Jim And Thor (Ray's Brother's Doberman) Hunt Abalone With Ray, Dorothy And Ray's Mother. At That Time,

On this day, December 8, 1943 (Melbourne, Florida) Jim Morrison was born - an American poet, singer, songwriter, leader and vocalist of The Doors.

Photo Session in Muir Woods, Mill Valley, San Francisco. Photo Bobby Klein, May June 1967

1967.09.13 Canton High School, Canton, IL  

"Urge to come to terms with the "Outside", by absorbing, interiorizing it. I won't  come out, you must come in to me. Into my womb-garden where I peer out. Where I can construct a universe within the skull, to rival the real.".  (Jim Morrison, from “The Lords: Notes on Vision”)   

 Photo Session in Frankfurt, Germany, September 14th,1968

May 20th 1967: Boss City KHJ-TV Los Angeles. 

The band return to Boss City on KJH-TV for a second time and the show now has a 90 minute format due to its popularity. It is not certain but it is believed the band play an album version of Light My Fire. Whether they mime or play live is unknown. It is likely the band did an interview with host Sam Riddle. 

Jim Morrison, Jule 28th-30th, 1967, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. 📷 Paul Ferrara

Games Fortune photographed The Doors performing on May 7, 1967 at the Valley Music Theater, Woodland Hills, California.

"The word was out on the street that everyone had to see this lead singer because there had never been anything like him . . . with the unnatural grace of someone out of control . . . He looked like a Greek god gone wrong, with masses of dark brown coals and a face that sweet dreams are made of . . . It was really mind-boggling.There was no modern sexy American icon at that time and he instantly became that for me and all the girls I knew and we never missed them. I saw The Doors play a hundred times." - Pamela Des Barres, author of "I'm With The band "

Bobby Klein: "Jim was irreverent and mischievous. One time we were shooting outside and he suddenly disappeared. He came back with this cheeky smile and I took his picture. Only later, when I got the photos developed, did I realise what he had been doing: he’d hidden behind a tree, got himself aroused and, through his trousers, was pointing his erection right at my camera."

January-February 1967, Venice Beach, California. © Bobby Klein.

___________________________________________. "In The Mirror" – The Doors during a public photo shoot "Elektra Records", New York City, NY.  March 1967 - ©  Joel Brodsky

1967.07.28-30   Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA.