JOHN DENSMORE
John
Densmore- An original and founding member of the musical group The Doors,
John 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.
Although John is very proud of these achievements, what gives him a lot of satisfaction these days is giving back to those who inspired him along the way. He was a major supporter for Amnesty International for several years in the ‘70’s. He has been actively involved in the ecology movement for twenty years. African-American musicians were his mentors, so he has set up a scholarship fund at UCLA for minority students. He has been made an honorary member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for setting up a propane fund after the "worst winter in recorded history" (1997).