Skwiglino from El Paso, TxI believe the song is about Lovecraft's 'The Color Out of Space'.

Shane MorganRespect and honor to you Lizard King.

I’m one of those white guys who’s for it to be legal and get the freaking crime out of it. “Somebody said it’s great pot is legal now, but it’s interesting how people of color go to prison, thousands, and now some white guys figured out they can make money off it and now it’s gonna be legal. “There’s a really good criminal justice that hopefully will help minorities not get so beat up,” he said. Staying true to his ’60s roots, Densmore had two issues on his mind on this night. “He said, ‘Well, Jim Morrison said we’re supposed to be erotic politicians.'”įittingly for “erotic politicians,” the ceremony took place on Election Day. “I love that line that Bono was mouthing off wonderfully about whatever cause he was into and he could tell someone was getting a little ruffled,” Densmore recalled.

With so many artists over the years citing the Doors as an influence, we asked Densmore for one story that stood out to him. That’s why he’s a f-ing genius.”ĭensmore was on hand at Avalon representing the Doors to collect the Inspiration honor. This guy is so hip he knows about jazz and salsa, all this stuff, rather than those rigid classical folks who only know their world. “That particular symphony kind of had a line like a lead guitar line from heavy metal, I’m not kidding.

I go backstage and he says, ‘Juan, Mahler is heavy metal,'” Densmore recalls. “We’re buds, so I’m watching Dudamel conduct Mahler. “This is the highest level you can get.”Īnother standout musician for him is Gustavo Dudamel, the conductor of the L.A. I sat on stage with Robby Krieger and studied at his school of Indian music here in L.A., so at Royce Hall we were sitting next to him watching his hands bleed while he got possessed,” Densmore says. Recalling some of his other favorite meetings with musicians he talks of being on stage with Shankar. I said to him, ‘You gave me my hands,’ in this book.” I was terrified to meet him, then I finally wrote my first autobiography and gave it to him. “One chapter is on Elvin Jones, Coltrane‘s drummer, he was my mentor. While Densmore has been around so many luminaries of rock - and fans have to be excited about the prospect of hearing of his encounters with rock icons like Harrison and Smith - this collection will celebrate eclecticism. The 1963 book spawned a 1979 movie of the same name. The Doors’ John Densmore Calls ‘Feast of Friends’ Doc ‘The Real Deal’ĭensmore, who’s previously authored Riders on the Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison And The Doors and The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes On Trial, was inspired by Meetings With Remarkable Men, by Greek-Armenian mystic George Ivanovich Gurdijeff. Songwriter Pete Brown, Co-Writer of 'Sunshine of Your Love' & 'White Room,' Dies at 82

The Doors Unhinged by John Densmore