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John Densmore has spent 60 years drumming within the shadow of each jazz greats and one very poetic lizard king, and has lived to speak about it. On this chat, he joins Kyle to dig into The Doorways’ ongoing dwell album sequence, the hypnotic pulse of “Riders on the Storm,” and having a entrance row seat to Ray Manzarek’s insane two-handed talents . Pay attention above or wherever you get your podcasts.
He additionally shares how the band’s improvisational wizardry labored in actual time — like jamming out “The Finish” whereas Jim Morrison free-associated poetry about familial murder — and displays on enjoying “WASP (Texas Radio and the Huge Beat)” dwell at a latest Whiskey a Go Go gig, which ended together with his thumb staging a minor protest. There’s discuss of Coltrane outtakes, Miles Davis, and even a Chuck D collaboration.
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“We’ve bought an alt hip-hop album,” he says of working with Chuck D. “Popping out finally, undecided when.”
And when you’re a kind of followers who assume the magic died in a Paris bathtub, Densmore kindly reminds you there have been two post-Jim albums. Not that they’ll be staging a reunion tour, however Robby Krieger is at present enjoying whole Doorways albums dwell, and Densmore often drops in when his joints enable.
Take heed to John Densmore talk about The Doorways’ sixtieth anniversary and extra above, or watch the interview under. Sustain on all the newest episodes by following Kyle Meredith With… in your favourite podcast platform; plus, take a look at all of the sequence on the Consequence Podcast Community.