Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jun 25, 2006 13:21:30 GMT
Just been watching John on stage with his buddy Reza and a few friends......interesting to see JD play with these guys and worth an hour of your time.
I'm not gonna say its brilliant and a must watch as maybe only one or two in a hundred Doors fans would give this kind of stuff a second glance......but it is worthy of note.
Like Ray, John has done some cool musical stuff with poets and other musicians and this is one of them.
The album Ray of The Wine is where most of this stuff comes from I guess and its interesting. Some of it is slow but some of it is quite haunting too........the second half of the gig has a coupla nice tunes one reminiscent of The End and a neat finale.
It won't be everyones cup of tea at all, anymore than Ray and Mike McClure was but its a good opportunity to see a Door in action as a musician rather than trying to do a supermarket version of LMF. I like world music so I can listen to this stuff but many won't be able to....that does not mean they ain't Doors fans just that they don't like folky worldy stuff....no big deal.....
the gig is an hour and worth checking out...
go here and enter reza in the search as John Densmore does not bring the gig up for some reason...
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/archive.html#search
Millennium Stage
Performance Archive Search:
Featured Artist(s): John Densmore , Reza Derakshani
June 14, 2006
Iranian musician Reza Derakshani teams up with drummer John Densmore—a founding member of The Doors—to create a blend of Persian jazz.
I'm not gonna say its brilliant and a must watch as maybe only one or two in a hundred Doors fans would give this kind of stuff a second glance......but it is worthy of note.
Like Ray, John has done some cool musical stuff with poets and other musicians and this is one of them.
The album Ray of The Wine is where most of this stuff comes from I guess and its interesting. Some of it is slow but some of it is quite haunting too........the second half of the gig has a coupla nice tunes one reminiscent of The End and a neat finale.
It won't be everyones cup of tea at all, anymore than Ray and Mike McClure was but its a good opportunity to see a Door in action as a musician rather than trying to do a supermarket version of LMF. I like world music so I can listen to this stuff but many won't be able to....that does not mean they ain't Doors fans just that they don't like folky worldy stuff....no big deal.....
the gig is an hour and worth checking out...
go here and enter reza in the search as John Densmore does not bring the gig up for some reason...
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/archive.html#search
Millennium Stage
Performance Archive Search:
Featured Artist(s): John Densmore , Reza Derakshani
June 14, 2006
Iranian musician Reza Derakshani teams up with drummer John Densmore—a founding member of The Doors—to create a blend of Persian jazz.
