While the press paraded and condemned this immoral pageant of grotesque rock 'n' roll deviance - the vulgar, hip-swinging Elvis Presley, the crippled, delinquent Virginian wildcat Gene Vincent, the unspeakable epicene Little Richard and the bigamist Jerry Lee Lewis whose cousin bride would later be exposed as a scandalous 13 years old - Morrison ignored the hysteria and found salvation in the music.