Psychedelic rock figures. Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up. Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording "Band of Gypsys" (1970), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971. By this point, many surviving acts had moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics "roots rock", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock. Following the lead of Hendrix in rock, psychedelia began to influence African American
James Morrison (singer) Old Trafford Cricket Ground on 26 June and in the London Wembley Stadium on 1 July. That same year, Morrison wrote a song, "Watch and Wait", for the German comedy film "Men in the City". In 2010 Morrison wrote a song called "Quello Che Dai" for the Italian singer Marco Carta from his upcoming album "Il Cuore Muove". On 25 June 2010, Morrison performed a cover of Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" live near the River Thames in London as part of CBS' "The Early Show" special remembrance event entitled "The King of Pop: One Year Later." The song