"Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" Interview part 1
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- An interview with Frank Lisciandro about his new book, "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together". The interview reveals new information about Jim Morrison from his close friend. The new book includes interviews and conversations with 14 of Jim Morrison’s friends, colleagues, mentors and lovers; the different points of view make for a more accurate rendering, a more humane and truthful portrait. The book is available at Amazon.com. Ebooks are available for Kindle, iBook, Nook and Kobo.
I really enjoy listening to Frank Lisciandro speak about Jim. His thoughts are extremely pragmatic, honest and intelligent. He distills the essence of Jim down to a level that is much easier to understand and believe than the celebrity persona often portrayed in media. You can tell it's important to Frank to show us the real story. Dispelling the mythical image of Jim is the result of his work but the fact that he doesn't seem to be on a crusade of any kind makes his work very impactful and relatable.
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Read his poetry. Exactly. My first book of JM i read was The American Night. Fantastic collection of writings by him that get to the heart of who he was.
Jim Morrison was a beautiful man with talent ..
Jim was unique! Thanks Frank! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
I think Frank Lisciandro is owed a debt of gratitude by all Doors fans for his work which is not reliant on the usual sensationalist inaccuracies we so often read about Jim Morrison. This book is both a great read and a worthy record, everyone should own it as an antidote to the hyperbole! Thank you Frank.
Thank you frank for your enlightening story.I think Jim Morrison was the greatest person who ever lived
wtf
I thought it was Jesus Christ,
@@leonmarkham675 You have real proof of your claim?
I wish you had made a longer video including Frank's complete answers, as your questions are so well thought out
This is one of the few people who has sought to bring something like the truth to the general public. An excellent photographer, and good person.
Hi Frank! I'm Max from Liverpool UK and have collected every book I could find about Jim over the years,I am so excited to read your book as I have always been more interested in the real well read and intelligent Jim Morrison love his poetry and hated that bloody Oliver Stone movie (Lol) i have
Been waiting for a book like this to come out, I can't wait to read it , thanks again! max
Love the book. Glad to stumble across this wonderful interview with Frank.
I very much enjoyed the book -- in particular, the interviews with Fud Ford, Ron Alan, Vince Treanor, Eva Gardonyi and of course Babe Hill -- a lot more insight and a great deal more to work with in terms of a fuller perspective of Morrison. I wish it were available years ago....
It was called Feast of Friends in 1991.
I like this guy’s logic, proving what’s right and not bullshit.
I have the book. I read it and really really enjoyed it. It was wonderful. I wish I could have met him and went to Doors concerts. (On a good day😁) He was gorgeous and I loved his voice, the low tones and those pure rock n roll screams. I don’t think Pam was good for Jim, bringing heroin around. She can piss off. Jim will always be a legend.
Excellent book! Thank You Frank
I read this book and enjoyed it very much.
Frank is obviously promoting his book but I do think that he was a man who knew Jim well for a long time and has some cred.
just some?
In his book Ray said Frank didnt like Jim at UCLA before The Doors . But when The Doors became famous Frank became one of Jims biggest sycophant , sucking up to Jim and laughing too loud at his jokes ..Ray was pretty disgusted by it .
There is something about Frank that I strongly dislike. Jim had lots of leeches around himself, unfortunately.
@@Dzanarika1 ..and he was bright enough to know it , musta got him down .
Always liked frank
Down to earth and real
I find it very frustrating that this clip is edited so that Frank is cut off several times before he has finished speaking. That said, it is very sad that preserving Jim's legacy has come to this. So many of his young fans these days (and in the past), seem to perceive Jim as a party animal, someone who drank and did drugs nonstop. That is not true. He worked hard, and had the discipline, as Frank says, to leave hundreds of pages of poetry and observations, despite his contractual commitments to the band, and despite his alcoholism. There was not an awareness in the public consciousness at that time about alcoholism, and I find it infinitely sad that Jim tried to stop drinking on his own at times, and was unable to sustain it. Jim's point of view regarding his poetry was that he had just gotten started; imagine what could have been.
People often overlook the fact that Jim was an extraordinary lyricist. Writing song lyrics is not as simp!e as putting music to poetry; they are two different disciplines, and Jim was a master lyricist. If you want to know who he was as a person, I think that the best place to start is to listen to the lyrics that he wrote. And to do this, it is important to distinguish between songs written by Jim and by Robbie. Robbie is a brilliant guitarist and musician, but his lyrics, such as those Light My Fire,a fantastic piece of music, were often simple minded, if not insipid. It is also important to keep in mind that Jim was a person who matured and grew over time.
Fans of Jim Morrison owe Frank Lisciandro a tremendous debt of gratitude for setting the record straight, and documenting the real man in such an authentic and honorable way.
Thanks Susan for your very insightful and accurate reading of the poet, Jim Morrison. People who want to know more about Jim might read, "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together" which is available on Amazon. The book consists of interviews with his closest friends and associates. These men and women share their experiences of Jim; their experiences of the man, the poet, the performer, the filmmaker and the friend.
I should add that I asked the questions, compiled the testimonies, self-published the book and vouch for the honesty and integrity of the folks I spoke with. But before reading "Friends Gathered Together", I suggest that people read Jim's poems and writings which offer a view of the man unlike any other.
I grew up in a family of alcoholics and had a Irish friend who would go from having a good time to plastered in seconds....no gradually getting buzzed...he died at 18....smashed his javelin into a oak tree.....I quit drinking at about 27yrs......I was the type that could drink all night and hold it
together......I grew up on JMs music......my idea of a good time was listening to music on my Marantz stereo with my close friends....I wish Jim could have got free of the booze.
Yes. Especially since....essentially ...HE WAS SO DAMN SOBER MINDED ; his intellect was not at all befuddled, clouded; it was the sixties though- no Betty Ford clinic; lol; i feel he would have broken away from the binds of addiction and totally continued writing
This is great.
@Visions & Wonder Amo-te JIM ! Poeta, grande vocal's, culto ,inteligente , amante de cinema e ótimas leituras...a frente de seu tempo , espírito livre e personalidade única! Incomparável!!!!
DOORS melhor banda de todos os tempos! Incontestável
Read this work cover to cover. It is the most REAL account of James Douglas as a person, as a man, as a family member, a friend, a mate, a person. Why? Because these folks knew him before fame and some during the fame BUT the book shows these bonds that transcends commercial success.
I really think that if Jim survived, he would have left performing and started writing and publishing books, but I also think that he would have been a human rights activist, this was so important to him and he felt at the time, that he was too weak to really “make things happen” the way that he wanted and this drove his alcohol and drug addiction to the highest level, to where he didn’t care anymore. I personally, am just like him.
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I'm sorry but Pamela said Jim's poetry was terrible but she did say that his music was fine.
That is correct. I agree. I am 68 now. When Jim's first book of poems came out "The Lord's and The New Creature's " it was available in Greenwich Village. I took a train from Atlanta to get it on a first edition hardcover. I have read every poem he has written probably. But, he was a rock & roll star first..Example: Listen to the lyrics in his much "Celebration of The Lizard" where he read it and spoke to his audience's...It was self indulgent. But, I memorized it. I think his best poem was on first album "The Doors". Horse Latitude's"..
I can't stand how many people claim to be Jim's closest friend, as if they were trying to say that whatever they say about him is the most authentic information. I doubt that anybody would ever be so close to him. I've seen many other videos of a close friend of Jim, and one doesn't know anymore what to believe about him.
Frank's legit & no one is claiming to know everything about Jim just what they saw in and experienced with their friend, Frank's book is probably the best book I've read on Jim it gives a great insight into the person not the myth It's well worth reading, I kinda wish this book had come out years ago before I got subjected to the Sugarman/Hopkins/Oliver Stone Morrison Monster.
I agree, I have read most of the books about Jim and this is the one that seems to be completely honest from the point of view of the people that was around him, either working, friends and lovers, this gives you a better image of who he really was. He was kind, intelligent, sensitive, a clown, a pranker, a jerk but he was not the crazy monster most books and movie want to portrait of him. He had a persona on stage and he was him self outside. He, like all of us was trying to find a way to express him self. Thank you Frank for taking the time to show ppl who he was. Thanks Jim for your legacy.
JA Marroquín Ulloa this guy is the personal photographer and close friend of jim.
thanks... was it translated in French ?
Brents favourite artist
I wonder what more could actually be learned about JM.
Believe me, much more!
@@Dzanarika1 Tell me a little of what you might have if you don’t mind
Arthur 2 on the rocks stars DUDLY MORE not Roger More. Roger was OO7 Bond
Well... I couldn't get the You Tube "reply" button to work, so I am replying to Frank Lisciandro's response to my comment (5 down, currently) here: Frank, I am honored that you found my comments worthwhile. My first exposure to the Doors was when I was 11, and bought Strange Days. I was astounded by what I heard, and that album remains my favorite, even though I hated the lyrics to the song(s? - can't quite remember, but I think there were two) by Robbie Krieger (being a picky bitch even then). The themes, the concept, the haunting music, the cover art, and those extraordinary lyrics. (The lyrics reminded me so vividly of a fairy tale with exceptional line drawing illustrations that I have never been able to find since, although I continue searching. Maybe it was a figment of my imagination?) And I was thinking that maybe the lyrics would be more accessible to a young fan, just starting out, than the poetry. I certainly got it at age 11. That issue aside, I have a question for you, Frank. I have always loved the photo you took in Mexico of Jim standing in front of a painting (I forget the painter, but it was somewhat Diego Rivera like), and have wanted to purchase a copy of it. Once an found a photography site for you, but it was apparently dead, as I never got a response to my query. If possible, how could I purchase a copy of that photo? Thank you again for preserving the memories of the real Jim Morrison.
My apologies, Susan, for the not functioning website. Try www.FrankLisciandro.com to view a gallery of my photographs. For info about the book, or about prints of my photographs, please contact me at: vision@visionwordsandwonder.com
The image of Jim in Mexico city is available as a limited edition print. Send an email address; and ordering info will be sent to you. Thanks!
We need the book over here in Mexico!!!!
+juan roberto Navarro
If I could find a good Mexican publisher, I would be happy to have the book translated and released in Mexico and all Spanish speaking countries. Anyone know a strong publisher in Mexico?
+Frank Lisciandro Frank I have your first book, "A Feast of Friends," which I've really enjoyed for years. Is your new book "Friends Gathered Together" a more extensive version of "A Feast of Friends?"
+Lioninthenight Hi, The new book, "Friends Gathered Together", contains the complete transcribed conversations with Jim's friends who had only a few pages each in "A Feast of Friends". The new book has lots of cool stories and unexpected insights.
+Frank Lisciandro Totally Cool, Frank. I'm getting it. Thanks!
Ok, Frank I have your book "An hour for magic" in spanish and it was translated and released by "Tomo" publishers!!!
He didn't seem to like Pam
I liked Pam.
Jenny 19, I don't get that vibe from him at all. He states he didn't really know her. But that she totally supported Jim's artistic side.
Well, deep down wether he liked her or not i think he tried to give his most neutral opinion of her, it would be shitty to talk bad about a person who died long ago even if she was still alive i'm sure it's a thing of respect, but i think he was being honest about it and they just never really knew each other.
i read in an interview with tony funches (his body guard) that pam really ran jim up a wall most of the time. im sure he loved her, but I think he Honeslty felt responsible for her as well.
I dont think pam was good for Jim.
Si alguien lo podría subtitular en español..
Toujours en anglais les interviews 😁
moi je comprends, mais je me demande s'il existe une traduction de ce livre...
ils pourraient sous titrer ceci dit.
I borrowed his lawnmower.
Darren Parkinson did you cut his grass ?
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He probably smoked it.x
Jim was a drunk, end of story.
Don't be Envious.
@@bluewendigo672 he was a drunken sailor 24/7 good riddens
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