Career
After the death of The Doors" lead singer Jim Morrison he managed the remaining three members for two records. He was the one person in the United States Pamela Courson contacted from Paris after Morrison had died. He arranged the funeral and burial with Pamela, but never saw Jim"s body due to the closed casket and his aversion to seeing his friend dead.
Nothing to hide, but we knew what was going to happen because we’d just been through it with Jimi and Janis."
Siddons began his career as a teenage roadie with the Doors while attending Cal State Long Beach, and six months later was asked to be the manager of the band.
He and the band parted ways 5 years later when the band dissolved two records after Jim"s death and re-formed into "the Butts Band", and he suggested moving to a standard 15 per cent commission arrangement. They re-united around the release and marketing of the Jim Morrison poetry record, An American Prayer which re-launched awareness of The Doors, their historical significance and sextupled their royalties.
His character appears in Oliver Stone"s movie The Doors, in which Josh Evans plays him. Siddons had this to say about his initial meeting with Jim Morrison: "So what was my first impression of Jim? He scared me to death."
Post-Doors, Bill Siddons continues his career as a manager in the music industry. in RoxCore Management, representing Ace of Base, Color Maine Badd and Bananarama.