Bill Siddons

Bill Siddons

Bill Siddons was the original manager of the Los Angeles based rock band The Doors. After the death of The Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison he managed the remaining three members for 2 records. He was the one person in the United States Pamela Courson contacted from Paris after Morrison had died. He arranged the funeral and burial with Pamela, but never saw Jim's body due to the closed casket and his aversion to seeing his friend dead. “We buried Jim correctly,” says Siddons, “and that perhaps was my greatest achievement: making sure we kept it quiet until it was done the right way. Nothing to hide, but we knew what was going to happen because we’d just been through it with Jimi and Janis.”

Siddons began his career with The Doors as a teenage roadie, road manager, and eventually was tapped as the salaried manager of the band. He and the band parted ways when he suggested moving to a standard 15% commission arrangement. His character appears in the Oliver Stone movie on The Doors.

Siddons had this to say about his initial meeting with Jim Morrison:

"So what was my first impression of Jim? He scared me to death."

Post-Doors, Bill Siddons continued his career as a manager in the music industry. He managed such groups as Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Poco, and, in more recent times, was a co-founder of Core Entertainment, a professional management firm representing Alice in Chains, another band which dealt with the death of its frontman, and others.

External links

* [http://www.thehook.net/2007/03/27/doors-managers-here-tonight-tomorrow/ "Doors managers here tonight, tomorrow"]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Doors (film) — The Doors Theatrical release poster Directed by Oliver Stone Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • Danny Sugerman — Birth name Daniel Stephen Sugerman Born 11 October 1954(1954 10 11) Origin Los Angeles, US Died 5 January 2005(2005 01 05) (aged& …   Wikipedia

  • No One Here Gets Out Alive — 1st edition No One Here Gets Out Alive was the first biography of Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of the L.A. rock band The Doors, written after his death by journalist Jerry Hopkins, with later insider information added by Danny Sugerman …   Wikipedia

  • Jim Morrison — For other people named James or Jim Morrison, see James Morrison (disambiguation). Jim Morrison Performing with The Doors, Frankfurt, Germany, 1968. Background information Birth name …   Wikipedia

  • James Douglas Morrison — Jim Morrison Jim Morrison Portrait de Jim Morrison Nom James Douglas Morrison …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Jim Morisson — Jim Morrison Jim Morrison Portrait de Jim Morrison Nom James Douglas Morrison …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Jim Morrison — Portrait de Jim Morrison. Nom James Douglas Morrison Naissance 8 décembre  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Morrison (James Douglas) — Jim Morrison Jim Morrison Portrait de Jim Morrison Nom James Douglas Morrison …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pamela Courson — Jim Morrison Jim Morrison Portrait de Jim Morrison Nom James Douglas Morrison …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Doors — Pour les articles homonymes, voir The Doors (homonymie). The Doors …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”