Doors drummer says bands influences reflected America

Just out is The Doors By The Doors, an authorized biography of the band written by long-time Rolling Stone magazine editor Ben Fong-Torres. Drummer John Densmore told us that when he went through the book, one thing that jumped out at him was how each of the members represented something different: "The multi-cultural ingredients that each of us brought struck me. I mean, we're all white guys, but Ray, you know, with his Chicago youth and the blues and classical music, and then Robby was all hung up on flamenco and folk music, and I was into jazz, and Jim had read every book on the planet -- that's a melting pot. That's America. Look at those ingredients -- and it worked!"

The Doors By The Doors has new interviews with Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, as well as their families and people close to the band. It also contains Jim Morrison interviews, along with reminiscences from the late singer's father, Admiral George Stephen Morrison, which have never been published before.

Manzarek, Densmore, and Krieger will be signing copies of the book on Wednesday (November 8th) at Book Soup, Whisky A Go Go and the Cat Club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, when they kick off the 40th anniversary celebration of the first Doors album.
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