He was called Dionysus, the god of revelry. And he lived up to his reputation with all the gusto of the Gods themselves. He was talented, young, and beautiful. He was Jim Morrison, lead singer and the soul of The Doors. Much in keeping of any legendary God of mythology, he lived hard and died young, ensuring him a place atop Rock N' Roll's Mt. Olympus. For all eternity his image will forever be that of the young handsome Dionysus. Jim Morrison has achieved immortality.
Every God needs a Goddess, it cements his fertility and and masculinity. Twenty years before Syd and Nancy there was the first tragic rock couple, Jim and Pamela. Jim Morrison and his flame haired Pamela Courson were the first high profile couple lost on the alter to sex, drugs, and rock n' roll! They are the original hippie Romero and Juliet. Their poisons of choice were drugs and alcohol. Jim died in Paris in 1971 and Pamela died in California in 1974. But they are always together in myth.
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