John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American musician, drummer, filmmaker and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer of the
psychedelic rock group
The Doors from 1965 to 1973. Densmore continued his collaboration with his bandmates after
Jim Morrison's untimely demise. In the early 19
70s, he pursued a new passion (
reggae) with
Robby Krieger in
The Butts Band before the genre had much impact in the U.S. The three surviving members of The Doors reunited in the late '
70s for An American Prayer, an album of new musi…
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