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John Densmore Reminisces About 1966 with the LA Times
Read the entire article at the LA Times. What’s the most innovative year ever for rock ’n’ roll? Fans, critics and academics have any number of watershed years they can point to in the more than six decades of post-World War II popular music broadly defined as rock. There’s 1954, the…
10 Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About L.A. Woman – Rolling Stone
The Doors had crammed several lifetimes into just five years as band, and by late 1970, the psychic toll of Jim Morrison’s addiction and legal hassles threatened to overwhelm the group. Any attempts at making an album under these conditions should have met with unmitigated disaster, but on L.A. Woman…
Plan To Get Your Copies Of The Doors RSD 2016 Releases
As has become tradition, The Doors will be participating in the annual music holiday – Record Store Day – on April 16, 2016! This year, there are two releases: Live At The Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance 3-LP set The 1969 show available for the first time ever on vinyl…
John, Robby, and Alt-Rock Royalty Light Up The Fonda In Celebration of Ray Manzarek
“Is everybody in?” John Densmore of the Doors asked the crowd gathered Friday night at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. Standing beside him was his old friend and musical partner, guitarist Robby Krieger, who added, “Let the ceremony begin.” SIDEBAR Ray Manzarek Through the Years » The words were lifted from…
THE DOORS’ Robby Krieger & John Densmore To Honor Ray Manzarek at LA Concert!
‘A Celebration For Ray Manzarek’ concert will take place at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles On Friday, February 12th. Show to feature Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Rami Jaffee, Robert Deleo, John Doe, Exene, Stephen Perkins, plus very special surprise guests! All proceeds will benefit Stand Up To Cancer. WHAT:…
Today in The Doors history: January 4, 1967
“The eponymous debut of The Doors took popular music into areas previously thought impossible. The incitement to expand one’s consciousness of opener ‘Break on Through’ was just the beginning of its incendiary agenda.” – BBC on “The Doors” released today in 1967.
A Holiday Message From John Densmore
A few years ago, my friends wrote this song. After the recent events in Paris and other attacks all over the world, I was looking for a way to put out some positive vibes in the world. I found that this song inspired me. So, here’s a holiday wish from…
Sometimes, it just happens
“He was my friend, we were college buddies, we put a band together and the band became famous, and we realised our artistic vision. Who’s going to write better poetry than Jim Morrison?” –Ray Manzarek to MOJO, December 1997.
On Jim, by Bruce Botnick
“Very, very polite. Incredibly well read. A great conversationalist. Artists like him, they see things and they’re on such a high plane that it’s difficult for them to have somebody to be on the same plane with. Jim was like that.” –Bruce Botnick