The Doors Alive: 'Roadhouse Blues'

Source:The Doors Alive- as Jim Morrison and The Doors, in concert.

"A Doors tribute band I filmed at Otford Kent on the 26/1/08

 Although this was put on youtube the next week, this is a better quality upload.

An excellent group and well worth seeing... 

From The Doors Alive 

I think there are a lot of good Jim Morrison (as The Lizard King) covers, but my main issue with all of them is that even though they have The Lizard King's wardrobe down with the American-Indian concho belt, the skin-tight, black leather, rocker/cowboy, leather jeans, the black cowboy boots, and in some cases even Jim Morrison's black leather jacket, all these guys who play Morrison, most of them are big, tall men. 

Source:The Doors Alive- Roadhouse Blues.

Jim Morrison in real life was maybe 5'11 and couldn't have weight more than 160 pounds (even when he was sober) and most of the Morrison covers are 6'0 or better, weighing around 200 pounds or more. And The Doors Alive Morrison cover always has a thick black beard. Morrison at least before the Miami concert in 1969, was clean shaven for the most part. 

The Doors Alive at least to me looks like the 1969 version of Jim Morrison and The Doors. Starting with the Miami concert scene where Jim Morrison shows up late and drunk, with a full-fledge beard. And that concert never really takes off because The Lizard King is drunk and short-tempered, sounds awful and not even able to remember the lyrics of the song Five To One. And stops singing all together and stars yelling and cursing at the audience.

And Morrison goes as far as asking the people there if they want to see his dick and tells them that he he'll show them it. Makes it look like he's pulling down his leather jeans, but never actually goes that far. (At least from all the available evidence we've sees so far) Jim Morrison ends up being arrested at the concert arena and charged with foul language and indecent exposure. Both with could well-argued are unconstitutional in America.

But there are a couple differences between the Jim Morrison of 1969 and the guy playing Morrison in the band The Doors Alive. One, Morrison didn't wear his concho belt with his black leather jeans when he had that thick beard. He went to denim jeans and other non-leather pants after the Miami concert with the thick beard. He also stopped wearing his leathers both black and brown after the Miami concert.

This might just be a sign of the times with thick beards coming back into style with young men. And Morrison cover in Doors Alive not believing he has to look exactly like Jim Morrison. Just as long as he has the outfit and the sound down. But I don't believe you're going to find any images of Jim Morrison with a thick beard or any beard, with him wearing his leather jeans and concho belt. The Miami concert is really and his 1969 highway film, are the only times you see Morrison wearing his leathers with a beard at any point.