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John Densmore

Born: December 1, 1944

"I play the drums," says John Densmore, with tangible pride. He may be belaboring the obvious, considering that, as the rhythmic engine of The Doors, he's responsible for some of the most famous beats in rock history. But Densmore still bristles at what he calls the "dumb drummer" stereotype. "The drum was the first fucking instrument," he declares. "The reason people move and dance is that they're trying to get back to that heartbeat. It's the heartbeat you hear in the womb that started the whole deal. An orchestra, a four-piece rock band, whatever it is, they're trying to get back to that heartbeat." The universal, ancient call of this heartbeat has been Densmore's obsession since his childhood in Southern California. "I took piano when I was eight, and I loved it," he recalls

Live In Bakersfield August 21, 1970 (2CD)

Label: Rhino/Elektra Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: Roadhouse Blues; Medley: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)/Back Door Man/Five To One; Medley: Universal Mind/Afro Blue; When The Music’s Over. CD 2: Love Me Two Times; Medley: Mystery Train/Away In India/Crossroads; The End.

Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters

Label: Rhino
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: March 7, 1967: First Set: Bags’ Groove (Instrumental); Back Door Man; My Eyes Have Seen You; Soul Kitchen; All Blues (Instrumental); Get Out Of My Life Woman; When The Music’s Over. March 7, 1967: Second Set: Close To You; Crawling King Snake; I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind; People Are Strange; Alabama Song (Whisky Bar); The Crystal Ship; Twentieth Century Fox; CD 2: March 7, 1967: Third Set: Moonlight Drive; Summer’s Almost Gone; Unhappy Girl; Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me Baby; Break On Through (To The Other Side); Light My Fire; The End. March 10, 1967: First Set: My Eyes Have Seen You; Soul Kitchen; I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind; People Are Strange; When The Music’s Over. CD 3 : March 10, 1967: Second Set: Money; Who Do You Love; Moonlight Drive; Summer’s Almost Gone; I’m A King Bee; Gloria; Break On Through (To The Other Side). March 10, 1967: Third Set: Summertime (Instrumental); Back Door Man; Alabama Song (Whisky Bar). March 8 or 9, 1967: The End (Partial) / Let’s Feed Ice Cream To The Rats.

Not Like Before: Michael Robinson's Jazz Without Borders

by Michael Robinson
March 22, 2023

Playing my personal vision of jazz, claiming that name as part of my heritage, I endeavor feeling the rhythms of life in the present, past and future, entering into them through touch and nuance at the piano, connecting rajas, sattva and tamas; circular movement, cohesion and disintegration. I've been fortunate to know masters of improvised ...

L. A. Woman: Fiftieth Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Label: Rhino
Released: 2021
Track listing: TRACKS: CD 1: Original Stereo Mix Remastered - The Changeling; Love Her Madly; Been Down So Long; Cars Hiss By My Window; L.A. Woman; L’America; Hyacinth House; Crawling King Snake; The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat); Riders On The Storm; Hyacinth House; Riders On The Storm. CD 2: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 1; The Changeling; Love Her Madly; Riders On The Storm; L.A. Woman” (Part 1). CD 3: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 2 - L.A. Woman” (Part 2); She Smells So Nice”; Rock Me Baby; Mr. Mojo Risin’; Baby Please Don’t Go; L.A. Woman” (Part 3); Been Down So Long;Get Out Of My Life Woman; Crawling King Snake; The Bastard Son Of Jimmy & Mama Reed (Cars Hiss By My Window); Been Down So Long; “Mystery Train; The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat). LP: Side One: The Changeling; Love Her Madly; Been Down So Long; Cars Hiss By My Window; L.A. Woman. Side Two: L’America; Hyacinth House; Crawling King Snake; The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat); Riders On The Storm.

Set The Night On Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar With The Doors

by Doug Collette
October 17, 2021

Set The Night On Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with The Doors Robby Krieger with Jeff Alulis 432 pages ISBN: # 978-0316243346 Little, Brown and Company 2021 Reading the memoirs of the Doors' Robby Krieger is like encountering and catching up with an old acquaintance after a ...

John Densmore: The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (And Other Artists)

by Doug Collette
December 28, 2020

The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) John Densmore 240 pages ISBN: #978-0306846236 Hachette Books2020 John Densmore's third book, The Seekers, carries the unusual distinction of featuring a blurb on its back cover that actually speaks accurately to the contents inside. John Doe, co-founder of seminal punk ...

The Doors: Strange Days - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

by Doug Collette
December 9, 2017

The Doors' Strange Days did not have the cultural or commercial impact of the iconic band's eponymous debut earlier that halcyon year. And that's all the more regrettable because, in purely artistic terms, this second album is superior in (almost) every way. Accordingly, the more streamlined 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of this laboriously-recorded landmark ...

John Densmore: The Doors Unhinged

by Doug Collette
August 17, 2013

The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes On TrialJohn Densmore296 pagesISBN: 1479263133CreateSpace2013Notwithstanding the all-too-genuine ambivalence that permeates The Doors Unhinged, John Densmore may not have done any favors for himself or the legacy of his band by writing the book. It's difficult, nigh impossible, ...

The Little and Big of Florian Ross

by C. Michael Bailey
June 28, 2013

German pianist/composer Florian Ross has been making provocative music since his early Naxos Jazz recordings. He is a rolling stone, moving from one format to the next, always bringing something new and leaving something newer. Florian Ross Elektrio Wheels and Wires Fuhrwerk- Musik 2013 The organ trio, ...