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Henry Diltz (album cover photographer) : The Doors really liked my Crosby, Stills And Nash cover on the couch and so they called us (Diltz and sleeve designer Gary Burden) to come and have a meeting at their little office in Hollywood to talk about their new album cover. Ray (keyboardist Ray Mazarek) mentioned he had driven to downtown LA with his wife and had seen the Morrison Hotel – he was just offering that up as an initial idea and everyone thought it sounded great. So Ray, Jim, Gary and I went round there that afternoon to have a look at it and thought it was perfect. We came back a couple of days later with the whole group and took some pictures.
(Source : Mojo, 2008)
Robby Krieger (guitarist, The Doors) : I think it (Roadhouse Blues) was a reaction to the overproduction of The Soft Parade. We wanted to get back to basics. Roadhouse Blues is one of my personal favorites. I was always proud of that song because, as simple as it is, it’s not just another blues. That one little lick makes it a song, and I think that sums up the genius of The Doors. I think that song stands up really well as an example of what made us a great band. And the session was really cool - one of my fondest memories of the band. We cut the tune live, with John Sebastian playing harp and Lonnie Mack playing bass - he came up with that fantastic bass line.
He just happened to be hanging around. I think he had a contract with Elektra and wasn’t recording so they gave him a job at the studio. We just said, “Hey, why don’t you play bass?”
I had written the music (for Peace Frog), we rehearsed it up, and it was really happening, but we didn’t have any lyrics and Jim wasn’t around. We just said, “Fuck it, let’s record it. He’ll come up with something.” And he did. He took out his poetry book and found a poem that fit. But it always seemed kind of forced to me, to tell you the truth.
(Source : interview with Alan Paul, Guitar World, 2014)
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(Source : Mojo, 2008)
Robby Krieger (guitarist, The Doors) : I think it (Roadhouse Blues) was a reaction to the overproduction of The Soft Parade. We wanted to get back to basics. Roadhouse Blues is one of my personal favorites. I was always proud of that song because, as simple as it is, it’s not just another blues. That one little lick makes it a song, and I think that sums up the genius of The Doors. I think that song stands up really well as an example of what made us a great band. And the session was really cool - one of my fondest memories of the band. We cut the tune live, with John Sebastian playing harp and Lonnie Mack playing bass - he came up with that fantastic bass line.
He just happened to be hanging around. I think he had a contract with Elektra and wasn’t recording so they gave him a job at the studio. We just said, “Hey, why don’t you play bass?”
I had written the music (for Peace Frog), we rehearsed it up, and it was really happening, but we didn’t have any lyrics and Jim wasn’t around. We just said, “Fuck it, let’s record it. He’ll come up with something.” And he did. He took out his poetry book and found a poem that fit. But it always seemed kind of forced to me, to tell you the truth.
(Source : interview with Alan Paul, Guitar World, 2014)