'An American Prayer' was one of Morrison's major works. He read these poems in public on several occasions and recorded them in 1970.. See (The American Night, The Writings of Jim Morrison, Viking, 1990, p. 207 also Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman No One Here Gets Out Alive Plexus, 1980 p.386; and Frank Lisciandro Feast of Friends Omnibus, 1991.pp 111-112) - the pamphlet Ode to LA while thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased was handed out at a Doors concert in 1969.