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Andrew Lee Morrison is the brother of Jim Morrison. Andrew Lee Morrison’s brother Jim was an American singer, poet, and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors.

Andrew Lee Morrison: Bio Summary

Andrew Lee Morrison is the son of father  George Stephen Morrison and Clara Clarke Morrison. He was born in 1948 in  Los Altos, California, United States. As of 2022, he is 74 years old. Apart from Jim, he has another sibling, Anne Robin Morrison.

Andrew Lee’s father George Stephen Morrison was a United States Navy rear admiral and naval aviator. Morrison was commander of United States naval forces during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964, which sparked an escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War.

Andrew Lee was the youngest of the family. Jerry Hopkins recorded Andrew Lee explaining that his parents had determined never to use physical corporal punishment such as spanking on their children. They instead instilled discipline and levied punishment by the military tradition known as “dressing down”. This consisted of yelling at and berating the children until they were reduced to tears and acknowledged their failings.

Andrew Lee Morrison’s brother Jim cut off most contact with his family after graduating from UCLA. By the time Morrison’s music reached the top of the charts (in 1967), he had been out of touch with his family for over a year and falsely claimed that his parents and siblings had died (or claiming, as it has been widely misreported, that he was an only child). Jim, however, told Rolling Stone magazine’s Jerry Hopkins in a 1969 interview that he did this because he did not want to involve his family in his musical career.

This misinformation was published as part of the materials distributed with the Doors’ self-titled debut album. Admiral Morrison was not supportive of his son’s career choice in music. One day, an acquaintance brought over a record thought to have Jim on the cover. The record was the Doors’ self-titled debut.

The young man played the record for Morrison’s father and family. Upon hearing the record, Their father wrote Jim a letter telling him “to give up any idea of singing or any connection with a music group because of what I consider to be a complete lack of talent in this direction.” 

In a letter to the Florida Probation and Parole Commission District Office dated October 2, 1970, Andrew Lee Morrison’s father acknowledged the breakdown in family communications as the result of an argument over his assessment of his son’s musical talents. He said he could not blame his son for being reluctant to initiate contact and that he was proud of him.

Andrew Lee Morrison’s brother Jim developed an alcohol dependency throughout the band’s career, which at times affected his performances on stage. In 1971, Jim died unexpectedly in Paris at the age of 27, amid conflicting witness reports. His premature death made him a member of the infamous 27 club. Andrew Lee’s sister, Anne Morrison helped publish Jim’s work into a book, Read more about her here

Since no autopsy was performed, the cause of Jim Morrison’s death remains disputed. Although the Doors recorded two more albums after Jim Morrison died, his death severely affected the band’s fortunes, and they split up two years later.

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