An original and founding member of the musical group “The Doors”. John Densmore co-produced and wrote eight gold albums and toured the United States, Europe and Japan. His autobiography, “Riders on the Storm”, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 1991. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. His recent journalistic piece on corporations co-opting music to sell products, was published by The Nation Magazine, and subsequently syndicated in the London Guardian and Rolling Stone.

John Densmore and Michael C Ford have had a long relationship beginning at the time of the Doors original formation, when Michael passed up the opportunity to become the Doors bass player to pursue his poetry. They recently wrote a piece together entitled "Drumming" depicting the history of drumming in he USA. Michael recites the prose as john exemplifies the reflected styles on his drum set on this Hen House Studios produced video "Drumming".

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Hen House Studios Anthology 1 is the first installment of four from our Hen House compilation series featuring bands from in and around southern California who recorded in our studio for free in exchange for the right to be filmed. Highlighted on this CD are Truilio Disgracious, a band led by Fishbone bass player Norwood Fisher and a track entitled "Afganie" by Gene Bowen featuring Doors drummer John Densmore. Also highlighted is "Weapon of Choice front man Lonnie Marshall".

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Welcome 2 The Hen House is a documentary film from Venice, California that brings you on a fantastical journey where some 50 bands record for free in exchange for the right to be filmed, and where one’s mind is blown away on a surreal mix of super 8 film footage and animation.”

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