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Date(s) - 06/01/2014
7:30 pm

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Beyond Baroque

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A fascinating evening of discussion about legendary rock icon and Venice Beach adopted son Jim Morrison by those who knew him best!

With his new book, “Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together,” Morrison’s close friend and film collaborator Frank Lisciandro brings Morrison the Man out from behind the myth that has stood in the public imagination for more than 40 years. Featuring candid and revealing testimony from more than a dozen of Jim Morrison’s friends, colleagues and lovers, the book also serves as a fascinating oral history of Los Angeles, Morrison’s adopted hometown.

In conjunction with the book’s release, Lisciandro will also be making a key appearance in Morrison’s old neighborhood of Venice Beach to discuss Morrison, while also bringing together some of Morrison’s other friends who were interviewed by Lisciandro for the book.

Frank Lisciandro is currently available for interviews to discuss his good friend and his new book (photos and press releases are available now)

Media Contact for scheduling interviews, event participation and/or book requests:

Steve Wheeler

310-218-7839

stevenpforty@yahoo.com

 

About the Author

Frank Lisciandro is a documentary filmmaker and photographer. He attended the UCLA Film School with Jim Morrison and Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and later collaborated with Morrison on his two films—Feast of Friends and HWY. A close friend and confidante of Jim Morrison, Lisciandro was the co-producer of the Grammy-nominated album An American Prayer, which featured Morrison’s spoken word poetry with musical backing by the three surviving Doors. In 1982, Lisciandro released his first photo book, An Hour for Magic, which featured more than 100 photos and personal anecdotes about his work, travels and friendship with Morrison. In the late Eighties, on behalf of the Morrison Estate, Lisciandro went through the vaults containing Morrison’s personal writings and co-edited two volumes of previously unreleased Morrison poetry for Villard Books: Wilderness (1989) and The American Night (1990). Lisciandro has made more than 25 documentary films and has shown his photographs in the United States, Canada, England, France and Italy.

 

For more info:

http://www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html