Ενα τραγουδι των Doors.

"Riders on the Storm"
is a popular 1971 song by The Doors
from the L.A. Woman album.


Reaching number 14 on the charts,
it still receives considerable radio air play,
especially when the weather forecast calls for rain or a storm.



The song was inspired by the song
"Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend".
It incorporates thunder and rain sound effects
and Ray Manzarek's Fender Rhodes electric piano playing
which emulates the sound of rain.



It is played in E Dorian mode
(almost identical to the E Minor scale).


Riders on the Storm
is also the title of an autobiographical book
written by Doors member John Densmore,
and the name of Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger's Doors tribute band
(formerly called D21C and Doors of the 21st Century
before Densmore's lawsuit forced them to drop the famous name).



"Riders on the Storm"
is loosely based on the notorious spree killer Billy Cook
who posed as a hitchhiker and murdered an entire family.



According to a widespread urban legend
the song was conceived as an allusion to a tragic accident
caused by his father's reckless driving,
ending in several deaths of Navajo tribesmen
as his car hit a truck where they were traveling;
an alternative version refers the lyrics' inspiration
to a 1930s French Surrealist poem Chevaliers de l'Ouragan
(lit. "Riders of the Hurricane")
by André Breton or Aimé Césaire.


The song was recorded at the Doors Workshop
in December 1970 with the assistance of Bruce Botnick,
their longtime engineer who was coproducing the recording sessions.


Jim Morrison recorded his main vocals
and then whispered the lyrics over them
to create the haunting effect.



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σε ενα καταπληκτικο ποστ
με τον τιτλο
Riders on the Storm.

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