"I was a teenager when I heard this come on and I know 'What I Say' was the most sexual song I've still ever heard. The drummer on this record played this symbol beat that I couldn't do."Watch this moment
What's In My Bag № 861
John Densmore (The Doors)
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Ep #861 ·
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What John Densmore (The Doors) said · 4 records
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"Giant Steps rearranges brain cells. Elvin, his drummer, was my idol in the early days."Watch this moment
"Stan Getz and João Gilberto, bossa nova was coming up from Brazil when we were first rehearsing. I went, I'm going to steal that beat and make it faster. Break On Through came from here."Watch this moment
"After Talking Book, Stevie did Songs in the Key of Life, masterpieces three or four masterpieces."Watch this moment
Everything in the bag
9 records · pulled off the shelves at Amoeba Hollywood
Ray Charles In Person
Ray Charles
1960
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis
1959
Know What I Mean?
Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans
1961
Out of the Cool
Gil Evans
1961
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
1960
Three Ragas
Ravi Shankar
1956
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz & João Gilberto
1964
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
1972
Axis: Bold As Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
1967
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