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JIM MORRISON
AT LONDON'S
ROUNDHOUSE, 1968.
"I never said one word to Jim
Morrison: as far as I know he
didn't say a word to anybody,"
Russell recalls. "He was so anti1960s in a funny way. He was
dark and sultry. At this show, he
got in a big fight with the producer of a film that was being
shot, demanding that the lights
be turned off—and he was
being paid to be filmed. I'd seen
Mick Jagger perform many
times by this point; he was a
dynamic entertainer. Morrison
was different, this guy in
leather, just standing there. The
Doors' music was much different than anything else going on
at the time as well. Very dark."
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STEPHEN STILLS,
LONDON, 1960s.
"We had stayed up all night
playing cards and partying
and I shot this at dawn. It's
sort of a sweet picture,"
Russell says. "I didn't know
what to expect but he wasn't
too friendly…I could've
copped an attitude,
though…who knows?"
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