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"Roadhouse Blues" is a rock song written by Jim Morrison and recorded by the American rock band The Doors. The song, which appeared on the B-side of "You Make Me Real",〔(The Doors Discography ). 60s Web Radio.〕 was first released as a single from the album ''Morrison Hotel'' in March 1970 and peaked at #50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song quickly became a concert staple for the group, a live version appearing later on the posthumous album ''An American Prayer'' and that same version, which has been called "probably one of the best live performances of any song",〔(The Doors ). Jack Feeny Reviews.〕 again on ''In Concert'' and ''Greatest Hits''. During this version, Jim Morrison talks for a short while to a female audience member about his Zodiac sign and, with a sudden, ironic twist that causes the audience to erupt in laughter, denounces his beliefs in it. The song was also featured twice in the movie ''The Doors''; the studio version in the film, and the aforementioned live version over the end credits. The line "Woke up this morning and I got myself a beer" was inspired by Alice Cooper as stated on his Planet Rock morning show. According to the book, ''Light My Fire'' by Ray Manzarek, a bandmate of Morrison's, the song refers to Morrison's waking after an alleged three weeks of drug-induced sleep and the actual lyric sung is "woke up this morning and I got myself a beard". ==Sessions== It took two days to record the song (November 4–5, 1969) with producer Paul A. Rothchild striving for perfection. Several takes from these sessions were included on the new 2006 remastered album. Surprisingly, he does not comment on Morrison, who is apparently intoxicated, "going into full blues singer mode"〔The Doors, Morrison Hotel Remastered Liner Notes, Page 1, Bruce Botnick, 2006〕 in the words of engineer Bruce Botnick, improvising and simultaneously flubbing several lyrics and repeating the blues phrase "Money beats soul every time". The phrase can be found on the ''When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture'' soundtrack, with the next track being a live version of "Roadhouse Blues". The sessions only took off on the second day, when resident Elektra guitarist Lonnie Mack joined in on bass and harmonicist John Sebastian (appearing under the pseudonym G. Puglese either out of loyalty to his recording contract〔The Doors, Morrison Hotel Remastered Liner Notes, Page 7, David Frickle, 2006〕 or to avoid affiliation with The Doors after the infamous Miami controversy) joined in on the sessions and Manzarek switched from his Wurlitzer electric piano to a tack piano (the same used on The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations").〔The Doors, Morrison Hotel Remastered Liner Notes, Page 3, Bruce Botnick, 2006.〕 A studio version of the song with John Lee Hooker sharing vocals with Jim can be found on the ''Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors'' album. A recent misconception states that Lonnie Mack contributed the guitar solo on the track in addition to bass guitar. In actuality, guitarist Robbie Krieger is responsible for all guitar parts on "Roadhouse Blues" and Mack's contribution is limited to bass guitar, as always officially stated; Jim Morrison shouts "Do it, Robby, do it!" (especially audible on the official audio proof of DVD-Audio and SuperAudioCD where the single vocal track can be separated from other instruments) at the start of the guitar solo. The solo on record is representative of Krieger's fingerstyle playing and is identical to all his Roadhouse Blues solos played in the previous sessions the day before on 5th November 1969. Subsequent interviews with members of The Doors and Paul A. Rothchild confirm this. The complete song was fully composed and rehearsed before Lonnie Mack was invited to play bass on "Roadhouse Blues" and Maggie M'Gill (Ray Neapolitan, regular bass player during Morrison Hotel sessions, couldn't arrive on time that day due to a traffic jam). Drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger provided additional details about the Roadhouse Blues sessions which are quoted here: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roadhouse Blues」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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