'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 ...
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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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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' Building in Los Angeles Destroyed by Fire
Photographer Henry Diltz, who captured Jim Morrison and company inside the hotel for the album cover, would later co-found the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York. In a 2020 remembrance of his fame ...
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Fire destroys historic LA building featured on The Doors' 'Morrison Hotel' album cover
The iconic photo of the Morrison Hotel was taken by music photographer Henry Diltz in 1969. The band and its frontman Jim Morrison had been told they couldn't take a photo inside the hotel ...
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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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'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 ...
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‘Morrison Hotel,’ Made Famous by The Doors, Goes Up in Flames in Los Angeles
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 ...
Los Angeles Daily News29d
‘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 ...
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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 ...