See the last living members of the doors now, at 77 and 76
Comrades John Densmore and Robby Krieger disagreed with each other.
The doors were one of the most important groups of the 1960s and the 1970s, but their time together was shorter than you think. The group has only existed for eight years, their career receiving two years after the tragic death of the main singerJim Morrison In 1971. After that, the remaining members continued to play - sometimes together, sometimes solo, and sometimes with other groups. KeyboardRay Manzarek died in 2013 at 74, and today there are only two remaining members ofthe doors, guitaristRobby Krieger and drummerJohn Densmore.
Krieger and Densmore are still active in music today. And, after a fall involving a trial linked to the doors, they are now back on good terms. Read the rest to find out more about Krieger and Densmore today.
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Krieger and Densmore played together after the doors were no longer active.
After the death of Morrison, Krieger and Densmore began the Butts Band in 1973. The group released two albums and dissolved in 1975. In 1978, the three remaining members of the doors met and leftAn American prayer, in which they defined recordings of the poetry of Morrison's word to music.
Krieger continued to get out of solo music.
Krieger, now 76 years old, earns his life as a musician since his door is part of the doors. In addition to founding the Butts Band, he released several solo albums over the years - the most recent,The ritual begins at sunset, was released in 2020. He also recorded and played as a guitarist with other groups, including Fuel and Alice in Chains.
In the early 2000s, Krieger and Manzarek began to perform as the 21st century doors, but after the use of the group name was challenged by Densmore, they started calling their Manzarek-Krieger group.
In 2021, Krieger released his book,Put fire at night: live, die and play the guitar with the doors.
He is married and has a son.
Krieger was married to his wifeLynn Krieger Since 1970, and theycelebrated their 50th wedding anniversary two years ago. The couple has a son,Waylon Krieger, who is also a musician and played with Krieger.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"It was great," said KriegerPeople in 2021 onMake music with her son. "We have been doing it for six or eight years. He has played in my group Robby Krieger, but now he's the singer. He's really great. It's incredible. I think maybe a part of the Jim's soul could have jumped into him. "
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Densmore expressed its creativity in various ways.
After the Butts group, Densmore was involved in the theater as an actor, musician, writer and producer. He also started the Tribaljazz group.
Densmore, 77, has concentrated a lot of time on writing and wrote three books as well as articles for various publications, according toSon website. Autobiography of Densmore,Riders on the Storm, was released in 1990; his bookDoors: Déstauc, about his legal disputes with his colleagues member of Doors, was released in 2013; And in 2020, he publishedResearchers: meetings with remarkable musicians (and other artists).
Like Krieger, he is also a father.
Densmore was married twice: atJulia Brose From 1970 to 1972 then to the actorLeslie Neale in 1990. He had two children. In 2020,He mentioned his children In a written song forThe The Wall Street newspaper.
"Today, I live in Santa Monica in a craftsman built in 1921. I moved into the three-bedroom house 30 years ago," he wrote. "I love it here. I'm not far from the ocean. The mountains are just behind me and I go hiking up there all the time. My two adult children have moved, so it's a bit tall . "
Group members were opposed to certain legal issues.
Densmore faced Kriger and Manzarek on their use of the name of the 21st century group and on their support to allow Doors Music to be under license for commercial use. Densmore was categorically against the music used in advertisements, and the domain of Morrison took on the side of him.
In 2013, Densmore declared toLos Angeles Times that he could haveStart repairing things With his group comrades before Manzarek's death.
"Healing between me and Ray and Robbie had already started before Ray's passage, and that is good," he said. "When I heard that Ray was sick, I called him and we had a nice closure, thank God."
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