When he would start to drink, he'd be okay at first, then, suddenly, he would turn into a maniac. When he was sober, he was Jekyll, the most erudite, balanced, friendly kind of guy. The Doors' producer Paul Rothchild once said, "Jim really was two very distinct and different people. Before long, the band was forced to hide in their dressing room before sneaking out the back door to escape. At one 1968 concert, Morrison sparked such a violent riot among audience members that The Doors had to dodge the chairs that were being thrown throughout the venue. From shouting obscenities to improvising disturbing new lyrics, Morrison was often banned from performing at venues for fear of what he'd do next.Īnd as it turned out, that fear wasn't unfounded. It wasn't unusual for him to drink booze throughout the day before a performance - and then become totally unhinged onstage. But while their debut album took the music scene by storm in 1967, it also brought a slew of new storms into Morrison's personal life. The Doors' journey to fame happened surprisingly fast. Following their debut album, they went on to sell more than 100 million copies of albums worldwide. Much to his father's dismay, Morrison focused on his music with his bandmates Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, and John Densmore, whom he had met through school and a transcendental meditation workshop.Įxpress/Express/Getty Images The Doors arriving in London, England in 1968. And he stayed in college - to avoid being drafted. Meanwhile, Jim Morrison was forming a band and building a relationship with Pamela Courson. naval forces during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, a conflict that led to U.S. That very same year, his father commanded U.S. Though Morrison returned to Florida for college, he eventually transferred to the University of California in Los Angeles in 1964. But upon graduating from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1961, he asked his parents for the works of Friedrich Nietzsche - reaffirming his intellectual curiosities. Navy.įrom an early age, Jim Morrison resented his father's authority and began to rebel as a teen by drinking alcohol. In school, he excelled academically - even though his father George Stephen Morrison frequently moved the family around due to his service in the U.S. When the perils of fame became too overwhelming, he and his girlfriend Pamela Courson escaped to Paris, where Morrison tragically died at 27.Įstate of Edmund Teske/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Born to a naval aviator and a homemaker, Jim Morrison's career choice was a surprising one.īorn James Douglas Morrison on December 8, 1943, in Melbourne, Florida, the future rock star was always bright and intuitive. Long a heavy drinker, Morrison soon became more dependent on alcohol than ever before - and began to use drugs more frequently. In 1967, Jim Morrison's band released their self-titled debut album The Doors and quickly skyrocketed to fame with hits like "Light My Fire." Though Morrison enjoyed his newfound star power - and the sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll that came with it - he also struggled with his sudden fame.
Embracing the sexual revolution and the antiwar movement, he created a mystical persona that thrilled his adoring fanbase. And these famous Jim Morrison pictures are all the proof you need.Ĭrowning himself the "Lizard King," Morrison embodied the counterculture of the 1960s. But despite his superstardom, The Doors frontman still exuded an aura of a local barfly throughout his iconic but tragically short career. Previously served as an originator in PNC’s private credit group.Few rock stars have ever reached the same level of fame as Jim Morrison. Jim joined Nuveen in October 2020.įrom 2019 to 2020, Jim was Head of Institutional Sales at Park Avenue Institutional Advisers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guardian Life Insurance Company focused on managing below investment grade credit strategies for institutional and wealth management clients.įrom 2007 to 2019, Jim was a Managing Director at Barings with responsibilities consisting of institutional sales and marketing of the firm’s investment platform, helping to launch a mutual fund platform for wealth management clients, and restarting Barings’ private credit platform and served as an originator and portfolio manager of private equity backed senior loans.įrom 2003 to 2007, Jim was Managing Director at PNC Bank and focused on marketing PNC’s corporate and investment banking platform to institutional clients with a focus on syndicated loans and asset securitization products. Jim is a Product Specialist focused on supporting the business development efforts of Nuveen’s alternative investments platform which consists of private credit and CLO investment strategies.
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