The legendary co-founder of The Doors, Ray Manzarek and the critically acclaimed slide/blues guitarist Roy Rogers have put their artistic minds together and have truly created a captivating new duet album for Friday Music entitled Ballads Before The Rain... The nine instrumental works that make up this debut album are sonically some of the finest recordings to be released this year, and we are very proud to have both of these fine gentlemen on board with this incredible new release....

1967年9月25日，乐队推出第二张专辑Strange Days，借着第一张专辑的气势，这张专辑在2周后就上升Billboard榜的第4位，在以后几周内，The Doors的两张专辑都在排行榜的前10位。这张专辑中仍延续了第一张专辑的风格。充满幻想意味的Moonlight Drive以阴沉介绍式的低呤开头，节奏明快的Love Me Two Times，都是The Doors的名曲，最后一首又是长达11分钟的歌曲When the Music´s Over 。Jim Morrison幽暗地唱到，当音乐结束时，一切都已结束。不再有宏大的舞台，不再有欢呼的人群。不再有诗歌，不再有迈阿密姑娘。不再有凯鲁亚克和金斯伯格，不再有兰波和魏伯伦。不再吸毒，不再酗酒，不再乱交。因为我已进入死亡之门。通过这首歌曲就可以看出对于Jim Morrison来说摇滚代表的就是诗歌，而诗歌却与生命相连。