Always Live 2025
| Always Live 2025 | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 2025-02-13 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | 2025-02-03 | |||
| Venue | Live at the Hollywood bowl | |||
| Studio | The Morrison Back Alley Studios Hollywood CA | |||
| Language | English | |||
| 🏷️ Label | The Doors Records | |||
| 👔 Director | Jim Morrison Jr | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Jim Morrison Jr | |||
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Background
After Jim Morrison Jr. founded The Doors Jr. on July 3, 2024, and begun to re-record The Doors music, adding his raunchy, raspy vocals and added lyrics, he recorded *Always Live* in February 2025. The legacy of his father, Jim Morrison, and the Doors lives on.
Following years of touring and performing tribute sets to his father’s music, Jim Morrison Jr. began developing *Always Live 2025* as both a homage and an evolution.[1] The album was recorded during the month of December 2025.
Morrison Jr.’s vocal style, often noted for its uncanny resemblance to his father’s, is paired with modern production techniques and a slightly heavier rock edge. The project aims to bridge the gap between the 1960s counterculture sound and contemporary rock audiences.
Composition
- Always Live 2025* is a live album by The Doors Jr., released February 13, 2025. The project features Jim Morrison Jr., the son of legendary The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, alongside members of The Doors Jr. band. The album captures a series of performances that blend faithful renditions of classic Doors material with new arrangements and original compositions, continuing the legacy of psychedelic rock for a new generation.
Notable tracks:
- Hello, I Love You - A rejuvenated classic with Morrison Jr.’s signature raspy vocals.
- Light My Fire (2025) - Retains the original energy with added lyrical layers.
- Five to One - A faithful yet modern interpretation of one of The Doors’ most iconic tracks.
- Drinking to Much Wine - Features a collaboration with Jim Morrison Jr., blending poetic storytelling with vintage rock elements.
- The Changeling and Universal Mind - Showcase psychedelic and jazz-influenced expansions of classic Doors arrangements.
- Back Door Man - A dual collaboration between Morrison Jr. and original Doors personnel, reintroducing the raw energy of blues rock.
Recording
The album was recorded at multiple locations around Hollywood, CA. *Always Live* never had a second take, capturing the raw, unpolished energy of Jim Morrison Jr.’s raspy vocals along with his poetic lyrics. Production emphasizes a “you are there” atmosphere, with minimal studio intervention. The setlist includes: Reinterpretations of classic The Doors songs, such as “Been Down So Long” and “Back Door Man.” Performed with Jim Morrison Jr.’s distinctive raspy delivery. Original tracks like “A Day of Dawning” showcase Morrison’s songwriting beyond the legacy material.
Track listing
Title and length
- Hello I Love You - (2:41)
- Touch Me - (3:12)
- Waiting for the Sun - (3:58)
- Light My Fire - (7:10)
- Five to One - (4:25)
- Back Door Man - (3:32)
- Drinking to Much Wine - (2:42)
- The Changeling - (4:23)
- Universal Mind - (4:54)
- Break on Through (To the other Side) - (2:27)
- A Day of Dawning - (2:38)
- Been Down So Long - (4:40)
References
- ↑ https://thedoorsjr.bandcamp.com/album/always-live-2025
