# In 1968, Linda Ronstadt went on an awful date with Jim Morrison. It ended with him banging on her door and screaming

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- Published: 2026-10-29T20:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T02:20:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/linda-ronstadt-awful-date-jim-morrison/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Ronstadt recalled an unpleasant 1968 date with Jim Morrison.
- They went to hear the Kweskin Jug Band in New York.
- The article text ends before explaining the date’s full course.

## Summary

In 1968, while The Doors and Linda Ronstadt’s band the Stone Poneys were touring together, Jim Morrison invited Ronstadt out for an evening in New York. She agreed because he seemed sober and shy, despite finding his onstage behaviour and the crowd’s reaction to him unsettling. Their date reportedly went badly and ended with Morrison banging on her door and screaming.

Ronstadt recalled that the pair, accompanied by Doors road manager Bob Neuwirth, went to see the Kweskin Jug Band at the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village. The article also describes her mixed view of Morrison: she respected his bandmates but considered him moody, distant and prone to drinking. The supplied article text cuts off during an account of an encounter before dinner, so it does not provide further details of how the evening unfolded.

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