Bill Siddons Bill Siddons Bill Siddons (born 1948) is an American music manager, best known for managing the Doors from 1968 to 1972. Siddons began his career as a teenage roadie with the Doors while attending Cal State Long Beach and six months later was asked to be the manager of the band in 1968. Siddons had this to say about his initial meeting with Jim Morrison: "So what was my first impression of Jim? He scared me to death." When Morrison died in Paris on July 3, 1971, Pamela Courson (Morrison's girlfriend) immediately contacted Siddons. He flew to Paris and arranged
Jim Morrison on $50,000 bond while the conviction was appealed. His death eight months later made the appeal a moot point. In 2007 Florida Governor Charlie Crist suggested the possibility of a posthumous pardon for Morrison, which was announced as successful on December 9, 2010. Drummer John Densmore denied Morrison ever exposed himself on stage that night. Following "The Soft Parade", the Doors released "Morrison Hotel". After a lengthy break, the group reconvened in October 1970 to record what would become their final album with Morrison, titled "L.A. Woman". Shortly after the recording sessions for the album began, producer Paul A. Rothchild