THE IMMORTAL JIM MORRISON: Jim Morrison is a musical icon and symbolizes the dark days of 1960s psychedelic rock and roll. Morrison is worshipped by artists who’ve said he’s been a major influence on their careers including Bono, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Lana del Rey, and more.
ENDURING FASCINATION WITH “THE LIZARD KING”: Jim Morrison is a global pop culture icon. His gravesite in Paris is one of the city’s most visited tourist attractions. Public interest in his life is undimmed fifty-plus years after his death.
AMERICA’S FAVORITE ROCK BAND – EVER: With songs in constant rotation for the last half a century, like “Light My Fire,” “Break On Through,” and “LA Woman,” the Doors are arguably the most popular rock and roll band to ever come from the US.
AN OVERSIZED POPULAR CULTURE FORCE: The Doors exert an oversized influence on American popular culture: More than 500 million people hear The Doors on radio and 162 million steam the band’s songs. The Doors Facebook has 15.3 million followers; The Doors Instagram has 1.5 million followers; The Doors Twitter has 908,000 followers; The Doors YouTube has 433,000 subscribers; and Total views of Doors videos on YouTube: 206 million.
RELIVE AMERICA’S MOST INTERESTING ERA: Roadhouse Blues contains vivid, intriguing portraits of the music, culture, and politics of the era, including “guest appearances” by many of America’s most fascinating icons, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, and Norman Mailer.
INSIGHTFUL LITERARY AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS: Bob Batchelor shares new analysis of Jim Morrison’s poetry, The Doors’ music, Vietnam, and more, gaining from many of today’s top musicians, historians, and cultural analysts to provide a fresh, twenty-first perspective on the significance of the band and the death days of the 1960s as America stood at a precipice.
BRILLIANT WRITING: Cultural historian Bob Batchelor is known worldwide for his fast-paced, stylish, and accessible writing and analysis. Three books have won major awards or been recognized among the elite narrative nonfiction books published publishing in that span.
CINEMATIC AND SWEEPING PORTRAIT: Reading like a Netflix series or screenplay, Roadhouse Blues is full of interesting characters, moving storytelling, and provides a hard-hitting look at an era when it seemed America was coming apart at the seams.