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"Riders on the Storm" is a song by American rock band the Doors, released in June 1971 by Elektra Records as the second single from the band's sixth studio album, L.A. Woman. It is known for being the last song that Jim Morrison recorded prior to his sudden death in Paris on July 3, 1971.
According to Densmore in his biography Riders on the Storm, individual writing credits were noted for the first time because of Morrison's reluctance to sing the lyrics of Krieger's song "Tell All the People". Morrison's drinking made him difficult and unreliable, and the recording sessions dragged on for months.
L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on April 19, 1971, by Elektra Records.It is the last to feature lead singer Jim Morrison during his lifetime, due to his death exactly two months and two weeks following the album's release, though he would posthumously appear on the 1978 album An American Prayer.
Manzarek–Krieger was an American rock band formed by two former members of the Doors, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, in 2002.They were also known as "The Doors of the 21st Century", "D21C", and "Riders on the Storm" after the Doors song of the same name.
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Riders in the Sky included a version on their debut album Three on the Trail released by Rounder Records Group in 1979. [16] An instrumental version by the Shadows reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1980. [17] The Outlaws included a recording on their 1980 album Ghost Riders that omitted the last verse.
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"L.A. Woman" has been viewed as Morrison's "final goodbye" to Los Angeles, before his move to Paris, France. [10] The song's lyrics draw inspiration from John Rechy's transgressive novel City of Night, published in 1963, [11] [12] while its title is expressed as a metaphor, personifying L.A. (Los Angeles) as a woman. [4]