dfor the bandmmer, john densmore, the ensuing years have been a continued artistic exploration-- one that has eacluded music, but also a venture into theng of creative fulfillment. newshour weekend's christopher booker recently spoke with densmore about his new boors "the see ♪ ♪ >> reporter: at this point, the doory of the doors is familiar, whether in booksmentaries or hollyod movies. the band's astonishingly short, meteoric rise and run has been well covered.e ♪ f one, baby one in five ♪ no one here gets out alive, now ♪ and while drummer john densmore has long played a role in that storytelling-- his own 1990 memoir, "riders on the storm" was a "new york times" erstseller-- his new book, "the se meetings with remarkable musicians," is an attempt to understand the forces that make a story like the doors even possible. >> it's pretty interesting stuff, this creative road and what we've learned and what it all means. >> reporter: released last month, the book offers what densmore calls "notes on how to live creatively on planet earth." writing about his inspiration and artistic motiv