The Doors Drummer John Densmore On Late Greats Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek — forbes.com

One of the seminal groups of the sixties was The Doors, fronted by Jim Morrison and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Morrison, of course, passed in 1971, and keyboards/bassist Ray Manzarek died in 2013. Of the two surviving members – guitarist Robby Krieger, 69, and drummer John Densmore, 70 – I caught up with the latter for some straight talk about the band and its legacy. Densmore has written two critically acclaimed books in recent years, “The Doors, Unhinged” (2013) and “Riders On The Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison And The Doors” (2009). In this first installment of a multi-part interview series, Densmore gives his impressions of both Morrison and Manzarek – plus what it was like to experience live Doors concerts from the comfort of his drum perch.

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