The First Day The Band Arrived In The Studio, Botnick Recalls, “they Had Pretty Much The First Two

Photographs by Linda Eastman, in June 1967,  Stage, New York, NY.

Jim Morrison. Alexandria, VA, 1960

1067.07. Photo by Paul Ferrara

On March 3 and 4, 1967, The Doors performed at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. It's their first time performing at this concert hall, but they'll be back in April.

📌I don't know the photographer. If anyone has information, please share it.

Jim and Thor (Ray's brother's doberman) hunt abalone with Ray, Dorothy and Ray's mother. At that time, Jim was living in Ray and Dorothy's house, where he was given the master bedroom. Photo courtesy of Ray Manzarek, 1965.

The Doors 1967.09.14 Musicarnival, Warrensville Heights, OH

Jim Morrison, Fillmore East, 03/22/1968

Jim Morrison - Photo by Edmund Teske,1969

1967.07.28-30   Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA.

Jim Morrison, The Doors, "The American Poet", New York, 1966. This is the iconic "American Poet" photograph taken by Brodsky for the band's first album in 1966. Brodsky captured a young Jim Morrison shortly before The Doors became famous.