Jim Morrison Morrison was also well known for improvising spoken word poetry passages while the band played live. Morrison was ranked #47 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", and number 22 on "Classic Rock" magazine's "50 Greatest Singers in Rock." Ray Manzarek, who co-founded the Doors with him, said Morrison "embodied hippie counterculture rebellion." Morrison developed an alcohol dependency during the 1960s, which at times affected his performances on stage. He died unexpectedly at the age of 27 in Paris. As no autopsy was performed, the cause of Morrison's death remains unknown. James Douglas Morrison was
Absolutely Live (The Doors album) John Densmore's drumming keep pace throughout as Robbie Krieger's guitar playing show him to be as much of a force in the Doors as Jim Morrison." In a 1970 review, Gloria Vanjak in "Rolling Stone" magazine is scathing about the album and in particular Morrison's performance, calling Celebration of the Lizard 'rancid'. In 1991, "Absolutely Live" and 1983's "Alive, She Cried" were repackaged and released as a two-disc set entitled "In Concert", with the addition of one track from 1978's "An American Prayer" and two from the band's July 1968 Hollywood Bowl concert, "The Unknown Soldier," which appeared on 1987's