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Discussion on: Music Monday — What are you listening to? (Rock Edition 🤘)

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Yesterday morning while I was getting ready for work and doing dishes, I popped on this live performance by The Doors and was reminded how original they were and just how incredible they could be live...

There's no bassist, just Ray Manzarek's gifted left hand hammering out bass lines on the keys, while his right hand twinkles along the high keys. Loving the drum fills and all around psyhedelic jazzy style of John Densmore! Robby Krieger's bluesy guitar riffs noodling along nicely with everybody. And finally, the charismatic Jim Morrison's percussive baritone and unhinged screams pair so nicely with the strange, carnival blues his fellow bandmates are conjuring up. One thing that really strikes me about what they do here is the dynamics — how they deftly move from quiet to loud and back again.

I'll stop jabbering... hope y'all enjoy it!