My attempt to relieve my Beer Virus ho-hums...
I remember them as a back yard local party band in Venice area before they won the L.A. Battle of the Bands way back then and got a recording contract.
Jim was a poet.
The Doors Live at the Hollywood Bowl- 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yJvGFDLot0The song Whisky Bar about 13 min in was and is a classic.