{"id":803414,"date":"2020-01-24T07:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T14:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=942289"},"modified":"2020-01-24T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T14:26:59","slug":"john-densmore-robby-krieger-reunite-for-doors-performance-to-help-california-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/john-densmore-robby-krieger-reunite-for-doors-performance-to-help-california-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"John Densmore, Robby Krieger Reunite for Doors Performance to Help California Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two surviving members of the Doors<\/a> gathered an eclectic group of friends and peers Thursday, for a special one-night-only reunion performance at a charity concert in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

John Densmore<\/a> and Robby Krieger<\/a> were joined on stage by Nirvana\u2019s Krist Novoselic<\/a> on bass for the first-ever \u201cHomeward Bound\u201d concert, a fundraising event for PATH (People Assisting the Homeless), a non-profit focused on affordable housing and services for the homeless population in California.<\/p>\n

Densmore and Krieger were supported on the bill by Ingrid Michaelson, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Jason Mraz, along with an American Idol<\/em> reunion of sorts, with sets by Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips, Season 16 winner Maddie Poppe, and Season 17 runner-up Alejandro Aranda (now known as Scarypoolparty). But it was clear who the audience came to see.<\/p>\n

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Reunited: #TheDoors<\/a>\u2019 John Densmore and Robby Krieger tear it up with @jacmnelson3<\/a> at the #HomewardBound<\/a> concert in LA benefitting @pathpartners<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4FQqxBtUaI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Chan (@mrtimchan) January 24, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Backed by a four-piece band that included Novoselic, and Willie Nelson\u2019s youngest son, Micah Nelson<\/a>, on guitar, Densmore and Krieger played a tight, 20-minute set before a sold-out crowd at The Wiltern. The two had teased surprise guests filling in for the late Jim Morrison on vocals (\u201cOur singer is in Paris,\u201d Densmore quipped), and they didn\u2019t disappoint, bringing out Eurythmics\u2019 Dave Stewart<\/a> and his daughter Kaya to open with \u201cHello, I Love You,\u201d off The Doors\u2019 third studio album, Waiting for the Sun<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another American Idol<\/em> alum, Haley Reinhart, took the stage next, showing off her chops on a one-two punch of \u201cCrystal Ship\u201d and \u201cPeople Are Strange.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis next tune is kind of prophetic for what this night is about,\u201d Densmore said, before inviting \u201cthe tantrum dude,\u201d Michael Fitzpatrick from Fitz and The Tantrums, on stage to perform \u201cRiders on the Storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Into this house we\u2019re born<\/em>
Into this world we\u2019re thrown<\/em>
Like a dog without a bone<\/em>
An actor out on loan<\/em><\/p>\n

The short set ended with Nelson trading licks with Krieger, and former Canned Heat harmonica player Stanley Behrens, on The Doors\u2019 classic 1970s B-side, \u201cRoadhouse Blues,\u201d before the performers gathered center stage for a final bow. Turning the attention back to the evening\u2019s cause, Krieger thanked the crowd for coming and half-joked that the next time he\u2019d be playing, it would be a free show for the homeless. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the concert went to PATH. The event also included a live auction, with two guitars signed by all the performers fetching a total of $17,000.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s \u201cHomeward Bound\u201d show was billed as Densmore and Krieger\u2019s first performance in 20 years, though the two appeared together as recently as 2017, when they accepted the Founders Award at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. 2020 marks the 55th anniversary of the band\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n

\"Densmore<\/p>\n

Densmore and Krieger backstage.
Photograph by Jesse Lirola for Rolling Stone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The two surviving members of the Doors gathered an eclectic group of friends and peers Thursday, for a special one-night-only reunion performance at a charity concert in Los Angeles. John Densmore and Robby Krieger were joined on stage by Nirvana\u2019s Krist Novoselic on bass for the first-ever \u201cHomeward Bound\u201d concert, a fundraising event for PATH […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-24 19:52:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}