(Yes, he appears on the posthumous An American Prayer from 1978.) It was also the first time that producer Paul Rothschild was not in the fold sound engineer Bruce Botnick produced in conjunction with the band. Most importantly, it was the last album featuring Jim Morrison, who died July 3, less than three months after the album’s April 19 release date. From December 1970 through January, the band worked on their sixth studio album. Their 1970 album Morrison Hotel was a barnburner of a rock’n’roller. Woman’īy 1971, The Doors had ascended to the top of rock’s hierarchy - and slid back a bit, owing to Jim Morrison’s erratic behavior.
