEM THAT JIM IS DEAD. ALL HURRY TO RUE BEAUTREILLIS.AT 9.30AM AN AMBULANCE IS CALLED. ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE JIM ARE QUICKLY DECLARED USELESS. HIS BODY IS CARRIED TO THE BEDROOM WHERE IT IS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND DRY ICE. DOCTOR MAX VASSILLE ARRIVES AT 6.00PM AND ESTIMATES THE TIME OF DEATH TO BE 5.00AMJULY 4 1971 - NEWS OF MORRISON'S DEATH BEGINS TO SPREADJULY 5 1971 - MORRISON'S BODY IS PLACED IN A COFFIN, STILL IN THE BEDROOM OF THE APARTMENT AT RUE BEAUTREILLISJULY 6 1971 - DOORS MANAGER BILL SIDDONS FLIES TO PARISJULY 7 1971 - MORRISON IS BURIED AT PERE LACHAISE IN A 8.30AM AT FUNERAL ATTENDED BY HALF A DOZEN PEOPLEJULY 9 1971 - BILL SIDDONS INFORMS THE PRESS THAT MORRISON IS DEADLA WOMAN IS RELEASEDAUGUST 1971 - THE THREE REMAINING DOORS RECONVENE AT THE DOORS WORKSHOP AND AGREE TO RECORD ANOTHER ALBUM, USING THE SONGS THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON WHILST JIM WAS IN PARISOCTOBER 1971 - "OTHER VOICES" IS RELEASEDNOVEMBER 12 1971 - THE DOORS PLAY THEIR FIRST CONCERT SINCE JIM'S DEATH AT THE PERSHING MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, LINCOLN, NB. THEY PLAY ANOTHER TEN SHOWS INCLUDING A CONCERT AT CARNERGIE HALLJANUARY 1972 - COMPILATION ALBUM "WEIRD SCENES INSIDE THE GOLDMINE" IS RELEASEDMARCH 1972 - THE GROUP COMPLETES A TEN DATE TOUR OF THE USAPRIL - MAY 1972 - THE GROUP EMBARKS ON A TOUR OF EUROPEJULY 1972 - "FULL CIRCLE" IS RELEASED AUGUST 25 1972 - THE GROUP APPEAR ON THE DICK CAVETT SHOW PERFORMING THEIR NEW SINGLE "GET UP AND DANCE"SEPTEMBER 10 1972 - THE DOORS LEAVE THE STAGE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FOR WHAT WILL BE THEIR LAST PUBLIC SHOW IN THE US FOR THIRTY YEARS, TELLING THE AUDIENCE "NEXT TIME WE'LL BRING JIM MORRISON"AUGUST 1 1973 - COMPILATION ALBUM "THE BEST OF THE DOORS" IS RELEASEDAPRIL 24 1974 - PAMELA COURSON DIES OF A HEROIN OVERDOSEAPRIL 29 1974 - A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PAM AND JIM IS HELD AT THE OLD NORTH CHURCH IN FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, BURBANKNOVEMBER 1978 - "AN AMERICAN PRAYER" IS RELEASED