The 75-year-old musician previously wrote about his life and The Doors in the 1991 autobiography, “Riders on the Storm,” and in 2013 he wrote “The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial,” which was about the legal battle he fought with former bandmates Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek.įor this book, though, he wanted to talk about artists he describes as “musical masters who achieved their mystical destiny through sound.” “There are various musicians, writers, artists that have fed me artistically through the years and I’m hoping that the reader will also get fed artistically by these stories,” Densmore said during a telephone interview about the upcoming book. Hoping to help others ignite their own creative spark, The Doors drummer shares personal stories about his famous friends, including Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson and late bandmate Jim Morrison, in the upcoming book “The Seeker: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists),” which comes out Nov. John Densmore continually seeks inspiration from other artists, whether he spends just a few minutes with them or he’s known them for years. (File photo by Ed Crisostomo, Daily News/SCNG) The Doors’ drummer John Densmore has written a new book about musicians and artists who have inspired him, including his late bandmate Jim Morrison.
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