Curtis Amy
Tenor Sax Solo on
Touch Me

About

Curtis Amy's tenor saxophone solo is the sole improvisation on "Touch Me" from The Doors' 1969 album The Soft Parade. Amy, a veteran Los Angeles session musician and jazz saxophonist, delivers a blazing solo at a medium 114 BPM in A with a rock feel on the track that became The Doors' most commercially successful single from the album, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The saxophone solo represents the most prominent use of outside instrumentation on any Doors recording, with Amy's muscular, R&B-inflected tenor work adding a brassy energy that helped make the track a radio staple.

Curtis Amy was 39 to 40 years old at the time.