Whiskey, Mystics & Men

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“Whiskey, Mystics & Men”
Song by The Doors
Released June 20, 2000
Format CD
Recorded March 1969, 1997
Genre Psychedelic rock, Acid Rock, Hard Rock
Length 2:19
Label Elektra Records
Writer Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore
Producer Paul A. Rothchild
Essential Rarities track listing
  1. "Hello to the Cities"
  2. "Break on Through"
  3. "Roadhouse Blues"
  4. "Hyacinth House"
  5. "Who Scared You"
  6. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men"
  7. "I Will Never Be Untrue"
  8. "Moonlight Drive"
  9. "Queen of the Highway"
  10. "Someday Soon"
  11. "Hello, I Love You"
  12. "Orange County Suite"
  13. "The Soft Parade"
  14. "The End"
  15. "Woman Is a Devil"

"Whiskey, Mystics & Men" is a song by The Doors from the compilation Essential Rarities.

Contents

[edit] Overview

The song released on the 2000 compilation is mostly a studio creation, with the vocal parts of Morrison taken from his personal poetry recording from 1969, and the overdubs by the surviving Doors members performed in 1997.

[edit] Other versions

The track is featured in two distinctly different versions on the remastered 2006 release of The Soft Parade. Version 1 is the later creation, whereas version 2 was recorded "live" in the studio during the recording of the album in 1969.

[edit] Credits

The track is credited to the entire band, with Jim Morrison being credited with the lyrics and the rest of the band with the music.

[edit] Personnel

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The Doors
Jim Morrison · Robby Krieger · Ray Manzarek · John Densmore
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