Shaman's Blues (track) by The Doors
Year: 1969
From the album The Soft Parade (track #3)


Shaman's Blues appears on the following album(s) by The Doors:
- The Soft Parade (track #3) (this album) (1969)
- Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine (track #3) (compilation) (1972)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #35) (compilation) (1999)
- Box Set (track #47) (compilation) (1997)
- Perception (track #45) (compilation) (2006)
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This is more like the Doors of the first two albums. Nice guitar from Krieger and interplay with keyboards. This is a Morrison composition and one of the best tracks on the album.
The album suddenly takes a different turn.
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