10:45 p.m.
Jim Morrison, The Doors -- The guy was one of the best musicians who ever lived. I listened to his music, when I was growing up, not knowing any names, or what they were singing about or how it was made. I saw Koshitha and Seshi play Need for Speed Underground 2 in 2004, this played with Snoop. It's majestic. Snoop Lion. The sound is so -- it's like a trance. This evolved out of a jam session when the band was messing around with “Ghost Riders In The Sky,” a cowboy song by Stan Jones. It was Jim Morrison’s idea to alter the title to “Riders On The Storm.” The rain is made from the electric piano. There’s a whisper voice on ‘Riders on the Storm,’ if you listen closely, a whispered overdub that Jim adds beneath his vocal. That’s the last thing he ever did. An ephemeral, whispered overdub. This was the last song Jim Morrison recorded. He went to France and died a few weeks later. The single was released in June, 1971, shortly before Morrison’s death.
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The Doors - Riders On The Storm
