'Morrison Hotel' Made Famous by the Doors Goes up in Flames in LA
The former Morrison Hotel, which was famously on the cover of a 1970 album by The Doors, has been significantly damaged by a fire in downtown Los Angeles ...
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Historic Morrison Hotel made famous by the Doors erupts in flames in Los Angeles
As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art director Gary Burden had to get creative with snapping the cover art featuring frontman Jim Morrison after a hotel receptionist prohibited ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Former Morrison Hotel, made famous by a Doors album, destroyed by fire in downtown L.A.
In the resulting album art, the band’s frontman, Jim Morrison, stood beneath the Morrison Hotel sign. In 2004, around 40 tenants of the building sued the owners, claiming they were exposed to ...
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Morrison Hotel made famous by The Doors destroyed by fire while occupied by squatters
The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters. Almost 100 ...
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The long, painful decline of the L.A. hotel made famous by The Doors: Can it rise from the ashes?
He and his business partner Gary Burden drove to the hotel on Hope Street with Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and lead singer Jim Morrison in their VW band van in December 1969. The Doors ...
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Historic Morrison Hotel Made Famous by The Doors Destroyed in Fire
1970’s Morrison Hotel. In addition to sharing the album’s name, the cover art showed the band with lead singer Jim Morrison perched in the lobby’s window. The four-story landmark ...
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Downtown L.A. ‘Morrison Hotel’ Building Made Famous By Doors Album Cover Damaged by Fire
titled “Morrison Hotel,” given the nod to the surname of Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison. The photo, snapped by famed rock photographer Henry Diltz, was taken on the fly in December 1969.
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Fire destroys historic LA building featured on The Doors' 'Morrison Hotel' album cover
The band and its frontman Jim Morrison had been told they couldn't take a photo inside the hotel, Diltz recalled in a 2020 Facebook post. While they were posing outside, Diltz noticed that the ...
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'Morrison Hotel' made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA
A hotel clerk told the band they weren't allowed ... with legendary frontman Jim Morrison in the middle. "It was a great old wooden building with many small rooms upstairs where transients and ...
The Hollywood Reporter27d
Historic Morrison Hotel Made Famous by The Doors Destroyed in Fire
Morrison Hotel cover photographer Henry Diltz says ... The band “hit their markers, none of it was planned,” Diltz said. “Jim was in the middle like that. Bang-bang-bang.
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‘Morrison Hotel’ made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA
A hotel clerk told the band they weren’t allowed ... with legendary frontman Jim Morrison in the middle. The album was viewed as a comeback to their roots for The Doors, coming on the heels ...