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Are there any known interviews, in print or recorded done with the Doors in late 1971, in which they reflect on Jim's recent passing, as well as the 'Other Voices' album?

wha happened wrote:

Thanks so much for sharing this!

Do you know what month in 1971 this interview was conducted?

This may be the best account i've yet read on what the Doors did and were feeling when Jim went to Paris, and after he died...
John mentioned a couple of the Other Voices songs 'had been floating around for around a year or so'. Down on The farm and Get Up and Dance perhaps?
This is interesting as I thought any Other Voices tunes that existed before Jim died were created in early 71'. A couple of them could have existed in 1970?

The interview seems to lay it down that when Jim left for Paris, the future of the Doors was very uncertain...

StrangeNightOfStone wrote:Do you know what month in 1971 this interview was conducted?

November 1971.

I'm left to wonder if Jim had any intention of ever coming back- He had been found guilty, and was scheduled to serve a jail time...
That being said, I don't think he staged his death-he is, sadly, quite dead.

Max Fink had appealed the court decision-when would Jim have appeared with Max in court for the appeal?

This interview makes it clear the other 3 Doors didnt' know what Jim's plans were- to stay in Paris, or to record again...

StrangeNightOfStone wrote:I'm left to wonder if Jim had any intention of ever coming back- He had been found guilty, and was scheduled to serve a jail time...
That being said, I don't think he staged his death-he is, sadly, quite dead.

Max Fink had appealed the court decision-when would Jim have appeared with Max in court for the appeal?

This interview makes it clear the other 3 Doors didnt' know what Jim's plans were- to stay in Paris, or to record again...

I think that John mentions in his Bio that Jim called him from Paris and they had a brief discussion in what Jim was saying that he was going to stay in Paris for awhile (less than a year) and go back to LA, he did say to John that he missed jamming with the boys and that he would have like to do another album, but he didn’t want to perform live concerts.