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One night in the studio, jim got densmore to play a basic, primitive 44 beattribal, mindless rockand began chanting, five to one, baby, one in fiveno one here. Jim morrison, life, death, legend, by stephen davis, is without a doubt the most researched and most informative one of the six books i have read about jim morrison. Stephen davis is an american music journalist and historian davis was born in new york city and attended boston university. Stephen davis published on september, 2005 online books in format pdf. Dave dimartino, moonlight drive 1995 isbn 18868942. Since his mysterious death in 1971, millions more fans from a new generation have embraced his legacy, as layers of myth have gathered to enshroud the life, career, and true character of the man who was james douglas morrison. I love you, to the raucous exuberance of roadhouse blues, to the epic human apocalypse of the end. My life with jim morrison and the doors 1991 isbn 0385304471 dave dimartino, moonlight drive 1995 isbn 18868942. If you like 1 month unlimited audiobook listening 12.