from web site


Morrison became the very first rock artist to be jailed onstage during a concert performance. Morrison had actually been kissing a female fan backstage in a restroom shower stall prior to the start of the concert when a law enforcement officer occurred upon them. Uninformed that he was the lead singer of the band about to perform, the officer informed Morrison and the fan to leave, to which Morrison said, "Consume it." The policeman got a can of mace and warned Morrison, "Last opportunity", to which Morrison responded, "Last possibility to eat it." There is some discrepancy regarding what occurred next: according to, the fan escaped and Morrison was maced; however Manzarek states in his book that both Morrison and the fan were sprayed.
According to an authenticated fan account that Robby Krieger posted to his Facebook page, the authorities still did not think about the problem resolved, and wished to charge him. Halfway through Read This , Morrison proceeded to produce an improvised tune (as illustrated in the Oliver Stone motion picture) about his experience with the "little guys in blue".
The performance was quickly ended when Morrison was dragged unofficial by the cops. The audience, which was currently agitated from waiting so long for the band to perform, ended up being rowdy. Morrison was required to a local authorities station, photographed and scheduled on charges of inciting a riot, indecency and public obscenity.
Waiting on the Sun (April, December 1968) [modify] Recording of the group's third album in April 1968 was spoiled by stress as an outcome of Morrison's increasing dependence on alcohol and the rejection of the 17-minute "Celebration of the Lizard" by band producer Paul Rothchild, who considered the work not industrial enough.
The band started to branch out from their preliminary type for this third LP, and started composing brand-new material. became their very first and only album to reach Number 1 on the United States charts, and the single "Hello, I Love You" (among the six tunes carried out by the band on their 1965 Aura Records demo) was their 2nd US No.