December 1st, 1945, John Paul Densmore was born in Los Angeles, California.

John's first introduction to musical instruments was the piano. Later, he was in his high school marching band, playing drums (just like me, except I never had the luck to end up a part of one of the worlds best rock bands!)

Mr. Densmore joined The Doors in 1965, through the end of the band, and then formed a group with Robbie Krieger named the Butts Band. That lasted a whopping 2 years.

John's other accomplishments include stage acting, television appearances and writing an autobiography - 'Riders on the Storm.'

Take a gander at this video of John showing his drumming expertise of various Doors songs on a Dennis Miller show back in 1992. It's quite interesting, especially for drummers.

Happy Birthday John!

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