Today is the 38th Anniversary of my testimony at Jim Morrison’s Miami trial. I was his first defense witness. Full story and photographs here.

Today I posted my Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention photographs to gallery.TreeO.com. These photographs were taken in 1969 at Thee Image Club in Miami. They were taken one week before the Led Zeppelin photographs. Here is one of my favorites. Prints are available for sale at the gallery. Just click on the photograph below to see the rest of the images.

Today a good friend of Patricia Morrison’s, Jim’s wife, presented her with a framed print of Jim Morrison #9. She was thrilled and told me, “Thank you! The picture, hand-delivered by Fernand yesterday, is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much for being part of the surprise. Fernand is a dear young friend, and it was so considerate and kind of him to give me the photo for my birthday. Anyway, the picture is lovely. Now I just need to figure out where to hang it. Again thanks.”

Today is the anniversary of the Doors Concert in Miami, the infamous venue where Jim Morrison was supposed to have exposed himself. Read my story about the event here. I was there photographing the concert and subsequently ended up testifying at Jim’s trial as his first defense witness.

Today, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame called me. They want a print of Jim Morrison & the Lamb for an exhibit, Break on Through: The Lasting Legacy of the Doors – runs May 25, 2007 – October 7, 2007.

People ask if the lamb was real and where Jim got the lamb? Jim was handed the lamb, on stage, by Lewis Marvin of Moonfire. Lewis would travel around spreading his philosophy of non-violence and vegetarianism. Marvin would carry the lamb around to demostrate his principles that if you eat meat, you’re killing this little lamb. The skull hat Jim wore on stage was also from Lewis Marvin. Lewis died in early 2005, in Panama.

Yesterday, Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, announced that he was considering pardoning Jim Morrison, postumously, for his conviction in 1970.

The case was brought to his attention by Dave Diamond who wrote a letter to Governor Crist. Read the letter here.

Also, here is Dave Diamond’s official article that he is sending out to the press, radio, TV and Bloggers.

Today I scanned and uploaded a copy of my testimony at Jim Morrison’s Trial. I testified on September 2, 1970 at the Dade County Courthouse. I was his first defense witness. I also added a link to the testimony at the bottom of the Morrison Story.

Here is a direct link to a PDF of the testimony transcript.

I made settlement this week with the Doors Music Company.They had used three of my photographs in their new book, The Doors by The Doors. The photographs were used without license AND miscredited to another photographer. There were three other photographs that were licensed and credited, however. The book & CD/DVD Boxset collection were released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the band.

Rino Records licensed one of my photographs, Jim Morrison #5 (Jim with the lamb) for the Perception Box Set. It is a companion to book The Doors published. It’s a 6 CD, 6 DVD set. My photograph is on the DVD gallery and insert booklet for the Soft Parade era.