Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison, photographed in New York City by LIFE's Yale Joel in 1968

Jim Morrison in New York City in 1968

LIFE's John Densmore, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison mid-show at the Fillmore East in 1968

Jim Morrison leaps onstage during a Doors concert at New York's legendary but short-lived Fillmore East

The Doors at the Fillmore East in New York City, 1968