{"id":402409,"date":"2026-01-09T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402409\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:21:07","slug":"the-doors-robby-krieger-john-densmore-revisit-riders-on-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402409\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doors’ Robby Krieger, John Densmore Revisit ‘Riders on the Storm’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFifty-five years after recording the Doors<\/a> classic \u201cRiders on the Storm,\u201d surviving band members John Densmore<\/a> and Robby Krieger<\/a> have come back together to recreate the song with musicians from across the globe, including Lukas Nelson<\/a>, Micah Nelson, Don Was, Rami Jaffee, Sierra Ferrell, and Aaron White, as part of Playing For Change\u2019s annual Songs Around The World<\/a> project. Check out the video right here, which was helmed by Playing For Change founder Mark Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cVocally, Lukas Nelson filled Jim Morrison\u2019s leather pants quite well!\u201d Densmore says in a statement. \u201cRay would be proud of the way Rami Jaffee \u2018channeled\u2019 the piano solo. Mark Johnson masterminded a beautiful video.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdds Krieger: \u201cSeeing musicians from different cultures come together around this song means a lot. Playing For Change is doing important work to unite people across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOther artists on the track and video include William Barton (Didgeridoo), Boboulaye Sissokho (Kora), Macarena Montesinos (Cello), Guarani Andeva Group (Percussion), Iron Cult Dancers (Dancers), Izzana Jaa (Vocals), Ezequiel Acosta (Bandone\u00f3n), and Erik Prevost David (Trumpet).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMuch has been said about the poetic side of The Doors,\u201d says Don Was, who plays bass on the recording. \u201cHowever, I can also testify to the depth of their swing and the swagger of their pocket. John and Robby\u2019s groove is the secret sauce of their success.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tOver the past two decades, Playing For Change has teamed up with icons like Keith Richards, Robbie Robertson, Bono, Buddy Guy, David Crosby, Steve Miller, Tom Morello, Ringo Starr, Bunny Wailer, and many others, racking up over two billion YouTube views. Songs to get the Playing For Change Treatment have included \u201cFly Like An Eagle,\u201d<\/a> \u201cThe Weight,\u201d<\/a> \u201cNo Woman No Cry,\u201d<\/a> \u201cPeace Train,\u201d<\/a> and \u201cWhen The Levee Breaks.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Doors, meanwhile, spent the past year celebrating the group\u2019s 60th anniversary. Densmore is largely retired from the road, but Krieger continues to keep the band\u2019s music alive on concert stages. On March 28, he\u2019s holding a special 80th birthday show<\/a> at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fifty-five years after recording the Doors classic \u201cRiders on the Storm,\u201d surviving band members John Densmore and Robby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,213741,14021,136,213742,166783],"class_list":{"0":"post-402409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-john-densmore","12":"tag-lukas-nelson","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-robby-krieger","15":"tag-the-doors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}