Riders on the Storm

June 1971

Riders on the Storm is a song by The Doors from 1971 from the album LA Woman. Was composed the piece by John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison. The single was released in June 1971 and included on the B - side of the play The Changeling. She came to the U.S. to # 14 in the singles chart in Germany at number 28 and in the UK at number 22

The inspiration for the song was the piece ( Ghost ) Riders in the Sky:. A Cowboy Legend by Stan Jones from the 1948 Riders on the Storm contains thunder and rain effects and mimicked Ray Manzarek on a Fender Rhodes sounds after the rain.

Riders on the Storm is partly based on the story of Billy Cook gunman who killed hitchhikers as a whole family. Alternatively, the text is attributed to a French surrealist poetry of the thirties, the " Chevalier de l' Ouragan " (about " tab of the hurricane " ) by Louis Aragon.

The song was recorded with the participation of Bruce Botnick, the longtime engineer and co-producer of the recording in the " Doors Workshop" in December 1970. The main voice comes from Jim Morrison, who once whispered the text on the recording to produce a haunting effect. Riders on the Storm was the last song, collected by the Doors together.

The album version had a playing time of seven minutes and nine seconds, the single was a shortened version with a playing time of four minutes and 35 seconds.

Cover versions

• Annabel Lamb coverte the song in 1983.
• Published in 2001, Nils Landgren 's Funk Unit a radio version on the album Fonk da World.
• Ray Manzarek in 2006 published a jazzy version of the song on his album Atonal Head with Bal on.
• John Densmore also played a jazzy version of a project with its Tribal Jazz.
• Snoop Dogg took a version of Need for Speed: Underground 2 on.
• The Dave Matthews Band coverte the song several times.
• In 2008, the Western Metal band Dezperadoz coverte the song on their album An Eye for an Eye.
• The group grup coverte the song at concerts and on the album grubs live ( 1994).
• Published in 2000 Yonderboi his debut album Shallow to Profound with a cover version of the song.
• The group Creed coverte the song at the Woodstock festival in 1999 and for the tribute album, which was dedicated to the Doors: Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors from 2000.
• Go Home Productions, a project of the Englishman Mark Vidle, 2005 produced a Mash - Up Mix entitled Rapture Riders. This remix joined Riders on the Storm with the song Rapture of the group Blondie.
• In the published September 21, 2010 studio album Guitar Heaven by Carlos Santana is a cover version, which he recorded together with Chester Bennington and Ray Manzarek.
• During the 2009 released album Legend of the Black Shawarma of Psytrance duo Infected Mushroom a remix of the song is included.