{"id":55222,"date":"2026-01-09T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/the-doors-robby-krieger-john-densmore-revisit-riders-on-the-storm\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:05:42","slug":"the-doors-robby-krieger-john-densmore-revisit-riders-on-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/the-doors-robby-krieger-john-densmore-revisit-riders-on-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doors&#8217; Robby Krieger, John Densmore Revisit &#8216;Riders on the Storm&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFifty-five years after recording <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-doors\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-doors\" data-tag=\"the-doors\">the Doors<\/a> classic \u201cRiders on the Storm,\u201d surviving band members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-densmore\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-densmore\" data-tag=\"john-densmore\">John Densmore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/robby-krieger\/\" id=\"auto-tag_robby-krieger\" data-tag=\"robby-krieger\">Robby Krieger<\/a> have come back together to recreate the song with musicians from across the globe, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lukas-nelson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lukas-nelson\" data-tag=\"lukas-nelson\">Lukas Nelson<\/a>, Micah Nelson, Don Was, Rami Jaffee, Sierra Ferrell, and Aaron White, as part of Playing For Change\u2019s annual<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/playingforchange.com\/shows\/songs-around-the-world\"> Songs Around The World<\/a> project. Check out the video right here, which was helmed by Playing For Change founder Mark Johnson.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Riders on the Storm ft. The Doors | Song Around The World | Playing For Change\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GSiuMgKmiyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:819px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-border-a-2\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/819)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-align-items-center\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-a-font-body-xs lrv-u-margin-t-050 lrv-u-text-align-center\">Guigo Foggiatto*<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/steve-miller-fly-like-eagle-playing-for-change-1235271592\/\">\u201cFly Like An Eagle,\u201d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/robbie-robertson-the-weight-ringo-starr-video-885980\/\">\u201cThe Weight,\u201d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/stephen-marley-gilberto-gill-no-woman-no-cry-1235130960\/\">\u201cNo Woman No Cry,\u201d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/yusuf-cat-stevens-peace-train-playing-for-change-1229904\/\">\u201cPeace Train,\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/john-paul-jones-re-record-when-the-levee-breaks-1278309\/\">\u201cWhen The Levee Breaks.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketweb.com\/event\/robby-krieger-of-the-doors-whisky-a-go-go-tickets\/14012944?pl=wagg\">special 80th birthday show<\/a> at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/robby-krieger-john-densmore-riders-on-the-storm-1235495608\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-five years after recording the Doors classic \u201cRiders on the Storm,\u201d surviving band members John Densmore and Robby Krieger have come back together to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}