The Doors - L. A. Woman - drums only. Original John Densmore drum track.

[@kiboko_drummer]

Drums only playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLTOh4tBW15HLPdzQioQAZamVYSLAbE30g

[@rrrayrrray]

Thank you for this! :)

[@nikkisterling8209]

Mr Densmore is an awesome drummer. I love the doors.

[@richdelgatto2522]

My Father had this on his cars 8 track in the 70's. I was about 7 and would ask him to play 'mojo', when we drove somewhere. I am 52 and still listening. I somehow still have that original tape.

[@phutureproof]

My uncle used to have this and I called it the mojo tune, this was back in my childhood in the 80s, such a timeless act, top tier

[@marywillis1630]

Hang on to that tape. Sweet.

[@johniedebt6522]

Proper care those tape's lasted and played,sounded great seemed to last forever 👍🏻 glad to see record's coming back but would love to see 8 tracks to return 🤩♥️

[@polara01]

No one sounds like John Densmore on the drums and he swung psychedelic Blues like nobody else ever could and he could make a drum kit speak as poetically as Morrison's lyrics...they were a match made in heaven.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

well said!

[@panditboii]

Exactly he was perfect for Morrison, in Music's over they both drive the song together as if both are singing

[@astersarte1282]

Nailed it! There’s a lot of great drummers out there but Mr. John Densmore just has that stamp or branding on his drumming that sets him apart.

[@placidcasual9872]

the first thing a good musician does is listen - this sh*t is so perfect because each member of the band is vibbing off each other, serving and supporting each other - the best bands are always more than the sum of their parts

[@michaelkopacz6324]

It's cool the way he keeps playing the ride cymbal. Johns playing propelled the song forward. Excellent drummer.

[@babahow]

I still get shivers up my spine listening to that snare beat, I've never heard anything that quite captures that raw driving energy on record.

[@cobb_thedrummer]

2:53 gotta love the sound of that ride cymbal bell and the drum beat as a whole. Definitely makes that section of the music what it is.

[@brettrosenberg]

tempo dynamics swinging the fills lost art

[@travisbickle2004]

Densmore is incredible, this seems so complex to me especially when the song slows right down and then gradually increases the tempo. Such a rush of adrenaline of a song

[@seagullpoet]

Robbie said - he has since worked with many drummers. John remains the best ✨😛🥁✨

[@caiotupa7904]

thank you very much for posting! John is an amazing drummer! 🥁 The Doors is still alive! 🎶

[@StandardDressing]

Underrated drummer. Amazing, so much feel. John Densmore inspired and instigated the break down in this song and it served it wonderfully

[@anonymousgoat2837]

yes

[@Daniel-tx5vk]

I support your statement, such an underrated drummer

[@silenuic]

lol, no shit

[@TheZappawizard]

All this

[@123zboom]

@@Daniel-tx5vk underrated by whom?

[@stevebuschemi2205]

he has such a great ear for serving the song, greatness...

[@rrrayrrray]

Greatness indeed. I'm sure Rhynes would agree. Ragonk!

[@DannySullivanMusic]

you're right. he kept the song steady but added little ornamentals that served the song beautifully

[@dustinshader7536]

Hard hitting and swinging

[@VictorBarbosaResendiz]

No cabe duda que un maestro Mira qué esta el mismo ritmo y en las imágenes se ve la precisión que mantiene El mejor John Densmore

[@timpricedrums]

This is how drums should always be mixed in a song! What a great feel 👌🏻

[@crisrose521]

This is heaven to listen to as a Densmore fan . Johnny G

[@eliortega1745]

Super Groovy....this is why John Densmore is such a super charged,and meticulous, and stylish and just like no other drummer around. thanks Kiboko.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

very steady but with plenty of personality

[@camronbay1]

When he plays live the sounds out of the drum kit are eerie.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

@@camronbay1 wish I could see them live

[@camronbay1]

@@DannySullivanMusic Oh I agree I played some Doors live on a camping trip around a group at night it definitely got their attention.

[@matteuzs]

clyde stubbelfield might be on the same level

[@alienair1748]

Legendary magic. His feel for the flow is unmatched.

[@marcofioravanti4176]

OMG! That drive of the backbeat! So great!

[@briansandford3596]

Such a pleasure to hear a recording that hasn't been "Pro Tool"ed.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Fantastic demonstration of how the drummer aids the song, leads the song , is sympathetic to the song but most of all makes the song

[@jrosner6123]

Densmore MADE this band. He naturally swings everything, you don't find that in current music.

[@maxwellgordon9868]

Those drums sound phenomenal!

[@radostinvasilev599]

the drums are the time machine for the band, and music is time machine for the ages

[@ronbradshaw7404]

He is so under-rated, ONE GREAT, musical, drummer :)

[@krusher74]

I swear some cock writes "underrated" on every single music video on youtube

[@neilsaunders9309]

@@krusher74 No, they write snarky little posts like yours.

[@phutureproof]

@@krusher74 Agreed you see it on most music videos, but maybe the word cock was a bit much

[@danekeating5224]

@@neilsaunders9309 No, every band and every musician, and every song is so underrated by some cock that first heard these songs three days ago and thinks they are the first person to hear them.

[@neilsaunders9309]

@@danekeating5224 That seems likely to be an over-generalisation.

[@zaccrookmusic]

Absolutely smacking that snare.

[@d36williams]

love that huffy shuffle

[@diegus012]

That snare drum sounds amazing if you crank it up really high!

[@donnacompton4894]

Love this guy’s style. Always have.

[@ianmills5237]

His drum sound alone stands him alone from most drummers of that era.

[@nickmjones]

Completely locked in. No click, no "snap to beat". Just totally on it, with feel and pocket to spare.

[@elementrypenguin3116]

Good drumming. Don’t need to be flashy to be a really good drummer.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Amen

[@jlbaker2000]

Great song, outstanding drummer.

[@fredsavage4925]

man, that loping ride pattern is next to impossible to replicate

[@salvadorrubio3703]

The drumming it's so nice hitting it symmetrical to Morrison's Poetry love The Doors man 🔥 💯

[@edolivmo]

Pure, pure, pure.

[@salvadoralonso6616]

Impresionante , con suben y bajan el ritmo , jugar con las notas 🎶 musicales es solo de maestros de la música 🎶 y sobretodo por que este ritmo 🎶 en su tiempo era desconocido , y estos maestros de la música 🎶 no solo lo crearon de la nada , juagaban con el ritmo 🎶 como lo que eran unos grandes maestros de la música 🎶, the Doors una música para la eternidad 👍

[@AllSpace]

like he said, no drummer no doors, so true he was power behind their great music

[@lcastillo6537]

Great work. A recognition for the drummer

[@sethl.1593]

Best drum sound in rock history.

[@Iarzevego]

The best drum sound ever!

[@mike4619]

He's underrated and he could care less. An extraordinarily talented drummer.

[@daviddockery8962]

Shallex always annoys me

[@prltqdf9]

*_couldn't_* care less

[@ryonchero4401]

It should be.. couldn't care less. But American use of English always makes a mockery of the language.

[@epictetus9221]

Yeah, can we please go back to saying "couldn't" when we mean "couldn't"? This is in the same category as saying "would of" instead of "would have". Just blatantly using wrong words 🙄

[@phutureproof]

Not knowing the difference between could and couldn't is like not knowing the difference between yes and no.

[@katelynneshouse2834]

God I love this song!

[@LordofDublin4]

3:51 - 3:59 , just raises my blood pressure 😎

[@TheZappawizard]

He hit hard with finesse and swung like Babe Ruth.

[@Cpt_Guirk]

Good dynamics on the bass drum.

[@pael8889]

Drumming giant!

[@theswingingdoor2157]

This album, LA Woman, was recorded in a week.

[@ayaxordre2014]

just like the first album

[@jonasmareco2649]

holy shit, for real?

[@zsoltpeter2858]

Much more time needed May be months i think

[@salvadorrubio3703]

Thanks for the knowledge 😊

[@debomb721]

I like the one part with the drums

[@adamx9793]

me too

[@debomb721]

@@adamx9793 no no, the other part with the drums

[@debomb721]

@@adamx9793 you wouldn’t know this part with the drums, it goes to another school

[@larslardan]

Not so good from 7:37 though.

[@DrummingChronicles]

Awesome feel

[@wee-oww]

thats a treasure!!

[@jeffthepoet7]

Dig Densmore's rhythms, especially in the tune's transitions of melodies like Mr. Mojo risin'. Then he picks up the pace like a fast driving engine on an automobile racing down Sunset Strip.

[@johniedebt6522]

I'll say; impressive, most impressive 😳boy sure hope I don't get sued or attacked 😂love ya John ♥️👍🏻

[@davidcastellanos881]

Every guitarist, bassist, drummer and so it's called "underrated". PD, John densmore ES LA MERA VERGA.

[@djevlhelvete]

¡LA MERA PIJA!

[@garygennaro6029]

Remarkable!!

[@joselekiwi5695]

1:05 Gradually increasing dynamics

[@acoolbear]

thanks nice fat sound

[@damianboyd]

So underrated for a jazz drummer er I mean percussionist. Hell it took 40 years for people to understand the doors.

[@thesheeteels8252]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmHZc6OYfcdojbM

[@neilsaunders9309]

And a lot of people - including some who should know better - have yet to catch up!

[@FabioOldTime]

Bonham, Densmore, Mitchell, Moon.. jazzmen in rock was the greatest one

[@matthewwillis4892]

Better feel than any machine.

[@Reala72]

What a fuckin GROOVE!!! Shuffle? Straight eight? 💣

[@vvllvv2010]

thanks Moises .

[@Dan-dz9qi]

16ths on the ride - a MACHINE

[@JoaoFernandes-jf8if]

Tight!

[@dropdtune9199]

recorded before all this "click track" stuff. Tight metronomic time.

[@3replybiz]

They did use click tracks back then.

[@anthonyb924]

Metronomes are over 1000 years old but ok sure

[@dropdtune9199]

@@anthonyb924 and 'click tracks' are not 1000 yrs old

[@anthonyb924]

drop dtune first click track is just a drummer clicking his sticks to a metronome while recording it, then playing it back into headphones while recording their part. This started in the 1930’s

[@sinenkaari5477]

@@3replybiz Doors did not

[@freddiestone9941]

Back in the day every time a new song came out go to Kmart and get the 8track ford fairlane

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Tight

[@misfit2022]

John Densmore had a very distinctive ride cymbal. You just don’t hear that in rock music now. Is that the bass drum on quarter notes, which would later become a Stewart Copeland trademark for Police chorus’s.

[@martinrobinson936]

I think he used a chain on the cymbal, a jazz concept. Do you think that is why it was so distinctive?

[@misfit2022]

@@martinrobinson936 Could be rivets like Elvin. I think he used Paiste 602 and the classic is a thing of beauty. It is a mix of John’s swing, the rivets/chain and an amazing ride cymbal.

[@martinrobinson936]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWman619g62Mirs

[@martinrobinson936]

He discusses the cymbal here, I think you are correct.

[@misfit2022]

@@martinrobinson936 Very interesting and I note he name checks Elvin. Who wouldn’t those triplets Elvin plays are beautiful and then those little one minute drum breaks he liked to throw in such as Black Nile were so good. His work on that Wayne Shorter album has a little bit of everything subtle solos, brushes, wild buzz rolls and as stated by John Densmore, dynamics.

[@willwebbstar7334]

Awesome had me dancing in my underwear at 7:30 am east coast north east pa Scranton the biggest shit hole

[@brianshaddock5483]

Don't like the song, don't like the band, but that's a good drummer right there.

[@jamesheath7601]

3:00 so cool

[@theswingingdoor2157]

Fuck yeah!

[@schkwir]

Does anyone know, if the drums were double tracked?

[@coloringmemories8974]

They weren't, the only double track thing is the voice and sometimes the guitar

[@birkobird]

I don't think they would have even had the available tracks for that, not sure when 16-track recording became widespread.

[@TheMortybob]

Is that bleed from the day of “tracking” the other instruments and vocals..... or is it crosstalk from the other tape tracks/channels? It’s beautiful

[@aicdbckmkemcm]

I would assume it’s bleed. It was recorded live, and in a rehearsal space rather than an actual studio, so though the equipment was very good bleed would be expected

[@iamtheralwus]

His sense of timing is freakish as he works his way back to the original tempo.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

on another level for sure

[@janimakinen5828]

DAVE GOLD LINDHOLM 😉

[@RHR-221b]

@kikobo Excuse my likely ignorance: Do you have John Densmore isolated, playing 'WASP' aka 'Texas Radio and the Big Beat'? Stay free, k. R 🍻 😎 🌠

[@kiboko_drummer]

Sorry, I didn't understand your question.

[@RHR-221b]

@@kiboko_drummer Apologies re any obtuseness, k. The music I am referring to is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5PHdGqhZ7OoatU John Densmore's drumming isolated? R 🤔

[@kiboko_drummer]

No. I don't have such an isolated drum track.

[@RHR-221b]

@@kiboko_drummer 👍

[@rosiemurray2611]

classic 60s rock drummer: sounds like he's hanging on for dear life, but his talented buddies know how to play along to his measures. good enough, and that's what matters.

[@jrosner6123]

He aint hanging on...he is driving the ship-

[@9090Glenn]

John Densmore was a CAPABLE drummer who fit well with The Doors style of music that was DOMINATED by Morrison's vocals and Manzarek's keys - Krieger was an underrated guitarist - few DRUMMERS would consider Densmore a "great" drummer - he was good - his style was supportive and as he himself claimed - attempted to "echo Morrison's vocals" - to be a GREAT drummer it takes MORE than to just be associated with a GREAT band - from a purely talent based criteria Densmore was decent but NOTHING he did on the drums was outstanding - it was fairly rudimentary which is EXACTLY what the songs often called for - a more talented drummer would not likely have worked as it would have distracted from the two main draws - Morrison and Manzarek - lots of Doors fanboys hate to read this but sometimes the truth hurts - in terms of innovation Densmore did not really bring anything new to the table - his playing did incorporate diverse rhythms from other genres - mostly jazz but some others such as Latin as well - but he did NOT invent or introduce those - his style was a bit qwerky - at times he would keep a simple steady beat but at others he was purely improvising off of Morrison's vocals - you can hear this best on When The Music's Over - I suppose you could claim that as talent but Kreiger did this also and so did Manzarek at times ... and MANY other musicians before Densmore - it was NOTHING new and in terms of the level of sophistication you can hear in Jazz improvisation you would claim it was "simplistic" - hey it still SOUNDS good but to be a GREAT drummer you simply need to do MORE - MORE OFTEN AND NEW - aka Stewart Copeland - John Bonham - Keith Moon - Neil Peart - Danny Carey - Jeff Porcaro - Ginger Baker et al - these guys broke boundaries for drummers - don't misread this - if you put Neil Peart in Densmore's place it would NOT WORK - not because he cannot play the EXACT SAME drum patterns Densmore did but because he would overshadow the "stars" of the band - EGO is a BIG thing in bands - Densmore fit because he was willing to play a SUPPORTIVE "stay in the background" role within the band that did NOT need anything more than what Densmore brought to the table - put Densmore into The Who and guess what - he could NOT technically fill that role ! - the required level of drumming exceeded what he was capable of playing you needed a TALENT like Keith Moon for that band - and YES Moon was GREAT - not just because The Who was great ... so in short evert GREAT drummer here could easily technically play anything Densmore ever played but it is unlikely Densmore could technically play MOST of what these great drummer played - get it ? - sure it is not all about complexity - Charlie Watts played "simple" but his groove was GREAT - otherworldly

[@9090Glenn]

"drums only" sounds like MORE THAN DRUMS to me - WTF DUDE - only def: and no one or nothing more besides; solely. alone of its or their kind; single or solitary.

[@tsarwicc5116]

snare drum Slight

[@Slimjim260]

Can’t see him PLAYING????

[@drtimoshea4087]

not isolated at all

[@laboratoriocelular1894]

uiuiui o batera tocou uma caixa fraca e uma forte uiuiuiui ta um pouco fora do tempo ali uiuiui

[@Zenbuck2]

How does his drumming sound so good when it hasn't been digitally quantized in the mix like todays percussion? I don't get it. Everyone knows human's can't keep a groove without a computer's help to make it sound right. /s

[@maness2112]

Might as well be a drum loop.

[@olliebeak131]

Meh...

[@thesheeteels8252]

I like the song. The drums in isolation sound really uninspired to me. I like Densmore on loads of other tracks. But this is mild curio at best. I can’t hear the swing other people are mentioning. He’s got a lead foot on this take and the ride sounds rushed and fussy. I like the break at the three minute mark, sounds like he woke up for about forty seconds. Then we get some missed beats and sloppy rolls. Crazy Horse would be proud.

[@johnswan6759]

Well said. It aint all that. Avarage at best

[@retlaw190]

True but he served the song like most Doors song. Nothing wrong with that.

[@fp387]

Totally disagree!

[@KiddiAgnars]

Try playing this song. Nothing easy about it.

[@johnswan6759]

@@KiddiAgnars Ive never had a problem with it and having checked out your chanel I dont think you would either.🙂 BTW your kit sound on Cars and Girls is fantastic.👍👍👍

[@rillloudmother]

wow, so sloppy.