Just awesome😮 What song do you use in the first minutes? I read in the information all music by the Tim Tim's...could not find anything...amazing tunes👍🏻
Thanks much. I write and produce all the music for the videos. I am a retired TV music composer so I have a home studio at my disposal which is convenient. I usually write a couple new ones for each episode and have built up a library over the last couple years. Cheers!
I visited just about all these locations 11 years ago. I had to scrounge bits and pieces from message boards to put together my own tour. Fantastic video! Thank you
I’m a 16 year old in high school and actually I blast them when I was in school in my freshman and sophomore year and blast them in my headphones every one of my classmates would bully me but my teachers would be fascinated of me listening to them. My favorite song is love street, crystal ship and ghost song.
Thank you so very much for taking the time and research LOVE the DOORS FOR ALL THE GREAT MUSIC AND Cool unique poetry and vibes truly an AMERICAN TREASURE GOD BLESS THE LIZARD KING.
I used to hang out with some of the Runaways. I loved eating lunch at Barneys Beanery! That's su ch a cool place❤i lived in Venice and Santa Monica right off ocean Ave and 3rd. I had no idea i had such famous neighbors! Wow😂
@@RockessentialTim My friend Mitch " The Masochist" a character in the movie " Big Wednesay" owns the first house on the northern corner right at beach level. He bought the place in 1965 for $25K. Over the years converting the attic into a separate upstairs apartment he could occupy while he rents out the floor level. I visited him over 10 years ago and he was getting 10 grand a month rent. And was just offered 7 million for the place. I advised him to sell it and get out of America as he reported that the BLM riots in nearby Santa Monica were horrific. Totally trashed the place. Said he slept with a loaded Luger Sam Reid (one of the first surfers to ride Malibu in the 1920's) gave him. I live in New Zealand now. Thank God.
Man I've loved Jim and the Doors since 1978 when I was 15. Yeah I was a stoner. But I lived In Albuquerque and recall the one of the 2 residences where he lived when his daddy was stationed here. Been to the Beanery and Venice Beach and damn I just can't find a band more influential or more pivotal in my life or the modern American cultural scene than the Doors. The only band besides Sabbath that I never tire of. Thanks for the trip.
I used to live at a condo by La Cienga and Holloway in the early 90s..we used to go to Barney's Beanery and sometimes we would party the night away at the Alta Cienga motel..what a dump it was..but it was all good times
While not a Morrison residence, Ray Manzarek's Grandparents owned a small store on Rosecrans in Manhattan Beach known by the locals as The Little Store. My understanding is The Doors would practice in the alley garage to the delight of the locals there at the time. I had moved from about 2 blocks away a few years earlier or I would have been one of those delighted locals.
Ray Manzrarek's parents and his brother were neighbors of mine in the Lake Isabella area back in the 80's, they owned a little convenience store. Great folks and his dad had a treasure trove of Doors photos and memorabilia that he would show me. I would see Ray at a local diner with his wife from time to time. Nice guy
@@driverdick2 I keep hearing stories from people like yourself who want to convey what a down to earth, cool guy Ray and his family were. I always felt he was the glue that held that band together. Thanks for sharing!
These videos are so wonderful! Geographical sightseeing of some of the most intriguing and loved musicians of the last 100 years. Thank you so much for your diligence and efforts! Not sure why there aren't hundreds of thousands of people enjoying this???
as a fellow doors fan and Cadillac owner thank you for your awesome work! visiting Jims grave in 2017 was on my bucket list. I took an uber at 8am to pere lachaise, i walked to Jims grave and listened to moon light drive, the end and la woman. i was the only person there. the cemetery is hauntingly gorgeous that early in the morning. a pilgrimage for any doors fan.
@@iannamico We haven't been there since the 90's but can't wait to go back now that we have the time. What I remember about it was it was impossible to get a bad meal there.
Thank you for this. I was fortunate to be born in L.A. and have lived here most of my life. I knew most of these sites, but not all. I've been to The Whisky a bunch of times, but had no idea The London Fog was just a few buildings down. I've driven past the Love Street house and Canyon Market hundreds of times, because they are both right off Laurel Canyon. It's always fun to see the Morrison/Curson house when a Doors song happens to be playing in my car. Some time ago, there was a fire at the house (fan related?), and part had to be rebuilt. The building can be identified by the large bell on top. If you visit L.A., it's one of the easier Doors spots to get to and it's on the way to Mulholland Drive. You can also check out The Canyon Market, "where the creatures meet." They painted it groovy, to capitalize on it's history, but inside it's just a little market/liquor store. If you check out some of these sites in person, be aware that a lot of times there is no indication that anything interesting ever happened there, because the spot has been torn down and rebuilt a few times.
Wanted to add that we walked the Santa Monica Venice portion of the tour and it took about 3 hours. I would recommend riding a bike for this portion. Lots of bike rentals and dedicated bike paths at the beach.
The best show I ever saw at The Whisky-A-Go-Go was not the Doors, it was ACDC with Bon back in 1977 or 78. They sounded SOOO good! Actually, I was a little too young to go see the Doors but they couldn't have sounded better than ACCADACCA.
As a big Jim Morrison/Doors fan and a fan of that time thank you for showing where these things happened. Much love from Australia. I've always wanted to go to the places they were in but to see it this way is amazing.
@@RockessentialTim thanks so much. I've heard of Barney's and you can't beat having the original building etc. Really appreciated your video. Good to meet a fellow Doors fan.
Love this, thanks. We went to Barney's Beanery a couple of years ago when we flew from Shanghai to LA to see Neil Young at Aroyo Secco. Knew it had Doors history. However, my absolute favourite place was The Rainbow Bar and Grill and getting closer to the spirit of Lemmy Kilmister, my ultimate hero.
That is funny cuz in my formative years I spent more time at The Rainbow than I should be willing to fully admit. That place was great but its more than a little decadent...
@@stuartleighton Anybody that has spent time near the Rainbow has seen Lemmy but I had never met him other than a "Hey Man!". I think he lived in an apartment just up the street from The Whisky on Clark St.
@@RockessentialTim Yeah he lived in an apartment block within walking distance of the Rainbow. Feels like I met him, even though I never did, just due to the extensive interviews he used to give. Saw him live with Motorhead three times, twice at small venues which was awesome. Actually, on the same trip, we drove from Seattle down to Mountainview to see Pixies and then the next night Creedence in Napa Valley. Luckily my mate who did all the driving is friends with the lead singer, so we ended up spending time with the band, having a few beers, getting backstage and then later on in the evening having their hotel room for the night as they rolled onto their next venues. Really nice down to earth guys, and of course music legends.
@@RockessentialTim Anyway, really nice discovering your channel. I'm a big trekker myself, mainly here in China and lots of experience in the Himalayas... up to Everest, Three Passes, Annapurna region etc. Love how you blend in rock history... especially seeing as its the bands that I love (Neil Young, Doors).
Another great video, 2nd one I've watched, the first being the Neil Young Topanga Canyon one. These videos show some beautiful sides of L.A., the city I grew up in many many years ago. L.A. gets a lot of bad press, but it's a beautiful place, as long as you don't have to commute to and from work.
Great Job ,Its Amazing How Great The Venice Area Once Was Now Such a Wreck ,,The Great Days Of Calif and LA In The Past Now But At Least We Had Them Nice To See That At Least A Few Placs Are On Some Of The Old Places To
Yep, LA had some places worth living and working for...Amoeba Records in Hollywood, which was a a living palace of kitch besides cheap CDs...it's now like the corpse of a beached whale.
Wow!!! Really enjoyed this man. I grew up in San Bernardino and LA County’s and spent lots of time along the coast and Hollywood. Even been to the Whisky back in the early 90s. The Doors have been in my top 3 of bands since I was in Jr High. This is the best Doors locations video I have seen. Whenever I get a chance to go back home (and Cali opens up again) I’m gonna check these places out. Crazy about Pam’s diary. Thanks again!! You Rock!!!
Thank you! Yeah, I must say that its a pretty easy route to follow. If you do it I would suggest renting a bike for the Venice Beach/Santa Monica portion. Anyhow, keep on rockin' in the free world.
The Ellison wasn't always permanent apartments.The first time I went to the USA,in 1991,I landed at LAX from a stopover in Hawaii.Leaving the terminal myself and a Swedish guy were approached and asked if we needed somewhere to stay. He explained about a backpackers lodge on Venice Beach. We hopped into the microbus and drove to the Ellison.On arrival we were taken to the rooftop to a glass room that was a lookout toward the ocean.This was the office that booked you in and took your payment.The whole building was operating as a backpackers lodge.It was $20 a night to stay. I booked in for two weeks. I was a Doors fan then but at the time, had no idea fate would take me to where Jim and Pam stayed.The office staff told me that Jim used to live there and suggested I go see the movie,which had just been released.It was a great time. I was 23.
@@RockessentialTim In 1991 it was very bohemian.My first week,I shared the room with two very young independent European girls that spoke next to no English. When they left,a young German boy moved in who was a skateboarder. He fulfilled his adolescent dreams of being able to skate along Ocean Drive Venice Beach.
There is this one which is just more detail on the West Hollywood portion of the previous tour. ruclips.net/video/Ed488LbVdJw/видео.html If you check out my full channel at hiking4life you'll see a couple more things on Laurel Canyon and such. I love The Doors too but I didn't get really into them until I was in my late 20's. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Peace.
Thank you again. If you can, try to get a look at the Alta Cienega Motel room. We were able to slip the desk clerk 20 bucks for a few minutes. Totally worth it.
As I truly know the hard work that goes into these type of docs, it is always good to let you know, it is well appreciated all that work, time, music, editing and scripting and oh the planning. Folks think you just think this up and just go do it very easily. Nope!!! Spent 80-100 hours so far on my LIB doc. I need to get to Barney's when I get back there. It is hard to imagine what it must have been like to be in L.A. in Venice / SM and squat and live day to day like JM did and what the real moment's vibe was like. cheers steve
Dude, I want to thank you for this. I was born on Sunset and a long time Doors fan. I've stayed in Rm 32 and it was indeed a "fleabag". Something was biting me! I thought it was bedbugs or something. I've eaten at Barneys a couple times too! Rock on.
Something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. They are doing something to the motel, its been closed for months. Fleabag or not, I hope they keep the room intact, right?
@@RockessentialTim Took them long enough! I stayed there back in 2009! I told them when I checked out that something was biting me (and no, it wasn't Jim's ghost. Wish it would have been!)
@@RockessentialTim It's definitely appropriate for a Doors documentary. Sounds Doors-inspired. Is there somewhere to get the music? I could jam to that.
@@jimbowers5402 Thanks. At this time it I have not put it out. I write the music for all the vids and its kinda not very well catalogued at this time, most of the pieces don't even have names. That may change in the near future and I will def let you know.
Heartfelt thanks for this further complete journey to Jim Morrison's places: the vibes must be very strong (I can also hear them from Italy!). I've saved the video to my playlist and - if I ever manage to cross the ocean, I'll keep it as a reference for my tour. On top of that, I am a great walker: when this crap Covid will be defeated, it will be wonderful to walk all over Los Angeles! Regards :-)
Thank you. I'm looking at your avatar and remembering probably the biggest mistake I ever made. I once traded my 67 Gretsch Chet Atkins for a used IBM PC. It seemed logiical at the time!
@@RockessentialTim I love the guitar but it’s not practical these days when I go out and play. But I’ll never sell it it is for them to play! It’s a 1962 Chet Atkins 6120 Nashville. Just started watching the Beatles video in Los Angeles
@@JimFothergill I find the Gretsch to be the hardest guitar to play. Its like an onion---just when you think you've got it figured out here's always one more layer that's liable to make you cry.
@@RockessentialTim True! I think that’s why I don’t take it out because I feel like I always have to adjust to it. Hey Tim, I’m really enjoying your RUclips channel I am fascinated by LA and haven’t been out there in a couple of decades. I’m fascinated by the history and magic of Los Angeles, crazy but it’s true! I think when I retire from teaching and playing out I’m going to head out there again to visit some of these cool places! Keep up the great work on your show!!!!
Hi Tim, this one is wonderful too. U didn't appear on my feed til last week. ( goofy algorithms !) I loved the Santa Monica area, just gorg! No wonder why the incomparable Dwight Yoakam lives here now and has for a long time. Great work, Tim Peace and love
Thank you for creating this beautiful video testament. Should be turned into a feature-length movie with Doors music background & Doors member recollections. Would enjoy seeing the view from that rooftop apartment that Jim occupied. I'd definitely pay to see & experience that. Tack on some early life Florida sites and final Paris scenes to document more of this exceptional life that affected so many of us.
Awesome video! Really cool to see what some of those places look like now. Crazy to think people eat in a place where LA Women was recorded. Classic album!
@@RockessentialTim I love your channel. I love your vibes. It is a the best. There is a gentleman Who does tours of London. You take me through my musical past where the magic happened and LA. I been to LA once, so you always give me a wonderful time. I would love to see Dylan’s LA if you haven’t done that.
@@GaryBook Thanks and BIG thanks for the Dylan idea. I actually saw him walking to the liquor store from a rehearsal studio once. He gave me that "don't even think about saying hello" look and I moved on.
A fabulous insight into the history of my favorite group of all time . Been to most of Santa Monica and Venice beach locations but you filled in the ones I've not visited so thanks for the tour. Stay safe. Rog. Pacific sunset records
@@THEAMERICAN-ob2wt I know this is a lot to ask in 2021, but can we please not make every single comment thread into a political discussion/argument? This is a post about visiting nostalgic spots in Los Angeles. There are literally infinite threads elsewhere to inject your views on the pandemic. Fair?
Thanks, man. Purely as a museum piece Jim's room is fascinatingl and I coulda spent a couple hours there looking at everything--- but on a purely motel room level this one puts the seed in "seedy".
@@RockessentialTim must have been fascinating to see. My relatives live in santa Monica as well and I've never been. Think I would get on that trail take in some jim steps. Thanks for reply 👍
Hi Tim! Your content is OUTRAGEOUS! In a good way! Looks like I'm watching a MTV or VH1 special! Love the editing. Fraser Ave. has the most adorable little houses! Love the Venice Canals! That Jim Morrison hotel room looks creepy! You always show the best of LA! Another great video! God bless!
Thanks Char. I love music, I have spent most of my life making it and now I'm happy just talking about it. PS: But I also love food and that's why I love watching your channel.
Enjoyed your video. Many of the places were familiar to me. My family moved on to Sherman Canal in the early 1960's. They were pretty run down back then. They look fabulous now, not at all the way I remember them. Moved off of the canals and into another house, and spent most of my time growing up on the beach of Venice and Santa Monica. Would stop at Olivia's when I was in high school. Thanks for the memories.
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Just awesome😮 What song do you use in the first minutes? I read in the information all music by the Tim Tim's...could not find anything...amazing tunes👍🏻
Thanks much. I write and produce all the music for the videos. I am a retired TV music composer so I have a home studio at my disposal which is convenient. I usually write a couple new ones for each episode and have built up a library over the last couple years. Cheers!
I played the Whisky in '96 with my all female band, The Dark. I'll never forget how stoked I was to grace the same stage as Jim and the Doors had. 😍
Wow❤
@unionjackie.thealisterschoice Not sure what that means or why you consider that sad, it was anything but.
Do you have any recordings?
I still listen to the Doors and always will. To see these locations is quite profound.
What a wonderfully fast tour by an older, knowledgable, handsome guy !
Happy Birthday James-Douglas Morrison!!!! I looove you soo much & miss you so much. Jim Morrison was one of the best poets & singers of all time....
This is a terrific documentary! Thank you for sharing this. I hope one day go to LA and visit a few of those places.
Thanks much!
Its nice to see places from the greatest era are still standing.
seriously, progress is not always a great thing. I miss those simple days
I visited just about all these locations 11 years ago. I had to scrounge bits and pieces from message boards to put together my own tour. Fantastic video! Thank you
Todd Rundgren once said "Effort is what increases the value of things"---if that ain't true, nothing is!
Good for you. You want a plaque or something?
I love blasting the doors as I work driving around West Hollywood and Santa Monica.
I’m a 16 year old in high school and actually I blast them when I was in school in my freshman and sophomore year and blast them in my headphones every one of my classmates would bully me but my teachers would be fascinated of me listening to them. My favorite song is love street, crystal ship and ghost song.
@@Apc1358 i love ghost song even though it’s more for the poetry, it’s really soothing to listen to the music and his voice
@@Apc1358 I was that kid in high school in the 90s that wore a Doors shirt everyday 🤘😎
Yesss
Thanks for this awsome video....The Doors were fascinating rockers...RIP Ray, Jim and Pam.
I agree with you. I think Robby and John were pretty great too. Very underrated players.
Great to find more Doors from an old fan. Hard to fathom Jim would be 80 if he were still with us.
One has to wonder if he'd still be singing or if he would have gone onto other pursuits? My guess is he would be making films.
Thank you so very much for taking the time and research
LOVE the DOORS FOR ALL THE GREAT MUSIC AND Cool unique poetry and vibes truly an AMERICAN TREASURE GOD BLESS THE LIZARD KING.
Our pleasure!
I used to hang out with some of the Runaways. I loved eating lunch at Barneys Beanery! That's su ch a cool place❤i lived in Venice and Santa Monica right off ocean Ave and 3rd. I had no idea i had such famous neighbors! Wow😂
This is a real step back in time for me. I lived in Santa Monica,hungout in Haight Ashbury South
I grew up in LA while the Doors burst onto the scene. Saw them a few times. Mind blowing performance.
My friend still lives on Fraser St.
One of the coolest streets in all of LA. Every single house has been restored on that street. We were down there again just a couple weeks ago.
@@RockessentialTim My friend Mitch " The Masochist" a character in the movie " Big Wednesay" owns the first house on the northern corner right at beach level. He bought the place in 1965 for $25K. Over the years converting the attic into a separate upstairs apartment he could occupy while he rents out the floor level. I visited him over 10 years ago and he was getting 10 grand a month rent. And was just offered 7 million for the place. I advised him to sell it and get out of America as he reported that the BLM riots in nearby Santa Monica were horrific. Totally trashed the place. Said he slept with a loaded Luger Sam Reid (one of the first surfers to ride Malibu in the 1920's) gave him. I live in New Zealand now. Thank God.
@@clarkewi Incredible. btw: Big Wednesday is a really great movie and next time I see it I'll look for The Masochist...
I’ve only been to LA once and loved it
Man I've loved Jim and the Doors since 1978 when I was 15. Yeah I was a stoner. But I lived In Albuquerque and recall the one of the 2 residences where he lived when his daddy was stationed here. Been to the Beanery and Venice Beach and damn I just can't find a band more influential or more pivotal in my life or the modern American cultural scene than the Doors. The only band besides Sabbath that I never tire of. Thanks for the trip.
I gotta agree with you about the 2 bands I never get sick of. 50 years old and they still sound really fresh!
On a day like today , what a SUPERB video to remember Jim Morrison.
Thanks a lot , Tim , for your splendid channel and Rock On !
I just heard Riders on the Storm and it just doesn't get any better. No one has ever come close to capturing their sound, right?
@@RockessentialTim amen to that ! Kind regards from a Spaniard in Utah
I used to live at a condo by La Cienga and Holloway in the early 90s..we used to go to Barney's Beanery and sometimes we would party the night away at the Alta Cienga motel..what a dump it was..but it was all good times
It will forever be absolutely original and poetry. And that is not a minor thing.
His candle was brief but brilliant
❤
While not a Morrison residence, Ray Manzarek's Grandparents owned a small store on Rosecrans in Manhattan Beach known by the locals as The Little Store. My understanding is The Doors would practice in the alley garage to the delight of the locals there at the time. I had moved from about 2 blocks away a few years earlier or I would have been one of those delighted locals.
Frickin' cool story! Weirdly, I was in Manhattan Beach today for the first time in years.
Ray Manzrarek's parents and his brother were neighbors of mine in the Lake Isabella area back in the 80's, they owned a little convenience store. Great folks and his dad had a treasure trove of Doors photos and memorabilia that he would show me. I would see Ray at a local diner with his wife from time to time. Nice guy
@@driverdick2 I keep hearing stories from people like yourself who want to convey what a down to earth, cool guy Ray and his family were. I always felt he was the glue that held that band together. Thanks for sharing!
Glad I stumbled upon this channel. First Neil Young and now Jim Morrison.
Glad you stumbled upon it too!
These videos are so wonderful! Geographical sightseeing of some of the most intriguing and loved musicians of the last 100 years. Thank you so much for your diligence and efforts! Not sure why there aren't hundreds of thousands of people enjoying this???
February 12th Birthday shout out to Ray Manzarek! You are missed Ray!
These videos are great sir. Thanks so much
Right on, thanks!
As a lifelong fan of The Doors, I learned so much and could've watched your work for hours - perfect pace, narration, and content.
Thanks much. A lot of care went into this particular video as I really, really love this band.
I agree. A good length, too. No padding.
Great video... even without the Hard Rock Cafe and Morrison Hotel.
Thanks. When I made the vid I thought those places were a might out of the way but I obviously was wrong. Maybe I'll have to do a part 2. Hmmm....
@@RockessentialTim If you do a Part 2, I will surely watch!
Your videos feel like I'm watching a show on TV. Really great quality brother!
I must say, its really cool to hear once and awhile. Thank you!
Pal,You're channel is gold.God bless you.✌
Thank you kindly. Gracias!
@@RockessentialTim Right on!
Thank you.
What a magical places and magical years....
Totally!
You are a fine cinematographer and editor. Also a good storyteller and tour guide. Love the Doors. Thank you
Much appreciated! I'm still working on the cinematographer part but give me a few years...
Loved this. Your videos are getting better and better, Tim. Great job.
Aw shucks. Thanks, Ryan.
This is nice! Wow thank you, finally something from my generation.
thank you sir, very awesome vid. cheers from New Zealand
Thanks much!
Grew up in LA in all those places.. Started high school at fairfax in 1966. What a trip the next two decades were.
Cool stuff dude. Keep on trucking..
as a fellow doors fan and Cadillac owner thank you for your awesome work! visiting Jims grave in 2017 was on my bucket list. I took an uber at 8am to pere lachaise, i walked to Jims grave and listened to moon light drive, the end and la woman. i was the only person there. the cemetery is hauntingly gorgeous that early in the morning. a pilgrimage for any doors fan.
That is too cool. It is on my bucket list! I want to have coffee at the cafe near where he lived.
@@RockessentialTim i wanted to do things like that but i was only there for a few days. Paris is worth the trip, so much to see, do and eat.
@@iannamico We haven't been there since the 90's but can't wait to go back now that we have the time. What I remember about it was it was impossible to get a bad meal there.
Thank you for this. I was fortunate to be born in L.A. and have lived here most of my life. I knew most of these sites, but not all. I've been to The Whisky a bunch of times, but had no idea The London Fog was just a few buildings down.
I've driven past the Love Street house and Canyon Market hundreds of times, because they are both right off Laurel Canyon. It's always fun to see the Morrison/Curson house when a Doors song happens to be playing in my car. Some time ago, there was a fire at the house (fan related?), and part had to be rebuilt. The building can be identified by the large bell on top. If you visit L.A., it's one of the easier Doors spots to get to and it's on the way to Mulholland Drive. You can also check out The Canyon Market, "where the creatures meet." They painted it groovy, to capitalize on it's history, but inside it's just a little market/liquor store.
If you check out some of these sites in person, be aware that a lot of times there is no indication that anything interesting ever happened there, because the spot has been torn down and rebuilt a few times.
Thanks for the cool response. I live in The Valley and still hit the Country Store every few weeks. It hasn't changed one little bit. Great Deli....
Wanted to add that we walked the Santa Monica Venice portion of the tour and it took about 3 hours. I would recommend riding a bike for this portion. Lots of bike rentals and dedicated bike paths at the beach.
Much appreciated!
Hmm, locals see nothing in walking from the Marina all the way through Venice Beach into Santa Monica Pier. It’s really not that long a stroll.
Cool..have always loved the doors , Jims journey ..tuning in from Fremantle Western Australia
The best show I ever saw at The Whisky-A-Go-Go was not the Doors, it was ACDC with Bon back in 1977 or 78. They sounded SOOO good! Actually, I was a little too young to go see the Doors but they couldn't have sounded better than ACCADACCA.
Another great hike, packed with info and inspiration. 🤘
Thanks, Andy.
This is wildly fascinating! Thank you so much for uploading this
Morrison is a pretty fascinating artist so it was a REALLY fun project to do. Thanks!
thank you so much for this video!! i love the 60's history of LA especially of the doors more, more, more, more!
Thank you for watching. I love the history too. Working on one now so stay tuned.
@@RockessentialTim Morrison Hotel 50th anniversary releases are going on now!
Right on.
@@RockessentialTim LA was the blast. Likes Arthurs Love and Castle.
As a big Jim Morrison/Doors fan and a fan of that time thank you for showing where these things happened. Much love from Australia. I've always wanted to go to the places they were in but to see it this way is amazing.
If you ever make it here make sure you have a drink at Barney's Beanery. Doors fan or not, its a really cool little piece of LA history.
@@RockessentialTim thanks so much. I've heard of Barney's and you can't beat having the original building etc. Really appreciated your video. Good to meet a fellow Doors fan.
Love this, thanks. We went to Barney's Beanery a couple of years ago when we flew from Shanghai to LA to see Neil Young at Aroyo Secco. Knew it had Doors history. However, my absolute favourite place was The Rainbow Bar and Grill and getting closer to the spirit of Lemmy Kilmister, my ultimate hero.
That is funny cuz in my formative years I spent more time at The Rainbow than I should be willing to fully admit. That place was great but its more than a little decadent...
@@RockessentialTim Did you ever meet Lemmy? That was his local when he was off tour.
@@stuartleighton Anybody that has spent time near the Rainbow has seen Lemmy but I had never met him other than a "Hey Man!". I think he lived in an apartment just up the street from The Whisky on Clark St.
@@RockessentialTim Yeah he lived in an apartment block within walking distance of the Rainbow. Feels like I met him, even though I never did, just due to the extensive interviews he used to give. Saw him live with Motorhead three times, twice at small venues which was awesome. Actually, on the same trip, we drove from Seattle down to Mountainview to see Pixies and then the next night Creedence in Napa Valley. Luckily my mate who did all the driving is friends with the lead singer, so we ended up spending time with the band, having a few beers, getting backstage and then later on in the evening having their hotel room for the night as they rolled onto their next venues. Really nice down to earth guys, and of course music legends.
@@RockessentialTim Anyway, really nice discovering your channel. I'm a big trekker myself, mainly here in China and lots of experience in the Himalayas... up to Everest, Three Passes, Annapurna region etc. Love how you blend in rock history... especially seeing as its the bands that I love (Neil Young, Doors).
great video relayed the hauntingness of those moments back then and brought it lingering into the present
Another awesome video. Great analysis. Lots of fun. Don't stop. Keep it going and you'll see your viewership, plus subscriptions climb up
Thank you and always nice to hear from you!
Another great video, 2nd one I've watched, the first being the Neil Young Topanga Canyon one. These videos show some beautiful sides of L.A., the city I grew up in many many years ago. L.A. gets a lot of bad press, but it's a beautiful place, as long as you don't have to commute to and from work.
Yeah, I get ya. Our traffic sucks but I can't bitch to much about it when I take a walk in February!
Great Job ,Its Amazing How Great The Venice Area Once Was Now Such a Wreck ,,The Great Days Of Calif and LA In The Past Now But At Least We Had Them Nice To See That At Least A Few Placs Are On Some Of The Old Places To
I grew up in Venice. It was always a wreck.
Yep, LA had some places worth living and working for...Amoeba Records in Hollywood, which was a a living palace of kitch besides cheap CDs...it's now like the corpse of a beached whale.
Great tour, thanks for that Tim.
Thanks!
Great Stuff ! Thanks Tim Peace, Rudy
Wow!!! Really enjoyed this man. I grew up in San Bernardino and LA County’s and spent lots of time along the coast and Hollywood. Even been to the Whisky back in the early 90s. The Doors have been in my top 3 of bands since I was in Jr High. This is the best Doors locations video I have seen. Whenever I get a chance to go back home (and Cali opens up again) I’m gonna check these places out. Crazy about Pam’s diary. Thanks again!! You Rock!!!
Thank you! Yeah, I must say that its a pretty easy route to follow. If you do it I would suggest renting a bike for the Venice Beach/Santa Monica portion. Anyhow, keep on rockin' in the free world.
The Ellison wasn't always permanent apartments.The first time I went to the USA,in 1991,I landed at LAX from a stopover in Hawaii.Leaving the terminal myself and a Swedish guy were approached and asked if we needed somewhere to stay. He explained about a backpackers lodge on Venice Beach.
We hopped into the microbus and drove to the Ellison.On arrival we were taken to the rooftop to a glass room that was a lookout toward the ocean.This was the office that booked you in and took your payment.The whole building was operating as a backpackers lodge.It was $20 a night to stay. I booked in for two weeks. I was a Doors fan then but at the time, had no idea fate would take me to where Jim and Pam stayed.The office staff told me that Jim used to live there and suggested I go see the movie,which had just been released.It was a great time. I was 23.
Awesome story! When I shot the video I tried to get them to let me shoot inside but no dice. Its still a pretty cool place.
@@RockessentialTim In 1991 it was very bohemian.My first week,I shared the room with two very young independent European girls that spoke next to no English.
When they left,a young German boy moved in who was a skateboarder. He fulfilled his adolescent dreams of being able to skate along Ocean Drive Venice Beach.
@@RockessentialTim In 1991 there were no security entry gates. Like I said it was just a backpackers hostel.
Cheers from Sydney,Australia.
Yeah, they put up gates because there is a pretty intense homeless problem there in Venice.
Thanks for this. As a Doors fan for the past 35 years, and living in the UK, I would never get the chance to see these places
Their music just never seems to get old, right?
@@RockessentialTim or less Haunting
Love this . Live in LA and have never really noticed any of these places around aside from the Norton house ! Thanks . Keep’em coming
50 some years later I'm surprised this many of them still exist, but that's LA, right?
Mate that was brilliant made an old DOORS fan very happy! ,Thanks Max,LIVERPOOL UK ,subbed!!!
I'm glad you liked it and it was my pleasure to make it. Would love to come to Liverpool and make a video or two there!
Outstanding work, again! I grew up in Venice, on Westminster Ave., and this part was very accurate.
Thanks much. Back in the day I used to live on 20th near the college so I got down there quite a bit.
What a wonderful, fast paced video! Presented very well.
That was Awesome. Thank you for doing this. Any more videos coming about The Doors? Truly appreciated. Peace...
There is this one which is just more detail on the West Hollywood portion of the previous tour. ruclips.net/video/Ed488LbVdJw/видео.html If you check out my full channel at hiking4life you'll see a couple more things on Laurel Canyon and such. I love The Doors too but I didn't get really into them until I was in my late 20's. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Peace.
This was awesome! Going to follow this tour on my 1st event trip to LA in the spring.
Thank you again. If you can, try to get a look at the Alta Cienega Motel room. We were able to slip the desk clerk 20 bucks for a few minutes. Totally worth it.
Hiking4Life I saw that one too. Pretty incredible
As I truly know the hard work that goes into these type of docs, it is always good to let you know, it is well appreciated all that work, time, music, editing and scripting and oh the planning. Folks think you just think this up and just go do it very easily. Nope!!! Spent 80-100 hours so far on my LIB doc. I need to get to Barney's when I get back there. It is hard to imagine what it must have been like to be in L.A. in Venice / SM and squat and live day to day like JM did and what the real moment's vibe was like. cheers steve
Great video! I love that you waited until the end to recomend subscribing, I did... Thanks!
Thank you and thanks for the sub. Much appreciated!
Really enjoyed your tour..love the Door
Right on, thanks!
My condolences to the people who lost their lives and all of the people who lost their homes in Los Angeles
Right on, thanks for the kind thoughts. We need em'!
Dude, I want to thank you for this. I was born on Sunset and a long time Doors fan. I've stayed in Rm 32 and it was indeed a "fleabag". Something was biting me! I thought it was bedbugs or something. I've eaten at Barneys a couple times too! Rock on.
Something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. They are doing something to the motel, its been closed for months. Fleabag or not, I hope they keep the room intact, right?
@@RockessentialTim Took them long enough! I stayed there back in 2009! I told them when I checked out that something was biting me (and no, it wasn't Jim's ghost. Wish it would have been!)
Ha!
This was absolutely amazing. Thank you for doing all of this work.
It was the best time I had all year! Thanks for watching.
Great video. The soundtrack is awesome!
Thanks Jim. I probably work harder on the making the music than I do filming the video. Its really nice when someone notices!
@@RockessentialTim It's definitely appropriate for a Doors documentary. Sounds Doors-inspired. Is there somewhere to get the music? I could jam to that.
@@jimbowers5402 Thanks. At this time it I have not put it out. I write the music for all the vids and its kinda not very well catalogued at this time, most of the pieces don't even have names. That may change in the near future and I will def let you know.
Fabulous thank you I was cruzing sunset
Strip in my 64 GTO in 1967.
What a car and what a great time to be young and have one!
Awesome video and RIP James Douglas Morrison.
Thanks. The Doors are one of my personal favorites so it was my total pleasure to make.
Pretty great! Thanks for making this super fun video!
Right on, thank you.
Great stuff. You need to run a Doors tour. I'd certainly sign up.
Heartfelt thanks for this further complete journey to Jim Morrison's places: the vibes must be very strong (I can also hear them from Italy!). I've saved the video to my playlist and - if I ever manage to cross the ocean, I'll keep it as a reference for my tour. On top of that, I am a great walker: when this crap Covid will be defeated, it will be wonderful to walk all over Los Angeles! Regards :-)
Thank you. Exactly one year ago to the day I landed in Italy for the first time. A trip we will never forget. Can't wait to get back.
@@RockessentialTim Roma!
So cool to see all of these places!!! Thank you, Hiking4Life.
Right on and thanks for the comment!
Thank You for this fine video. One of my favorite bands.
Me too!
Awesome video, man. Really glad I stumbled upon your channel.
I'm glad too. Thanks.
Hi Tim,
Thank you so much for the videos I’ve been binging on them all day! Well done and very appreciated! Best regards, Jim from New Hampshire
Thank you. I'm looking at your avatar and remembering probably the biggest mistake I ever made. I once traded my 67 Gretsch Chet Atkins for a used IBM PC. It seemed logiical at the time!
@@RockessentialTim I love the guitar but it’s not practical these days when I go out and play. But I’ll never sell it it is for them to play! It’s a 1962 Chet Atkins 6120 Nashville. Just started watching the Beatles video in Los Angeles
@@JimFothergill I find the Gretsch to be the hardest guitar to play. Its like an onion---just when you think you've got it figured out here's always one more layer that's liable to make you cry.
@@RockessentialTim True! I think that’s why I don’t take it out because I feel like I always have to adjust to it. Hey Tim, I’m really enjoying your RUclips channel I am fascinated by LA and haven’t been out there in a couple of decades. I’m fascinated by the history and magic of Los Angeles, crazy but it’s true! I think when I retire from teaching and playing out I’m going to head out there again to visit some of these cool places! Keep up the great work on your show!!!!
@@JimFothergill Right on....
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. Love the Doors, Great band
Rock on!
Hi Tim, this one is wonderful too. U didn't appear on my feed til last week. ( goofy algorithms !) I loved the Santa Monica area, just gorg! No wonder why the incomparable Dwight Yoakam lives here now and has for a long time. Great work, Tim
Peace and love
Thanks, same to you.
Thank you for creating this beautiful video testament. Should be turned into a feature-length movie with Doors music background & Doors member recollections. Would enjoy seeing the view from that rooftop apartment that Jim occupied. I'd definitely pay to see & experience that. Tack on some early life Florida sites and final Paris scenes to document more of this exceptional life that affected so many of us.
Absolutely. The Paris part is on my bucket list!
Awesome video! Really cool to see what some of those places look like now. Crazy to think people eat in a place where LA Women was recorded. Classic album!
When they open back up we'll be going again. The food was excellent and I highly recommend it!
Thanks for making this interesting and informative video
Yer welcome. It was totally my pleasure!
Nice tour, thnx for the info. The Doors4ever
It was totally our pleasure!
Nobody does LA like you! Your the LA Man!!!
Aw shucks. Thanks!
@@RockessentialTim I love your channel. I love your vibes. It is a the best. There is a gentleman Who does tours of London. You take me through my musical past where the magic happened and LA. I been to LA once, so you always give me a wonderful time. I would love to see Dylan’s LA if you haven’t done that.
@@GaryBook Thanks and BIG thanks for the Dylan idea. I actually saw him walking to the liquor store from a rehearsal studio once. He gave me that "don't even think about saying hello" look and I moved on.
You will love this video of famous California sites for album covers. ruclips.net/video/7OcJYCMTAio/видео.html
@@GaryBook Cool, I'll check it out.
A fabulous insight into the history of my favorite group of all time . Been to most of Santa Monica and Venice beach locations but you filled in the ones I've not visited so thanks for the tour. Stay safe. Rog. Pacific sunset records
Thank you , Rog. Peace to you.
@@RockessentialTim likewise. Stay safe. Rog. Pacific sunset records.
This was very cool man. Once this pandemic is over I'm going on a road trip to see all this.
Its a fun way to spend the day fro sure. If you go to Venice Beach and Santa Monica I would rent a bike down there to see it all.
@@RockessentialTim that's good advice. Cheers from colorado 👍
I'm going soon screw the pandemic lol
@@He11boylalo Do it! Traffic is as good as it will ever be.
@@THEAMERICAN-ob2wt I know this is a lot to ask in 2021, but can we please not make every single comment thread into a political discussion/argument? This is a post about visiting nostalgic spots in Los Angeles. There are literally infinite threads elsewhere to inject your views on the pandemic. Fair?
I Love The Doors & this Video man.
Great Job 👍🏻🪙👍🏻
I still crank them up at least once every couple days. Glad you enjoyed it!
@RockessentialTim - Loved it & I still & always will listen to The Doors. 👍🏻
great tour/video....really enjoyed it over coffee in bed and just wanted to say thanks for putting that one together
Awesome, thank you!
Glad I ran into this video, Tim! Need to take this tour myself, one day. :)
Its still there!
I was so lucky just turned 14 and saw them play in London. The 2 night gig was filmed as 'The Doors are open'.
Very interesting. Thank you and well done.
Right on, thanks!
Superb thanks for this. Can't believe nobody dare stay night in that room. Hope to make it one day soon.
Thanks, man. Purely as a museum piece Jim's room is fascinatingl and I coulda spent a couple hours there looking at everything--- but on a purely motel room level this one puts the seed in "seedy".
@@RockessentialTim must have been fascinating to see. My relatives live in santa Monica as well and I've never been. Think I would get on that trail take in some jim steps. Thanks for reply 👍
Es increíble ver esos lugares llenos de historia en la actualidad, gracias por el Video
Gracias y me alegro de que te haya gustado!
Great video. Thanks for sharing this bit of history for us Doors fans
Right on, thanks!
Wonderful video, so much detail, very well researched .
Hi Tim! Your content is OUTRAGEOUS! In a good way! Looks like I'm watching a MTV or VH1 special! Love the editing. Fraser Ave. has the most adorable little houses! Love the Venice Canals! That Jim Morrison hotel room looks creepy! You always show the best of LA! Another great video! God bless!
Thanks Char. I love music, I have spent most of my life making it and now I'm happy just talking about it. PS: But I also love food and that's why I love watching your channel.
@@RockessentialTim I thought you were an artist of some sort, you're too much of a cool cat! Musician/Writer fits you well! :)
great video brings back some memory's of when i lived in north Hollywood
Very cool!
Awesome video with great coverage of Hollywood Doors history.
Has there ever been a more interesting guy than Morrison? Probably, but I'm at a loss to think of one...
WOW... FANTASTIC! thanks for bringing us along!!! =)
It was totally my pleasure, thank you!
Great stuff Tim. Your videos are such a cool mix of facts, fun, knowledge & love of music. Keep 'em coming!
I went by McGowan Hall at UCLA today - wow that gave me chills thinking about Jim and Ray in film school.
Thank you for sharing and showing us some Doors 😉👍❤️🇺🇸
Right on, thank you!
Enjoyed your video. Many of the places were familiar to me. My family moved on to Sherman Canal in the early 1960's. They were pretty run down back then. They look fabulous now, not at all the way I remember them. Moved off of the canals and into another house, and spent most of my time growing up on the beach of Venice and Santa Monica. Would stop at Olivia's when I was in high school. Thanks for the memories.
I can remember the canals being very, very affordable. Not any more, right? Thanks for watching.