The vocal was recorded in March 1969, in Los Angeles, as a birthday gift to Morrison. The story is that the session consisted of him, his bottle, a tape operator and Ray Manzarek. The tape was stored, Morrison died (along with addiction or mental instability, this is considered a great career move in many poetry circles) and the band broke up. About five years later the band reconvened, edited the tape and composed backing music for it. This became An American Prayer. (1978) I'm not sure if the video was contemporary with the music or made later as a marketing tool.
Is it poetry the caliber of Rimbaud, is it song sketches rescued through studio editing ? Patti Smith gives her opinion, you decide.
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