“You know, another jazz drummer, Ed Thigpen, who played with Oscar Peterson way back - it was the first time I ever heard rivets in a cymbal. And then I heard that Chico Hamilton had them too, and I went, 'Oh, that's it. I'm taking that for my sound.' And it worked well on 'Riders On The Storm,' so that's one thing.”

American musician

John Paul Densmore is an American musician best known as the drummer for the rock band the Doors. He was born in 1944 and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Densmore played on every recording the Doors made, and his drumming drew on jazz and world music as well as rock and roll. With the band, he also shared honors including a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.