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Hani Naser, Pedro
Ricardo Mino, Jackson Browne,
and Of course John
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John Densmore (w/
Keith Secola in background)
accepting Black Eagle
Native American Music Award
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DOORS DRUMMER IN
TOWN
06:11 PM CST on Friday, January 2, 2004
BY
ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News
Unlike his friend and bandmate Jim
Morrison, Doors drummer John Densmore did not live hard
and die young. Like any sensible man, the Southern Californian
married a Dallas woman. Then they had a son and banked John's
royalty checks.
The man with the fast hands gave tasty
drum licks to songs like "Light My Fire," "Hello, I Love You"
and "The End." His wife, filmmaker Leslie Neale, was
born in Dallas' Presbyterian Hospital. The couple hit town
last weekend for a holiday visit with Leslie's family. They
turned up at one of the coolest record stores in town, Bill's
Records in the shopping center at Spring Valley and Coit
roads.
"He looks terrific," says proprietor Bill
Wisener. "He's like all of us, he's aged. But he's still
recognizable and very, very nice."
While picking up
music by singer/songwriter Ben Harper and looking for a George
Harrison DVD, John happily autographed a few things for Bill,
a lifelong Doors fan. "I loved The Doors in the '60s," says
Bill. "When Jim Morrison died, I cried. I never dreamed that
I'd meet one of them this many years later."
When not
drumming, John works on films with Leslie. Not long ago, they
produced Road to Return, a one-hour documentary about a
Louisiana project that helps prison inmates return to society.
Actor Tim Robbins narrated the piece.
(Thanks
Ida) | |
