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Bill Siddons (born 1948) is an American music manager. He is best known for managing The Doors from 1968 to 1972. [1] The Doors. Siddons began his career as a teenage roadie with The Doors while attending Cal State Long Beach and six months later was asked to be the manager of the band in 1968.
Learn about Bill Siddons, the unsung hero of the Doors' tour management, who had to deal with the band's chaos and drama. Read the blog post by Jim Morrison's friend and biographer, who shares his insights and recommendations on the Doors' books.
Who knows the guys in a group better than their manager? He works with them, knows their secrets and their worries and often practically lives with them. With this in mind, we asked the Doors' manager, Bill Siddons, to give us a glimpse of what the Doors are really like.
Apr 22, 2023 · Treanor's greatest strength as the writer of The Story Of A Legendary Band's Road Manager is the alacrity at which his narrative proceeds. Except perhaps for his recurring scabrous portrayal of Doors' manager Bill Siddons, he wastes virtually no time belaboring any points in the story line.
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Nov 14, 2021 · The Doors already had a tenacious manager: Bill Siddons, who was himself a teenager when he began managing the band’s affairs. Still, there’s a major difference between a 19-year-old dealing with record companies and a 13-year-old trying to argue on behalf of a bunch of adults.
Jan 12, 2021 · According to Rolling Stone, the Doors' manager Bill Siddons did not let word about his death reach the American media until July 9, two days after his burial in Paris. Even today, Morrison's death is shrouded in mystery.
From the untrained beginnings as a roadie for the Doors, Bill Siddons remembers his experiences with Jim Morrison and his varied drug use. Tales of Jim Morrison's excessive use of alcohol and acid sometimes seem to glamorize...
