Nothing credible has ever been mentioned anywhere that Jerry was approached to join the band. Perhaps they wanted to experiment with a bassist on stage (which they ultimately did when they carried on as a trio) and Jerry's name came up, but it sounds more like Jerry not remembering the details. It is very common with aging musicians. Think about how many guys claim that they were approached to be in Jimi Hendrix's new band and then he died before anything could happen....seattlesusieq wrote:You could be correct. I'm just reporting what Jerry told me and what is on his website. This is cut and pasted from http://www.jerryscheff.com/:midnightx wrote:That has never been referenced anywhere. Jerry did the LA Woman session. The Doors had no intention of touring behind the album - at least around time of the album's release. Morrison was found guilty of a felony in Miami and if he lost his appeal, would have ultimately served time in Prison. During the fall of 1970, the band did perform some of the LA Woman material on tour, but the tour was cancelled after a few shows and the band would never perform again with Morrison. In the spring of 1970, Morrison took off to Paris and was uncertain of his future plans. The band had fulfilled their contract with Elektra and was shopping for a new deal. The band also knew there was a chance Morrison would not return either from Paris or to the band as their vocalist (during this time they started some auditions for a replacement in addition to working on material much of what ended up on the brutal Other Voices album). So, if Jerry claims he was asked, it could not have been anything more than an idea and a loose, unofficial remark by someone in the band. There is no way it was an official offer since no tour plans were in the pipeline and the band's future was up in the air even prior to Morrison's passing.seattlesusieq wrote:Jadwin wrote: I think Jerry only played with the Doors on the L.A. Woman sessions in late 1970, well after he started playing with Elvis in july/august 1969.
Jerry told me that the Doors didn't have a regular bass player at the time he recorded "L.A. Woman" with them. They liked him and asked him to join them on the upcoming tour and he said yes. And then Jim Morrison died, so, no tour.
Right about this time I got a call to do an album with "The Doors." We spent six weeks in the studio recording "L.A. Woman" Which turned out to be their last album. They had always used keyboard bass live, after we finished LA Woman I was approached about joining the group. Jim Morrison went to Paris and died. One of those things!
Also, The Doors spent more than six weeks recording LA Woman - Jerry wasn't there the whole time and either was Marc Benno (who also played guitar on the album). The Doors brought in session bass players to play on sessions for all their albums - Jerry happened to be the guy for LA Woman.