Jim Morrison's HWY - An American Pastoral
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY PSYCHEDELIC ADVENTURE ON APRIL 11, 2009.
Jim Morrison the front man for the psychedelic rock outfit 'The Doors' had a deep mystical understanding of death which sprung from his first encounter with death as a child when he saw a truck full of Indians lying scattered along the highway ... bleeding to death! His fascination with death reflected in his poetry and can be seen in 'HWY - The American Pastoral', a project he started in 1969.
Morrison financed the venture and formed his own production company in order to maintain complete control of the project. Paul Ferrara, Frank Lisciandro and Babe Hill assisted with the project.
Morrison played the main character, a hitchhiker turned killer/car thief. Morrison asked his friend, composer/pianist Fred Myrow, to select the soundtrack for the film.
Like the man himself, HWY: An American Pastoral is complex and mysterious. He hits the road like Kerouac, wandering, searching for meaning.
