About JayDixon Expertise lyrics, instruments, vocal range
Experience Radio jock with 26 years commercial radio experience and radio station music director. Singer myself, poet and lyric writer. Former lead singer of a Doors tribute band. I own instruments, have the same vocal range as Jim had.
Education/Credentials Bachelor of Business - University of Queensland
Awards and Honors Holder of the CRA (Commercial Radio Australia) "25 Year Award" and a couple of other music and radio awards.
Question Why did Jim Morrison always wear leather pants?
Answer
Hi,
The subject of Morrison’s clothes and memorabilia has come up regularly in the past on AllExperts.
Why Jim Morrison wore leather pants? Well in 1966-67 fashions were changing particularly with music artists of the time but no one really at that point had taken on leather pants as their mainstay in the wardrobe until Morrison decided to make leather pants his trademark. He wore black ones, brown ones in fact a pair of Jim’s brown leather pants are with the Hard Rock Café (Vault not the shop itself) in Orlando Florida. He gave a pair of black ones Leonard Barnard which were stolen from his home at a later date.
Jim wore the leather pants in the early days of The Doors (67 & 68) however by 1969 he was putting on more weight and eventually abandoned them in favour of t-shirts and denim jeans. In answer to your question I would say that there is no definitive reason as to why he wore leather pants only that it was 1. His own preference at that time 2. He made them his trademark favourite form of pants dress and they suited the persona and style of the guy (Not everyone can wear leather pants and look good in them yeah?) A lot of music people have followed this on over years including lots of bands in the “Glam Rock” era of the 1970’s right through to people such as Lenny Kravitz , Eddy Vedder from Pearl Jam just to name a few.
Hope this was of help in answering your question.
Cheers,
Jay Dixon
Melbourne Australia
“Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel”
