Could it be that there's a place in rock writing for Albert Goldman after all? It seems that those writers most attracted to such a task in the first place are just those writers least equippedemotionally, historically, musicallyto do their subject justice. There have been no good books written about Jim Morrison and the band he fronted, and I'm beginning to wonder if there ever will be. With at least six books on Jim Morrison and The Doors now on the shelves, five published within the last year to take advantage of tie-in sales on the flowing, copious coattails of Oliver Stone's powerful film, The Doors, you'd think one of them, at least, might approach "very good," "excellent," even "definitive." Published by Delacorte Press, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103. Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and The Doors by John Densmoreģ19 pages, $19.95 hardcover. Published by William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. Break On Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison by James Riordan and Jerry Prochnickyĥ44 pages, $20 hardcover.
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