Johnny Depp narrates this documentary about The Doors. It includes interviews with drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek. It also features stuff like the band recording "L.A. Woman", random concert footage, and the cops arresting Jim Morrison on stage because of an indecent exposure warrant, and reactions to his death in 1971. (--You might also be interested in this. The film's official site quotes Johnny Depp as saying, "Watching the hypnotic, hitherto unreleased footage of Jim, John, Ray and Robby, I felt like I experienced it all through their eyes.) (--"As a rock n' roll documentary, or any kind of documentary for that matter, it simply doesn't get any better than this. What an honor to have been involved. I am as proud of this as anything I have ever done.")

The Doors are back in the news with the upcoming release of When You're Strange, the new documentary about the band, and today, you can get a free song from the rockers.  "Roadhouse Blues" off of Live in Philadelphia '70 is available for download today only. I have the link for you here.

http://www.amazon.com/Roadhouse-Blues-Reprise-Philadelphia-Version/dp/B00122PVJU/ref=sr_1_64?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1269649712&sr=1-64

 

Meanwhile, When You're Strange is in select theaters on April 9^th. 

When You're Strange, the new documentary about The Doors, comes out on April 9^th, and the soundtrack to the film will be on shelves three days earlier on the 6^th.  That album will boast studio and live recordings from The Doors plus singer Jim Morrison's poetry as read by Johnny Depp, who narrates the film.  If that weren't enough, to hold Doors fans over until then, on Tuesday, you can pick up 180-gram double-album reissues of the group's live sets Absolutely Live and Live in New York.  Learn more at TheDoors.com.

Here's a first look at the new Doors documentary, "When You're Strange", which was narrated by Johnny Depp. All the footage in the film was shot between 1966 and 1970 and most of it has never been seen before. It includes the early days of Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek in film school, concert and in-studio footage. "When You're Strange" will be in select theaters starting April 9th.

The first feature documentary on the Doors will hit the bigscreen April 9.

"When You're Strange" is narrated by Johnny Depp (and written and directed by Tom DiCillo). The film relies almost entirely on archival footage... most of it hasn't been seen before.

(The film first played at Sundance in 2009.)

"When You're Strange" was made with support of band members Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger, as well as the estate of Jim Morrison. Manzarek has said in interviews that the doc is the antidote to Oliver Stone's film "The Doors."

The 90-minute film uses footage shot between the band's formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, including footage from Morrison and Manzarek's time together at UCLA's film school.

It will open in markets including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle and San Francisco.

The film's soundtrack will be available March 30.

The DVD will be released three months after that. (The film also will air on PBS' American Masters series.)