Post by darkstar3 on Jan 27, 2011 2:31:16 GMT
Jim Morrison Arrested - August 6 1970
August 6th 1970 - Jim Morrison Arrested
On August 4 he was alone at a club called The Experience.
At closing, he asked the owner, Marshall Brevitz, if
he would drive him home. A year earlier Jim would
have driven no matter how drunk he was. But now he was
practically too drunk to walk.
"I had a club in Miami once," Marshall told Jim, loading him into his car. "You'll be interested to know my partners were the same two guys who tried to cheat you when you played there
and got busted. They're the reason I left Miami."
Jim nodded and slurped, "Turn lef' here...I think."
Marshall turned left and kept on talking. "Did you know
those guys ran a gift shop in one of the hotels? And
they floated a suntan lotion business, had a
billboard... Shouldn't we be coming to your place
soon?"
Jim mumbled something that sounded like, "Turn lef'
here...I think."
After an hour of being driven up one street and down the next and circling ten or fifteen blocks, Jim finally found the small West Los Angeles house he was seeking. Or rather, he thought he
did. "This's it," he said. Marshall accompanied Jim to the
door. "Shhh," Jim hissed. "There's a chick here, she's mad at me and...shhh!" Jim knocked timidly at the
door. Silence. Jim knocked more loudly. Still no response. Jim
knocked even more loudly. "Hey, Jim," Marshall said
nervously, "I'll see you later, okay." And he retreated
quickly, leaving Jim slumped against the front door of the
house. In the morning Jim was found curled up asleep at the
door by the sixty-eight-year-old woman whose home it
was. Believing the bearded, long-haired figure was
another Charlie Manson, she called the sheriff's
substation nearby and Jim was arrested and charged with
public drunkenness.
That was Thursday morning. On Friday Jim flew to Miami to stand trial.Miami Trial [August 6 Thursday]
AUGUST 6: Jim Morrison and the Doors arrive at the
Carillon Hotel, Miami, Florida, to begin the trial.
Source: The Doors On The Road by Greg Shaw
August 6th 1970 - Jim Morrison Arrested
On August 4 he was alone at a club called The Experience.
At closing, he asked the owner, Marshall Brevitz, if
he would drive him home. A year earlier Jim would
have driven no matter how drunk he was. But now he was
practically too drunk to walk.
"I had a club in Miami once," Marshall told Jim, loading him into his car. "You'll be interested to know my partners were the same two guys who tried to cheat you when you played there
and got busted. They're the reason I left Miami."
Jim nodded and slurped, "Turn lef' here...I think."
Marshall turned left and kept on talking. "Did you know
those guys ran a gift shop in one of the hotels? And
they floated a suntan lotion business, had a
billboard... Shouldn't we be coming to your place
soon?"
Jim mumbled something that sounded like, "Turn lef'
here...I think."
After an hour of being driven up one street and down the next and circling ten or fifteen blocks, Jim finally found the small West Los Angeles house he was seeking. Or rather, he thought he
did. "This's it," he said. Marshall accompanied Jim to the
door. "Shhh," Jim hissed. "There's a chick here, she's mad at me and...shhh!" Jim knocked timidly at the
door. Silence. Jim knocked more loudly. Still no response. Jim
knocked even more loudly. "Hey, Jim," Marshall said
nervously, "I'll see you later, okay." And he retreated
quickly, leaving Jim slumped against the front door of the
house. In the morning Jim was found curled up asleep at the
door by the sixty-eight-year-old woman whose home it
was. Believing the bearded, long-haired figure was
another Charlie Manson, she called the sheriff's
substation nearby and Jim was arrested and charged with
public drunkenness.
That was Thursday morning. On Friday Jim flew to Miami to stand trial.Miami Trial [August 6 Thursday]
AUGUST 6: Jim Morrison and the Doors arrive at the
Carillon Hotel, Miami, Florida, to begin the trial.
Source: The Doors On The Road by Greg Shaw