THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF WILD CHILD AMY WINEHOUSE ~ Curse of Club 27

Amy Winehouse died today. Cause of death has yet to be determined...

She was dark & difficult & troubled with a capital "T"... She had a voice that sent shivers, a soul that made quivers, & she didn't want to go to Rehab... Though we all know that she should have... She went over the edge of WILD CHILD, right before our very eyes... We saw her there, standing on the ledge of oblivion, looking over & thinking about dipping her toes into the water... She was about herself still, waiting and wondering... about looking back from the other side....


...Looking back, it's so easy to see it coming, her prolonged "sudden" departure, just like all her groovy friends in Club 27... Robert Johnson (who is considered to be the first member of the 27 Club), Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janice Joplin, Brian Jones and so many others. She was a Shooting Star - a bright light in our sky, and then "pouf" just like that she "burned out" before she could "Fade away... and Radiate"... I like to imagine that they are all some place Beautiful & Evergreen, making sweet music together forever and all through Eternity...

Amy Winehouse: The Final Interview

LOVE STREET

"She lives on Love Street
Lingers long on Love Street
She has a house and garden
I would like to see what happens

She has robes and she has monkeys
Lazy diamond studded flunkies
She has wisdom and knows what to do
She has me and she has you

She has wisdom and knows what to do
She has me and she has you

I see you live on Love Street
There's this store where the creatures meet
I wonder what they do in there
Summer Sunday and a year
I guess I like it fine, so far

She lives on Love Street
Lingers long on Love Street
She has a house and garden
I would like to see what happens

La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la..." ~ THE DOORS




...LOVE STREET is a 1968 song by The Doors which appears on their album Waiting For The Sun. The song is about the street in Laurel Canyon, California, where Jim Morrison lived with his " La belle amour" Pamela Courson. Their address was 8021 Rothdell Trail. Morrison and Courson referred to Rothdell Trail as "Love Street" because they would sit on the balcony and watch countless hippies walk by. Morrison also wrote the "Waiting For The Sun" album here, and most of "Soft Parade", along with countless poems. Love Street was originally a poem that Jim wrote for Pam about their time in the house on Love Street. Robby Krieger suggested it be a song, and put music to it. The poem turned into the gem of a song we all know as Love Street.

Released as the B-side of "Hello, I Love You", "Love Street" received a small amount of airplay on the radio.







***The Groovy Paisley Pix of Pam & Jim Morrison & Friends, were taken by Raeanne Rubenstein at their Boutique THEMIS. Jim posed with Pam for the store's ads. Pamela traveled to Europe frequently to stock her store. The store was hardly ever open and kept odd hours...