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Shrouded in mystery and the swirling psychedelic sounds of the Sixties the Doors have captivated listeners across seven decades Jim Morrisonhaunted beautiful and ultimately doomedtransformed from rock god to American icon With each successive generation of fans the Doors become more popular and transcendent Yet the bands full significance is buried beneath layers of mythology and folklore

In Roadhouse Blues Bob Batchelor presents an epic tale of one of rocks and Americas most significant periods as the Age of Aquarius gave way to a new age of mayhem presidential misdeeds and murder Batchelor combines cultural history musical and lyrical analysis and a broad stroke of popculture mythos to give fresh perspective on a pivotal time

Candid authoritative and utterly absorbing Roadhouse Blues is a biography of a man a band and an era that set the tone for the contemporary world Beyond the mythology the hype and the mystique around Morrisons untimely death this book takes listeners on a rollercoaster ride examining the impact the band had on America as the nation veered from decadence to debauchery

Were gonna have a real good time