BEAUTIFUL JIM - PHIL TRAINER

The song “Beautiful Jim“ was written by Phil Trainer as a tribute to Jim Morrison, whom he had met and jammed with at a café in Paris’ Latin Quarter. The legendary track was originally released as a single off Trainer’s eponymous album on EMI and BASF. In 2006 it was chosen as the title track for the Studio Canal documentary “An American Poet in Paris“ (“Un Poète à Paris“) in which Phil, now known as “Steele“, recounted his escapades with Jim. The documentary is featured on DVD releases of Oliver Stone’s 19