L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band The Doors, released in 1971. It tragically became their final album featuring their iconic frontman, Jim Morrison, before his death in Paris.

The 1971 record contains some of the band's most famous tracks, including the energetic Love Her Madly and the driving title track L.A. Woman. The album also features the epic, blues-heavy seven-minute track Riders on the Storm.

The album features a distinctly raw, blues-rock sound, moving away from the psychedelic keyboard-heavy production of their 1960s records. This gritty feel was partly because they recorded it in their own workshop studio rather than a traditional high-end recording facility.

Unlike previous Doors albums where keyboardist Ray Manzarek played the basslines on a Fender Rhodes piano bass, L.A. Woman featured a traditional session bassist. The band hired Jerry Scheff, who was famous for playing in Elvis Presley's TCB Band, to provide the driving bass lines.