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Western music
Townes Van Zandt at the Borderline, London (Photo by Ian Dickson/Shutterstock)
The List
04.14.25
4 Classic Country and Western Songs That Tell a Sad Story in the Best Way
By
Melanie Davis
American rock group The Doors L-R Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Jim Morrison pose for an Electra Records publicity still circa 1967. (Photo by Electra Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Behind The Song
12.20.24
The Doors Used This Classic Western Ballad for “Riders on the Storm,” and I Can’t Unhear It
By
Melanie Davis
