John Densmore was a gifted drummer from an early age.

John Densmore was a gifted drummer from an early age. Before playing with The Doors, he started on the high school marching band. In college, he discovered his love for jazz, worshipping the music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. --- 📺 Watch more The Doors videos here 🆕 The latest from The Doors 🔔 Subscribe to The Doors channel and ring the bell to turn on notifications 🔊 Listen to The Doors Stay in touch with The Doors… 🌐 Website 📣 Facebook 📸 Instagram ⌨ Twitter ******************* The Doors channel is the official YouTube home of classic Doors live performances, The Doors albums, and contemporary performances and content honoring The Doors featuring John Densmore and Robby Krieger. With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the mesmerizing power of singer Jim Morrison’s poetry and presence, The Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture. The Doors’ arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and albums that would become classics, but also of something much bigger – a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience. Refusing to be mere entertainers, the Los Angeles quartet relentlessly challenged, confronted and inspired their fans, leaping headfirst into the heart of darkness while other bands warbled about peace and love. Though they’ve had scores of imitators, there’s never been another band quite like them.