You should do a forgotten keymasters about Ray Manzarek like you did about Ian Stewart! Playing keys plus bass keys and sometimes flat-out singing the whole show because Jim was too inebriated. Epic musician!
After years of listening to the Doors, then going back to them after years of not, I think American Prayer is the best thing they ever did in spite of the scrapbook collage creation of it.
I think so as well. I remember the first time I listened to it. As soon as "Awake" started, it had a very unusual feeling to it. I was just sitting there, staring at the wall with my mouth open, not even listening to the words. Further down in album I was just stunned with all the atmosphere, creativity and the spirit. The idea of poems getting crossed with music still bogles my mind and I haven't seen any other album made in this style that was made that great. Later, I wrote a 14 page long essay regarding it, which discussed and told the biography of Jim. After that, I started to appreciate it even more, due to the fact that all of the poems were rewritten manually, keeping the same placement as in the vinyl copy (it contains all of the poems found in the album). For anybody interested in The Doors and unique music in general this album is a must.
thanks . RK is magic .. the slide guitar on "moonlight drive " , riif of "roadhouse blues , love me two times..." , etc etc etc etc solo , jazzy , spanish , bluesy , rock ... Brilliant Guitarist
Mark Landstrom…do you remember where in Covina, CA you saw the Doors? I live in Covina now, June 2021, I’d be interested to see if the venue is still around. Thanks for your comment.
@@lgp4960 It was the Carousel Theater - a 360 degree "in the round" arrangement. It was right off the freeway near the old May Co. Shopping Center. As I remember, Jim climbed on stage and threw a bottle of Jack Daniel's to the side. He was ready to rock! (and so was Robby of course)
Robby brought something unique to the table. He was like no other Rock guitarist at the time, what with his cool mixture of Jazz and Flamenco influences. Listen to Carlos Santana's leads on "Black Magic Woman". I definitely hear a strong Krieger influence. Robby's 1982 album Versions is one of my all-time favorites.
Four guys - and just putting all the hype to one side - musically worth more than the sum of their parts and creating fantastic sounds from such diverse influences. Still unique.
Very nice presentation, especially because Krieger often doesn't get his due. May I nitpick? I think you should have mentioned his unique fingernail/flamenco style which no one else in rock or blues ever did. Plus I think you kind of skipped over his flamenco influences. Also, Robby didn't buy his flamenco guitar in Mexico, his father bought it for him in Spain. One more, Jim didn't "overhear" Robby playing slide, it was Robby's first session with the Doors. But, great presentation and thanks for showcasing Robby Krieger.
@@gmc1284 I was not really a big fan of Fleetwood Mac or Buckingham although I recognize his many talents and impressive achievements. Was not familiar with his right hand style but have since looked into it. He said it was basically a "Travis" picking style that he probably jazzed up somewhat. Great style. But not really anything like Krieger, which was all fingernails and flamenco based, look at pictures of his fingers and LB's, totally different. Like Mark Knopfler, also plays with his fingers, but all his own style. Jeff Beck also does but they are mostly not the same. That being said, I wish I had a little of LB's estimated $100 million fortune.
Krieger is the reason I picked up the guitar in the first place (coincidentally around 16-17 like him). Easily my biggest inspiration on the guitar and a true songwriting genius. This video did him justice. Thank you for sharing my love of Krieger with other guitar lovers!
Great video, bloke. Such a natural and great guitarist; one of the real gems of the late sixties early seventies. The Doors are one of my real all time favourite bands and Robbie's guitar work is a big factor in that. He really knew/knows how to play such a plethora of styles really well. He's a really humble and downplayed type of guy from the interviews that I've seen. You're really onto a winner with this formula. Thanks for the upload.
Now, here's someone who got the balls to dive deep into the genius of the criminally underrated musicians like Robby Krieger. Awesome! Krieger's experimental proto/quasi prog style definitely paved the way for many.
Robby Krieger is my first Guitar hero. Hearing the Doors for the first time and hearing How Robby could transform a simple blues, Jazz, or Flamenco styled song into a Moody Masterpiece is what inspired me to go down the path I'm on.
I mean, I usually think of Ray first. I just think he looked cooler than Morrison. Something about his look, I really liked it, almost reminds me of a less wild, clean cut Warren Zevon.
4:29 sign - 'Blues - Rock - Soul' and to that you can add psychedelic. They were all that, which is why, they are one of the greatest bands of all time. Hopefully, they are not forgotten - their music is too good to be forgotten!
Robbie isn't a forgotten fret master though ,He's had 1 albums in the jazz charts and is well respected by fans all over the world 🌎 Legendary fret master would be a better description
I love Robbie's sound. I'm no musician so I don't quite know how to say it... he just has a touch, and timing, and just floats it up there for you to ride. He was on fire on LA Woman album - he was really on his game!
Robbie was/is a magnificent musician. He has never got the acclaim that he truly deserved. Check out his explosive riffs on "When The Music's Over." It is a classic, one of the best songs the Doors made. As for "Waiting For The Sun", an overlooked gem. Many guitarists would give their eye-teeth to play like that.
The Doors really were 4 powerhouses including Morrison, they all filled out the band in such a unique and inspired way. Much like Zeppelin and the Beatles, the whole is greater than the sum of their parts.
When I first started playing, I wasn't satisfied with my playing until I could start to mimic the Spanish Caravan opening. The flamenco influence was inspirational to me.
Another guitarist from that period who had his own style is Jorma Kaukonen of of the Jefferson Airplane and later Hot Tuna. Jorma Kaukonen never got the recognition he deserved.
So great to see someone feature Robby's guitar playing. As you said, he didn't play like anybody else at that time. The same could also be said of Manzarek and Densmore. While Morrison provided the poetic mystique, the Doors wouldn't have been half as amazing without the three musicians. A truly unique sound! I saw them live in 68 in Philly (supported by my then favorite Philly band, the Mandrake Memorial), and that performance still stands at the top of great live shows I've seen. Thanks for the great video!
I would love to see an episode on country / rockabilly session guitarist Grady Martin. He played on hundreds of hit records, and worked with A-Listers including Patsy Cline, Elvis, Marty Robbins and others. He had a great knowledge of the fretboard and was super versatile but unfortunately being a session guitarist his name isn't mentioned as much. My favorite work of his is the records he cut with Johnny Burnette and his Trio in the mid 50's.
Robby Krieger just seems like a really cool dude aside from the music, truly inspiring to see his influence on the band, I will be listening to his riffs till the day I die
Another great production, I went to the memorial auditorium in Sacramento to see the doors in the '60s Jim Morrison never showed up, I was waiting outside when his band walked out disgusted.
Moonlight Drive is an excellent song...whenever I see the moon rising on the horizon over the ocean here in So Florida - this song comes to mind immediately..it looks so damn easy to swim to the moon - especially if you're high...
Thank you for your insightful videos! Keep up the good work! Robby said he probably wouldn't have gone into rock and roll if it hadn't been for Paul Butterfield going electric. The harmonica riff in The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "Mellow Down Easy" inspired Robby's legendary guitar riff for "Break on Through".
Great show, but I think you said that Robby was homebound during the pandemic and was 68 at the time. The pandemic started a year and a half ago. He's 75 now.
One of the baddest guitar players in music history period! This cat has an authentic and unique sound. He's also quite versatile. Blues, psychedelia, rock n roll, jazz, flamenco, funk, r&b, Indian, you name it! Robby Krieger can do it all! Oh yeah, he's also a songwriting genius as well. Unfortunately, he's also extremely underrated. I highly recommend his last album The RITUAL BEGINS AT SUNDOWN. It's a jazz-rock masterpiece. Also, check him out live if you can. He's a living icon, and he fuckin' jams!
"Krieger lit the fire". Good writing. Can't pick fav album. Some songs are good through whole span. First questioned music. Then read about Morrison. Fascination ensued. Then "heard" the music. Krieger wrote best stuff. When The Music's Over.Touch Me. Light Fire.Strange Days,Soft Parade,etc.Can see Morrison's intelligence in lyrics."Successful hills" are a biological state. "Cancel my subscription to the resurrection." Religious denial. Another great video.
I will never forget blaring out Peace Frog in on a Sunday morning in 73-74 and hearing My Dad react. A dude of the 50.s, hearing that was too much. Yes, I got major static from that. But I can recall my Dad saying Rah Rah Rah, sis boom bah in the mid 60's, recalling his high school days, and MC5 sang that on High School. Being in/from Detroit it felt like symmetry, with MC5 and Stooges both being signed by same label. I wish it was 1970 again. I remember where I was and what I was doing when Detroit radio announced Morrison's death.
So many Doors records to observe Robbies prowess. Quite good. After the doors in LA i had moved. This was just outside the 70's. The DJ's on the radio were cut loose. There was new technology on the horison. New music on the horison and the old music was killer enough. Timeless and a lot of it (music that is) the Doors being essentially a local band and had produced a lot of records I have a big Doors vocabulary. Krieger has quite the command of the guitar and there are a lot of tunes that exemplify his capability. Fingerpicking. Any note anywhere anytime,... Something else. The SG. It needs to be played a certain way kind of and his fingerpickng affords him a delicate touch. Otherwise the SG kind of breaks up. His touch complements that guitar he plays. Im sure he realizes this. Very Good
Rob wrote the lyrics and music to most of their huge mega hits. Everyone just ASSuMES Jim wrote all of it just because. But hey Nikki Sixx writes 90% of all of Motley Crues lyrics and music. Same with Steve Harris in Iron Maiden and the list goes on. Peace my friend.
Here before but as a kid of 10 in '67, loved The Doors. Been thinking of "Light My Fire" Robbie's solo 'nary a bend' until the end. Line copped from a break down of Denny Dias' electric sitar solo for Steely Dan's "Do It Again". India's suffering now but modal playing was inspiring then. Just a scale. Lydian ? what ever it was worked.
Just read the book "Set The Night On Fire " by Robbie Kreiger and after reading just about every book on the doors it's one of the best and gave me a great inside look from Robbies perspective just when I thought I couldn't learn anymore on the doors ....man....The Doors.....won't ever be another band like em and the music these days seem commercialized, scared, controlled and plastic compared to that era.
This isn't really about Robbie Krieger, the "fretmaster". This is more like a synopsis of Robbie Krieger with the Doors. In the future, it might be a good idea to actually include some FRETWORK in your video. I did buy Robbie Krieger's album, Robbie Krieger and Friends" and it was unlistenable. And as far as "Spanish Caravan" goes, there's scarcely anything original about it as pretty much the entire track is a note for note copy of an elementary guitar lesson that I had to learn when I studied the instrument. He could not play flamenco guitar. Krieger was good with the Doors, but that's it. It's as though he stopped taking the instrument seriously as soon as the Doors ended. Too bad. Once again, if you're going to talk about fretwork, try including some in your video.
The guitar shown around 5:28 is not a Melody Maker but an SG Special. Although there were Melody Makers in SG shape, those looked way different and never had P90 pickups. Starting at 10:04 and 12:25, Robbie is also seen with a second version Special with the large pickguard. Anyway, I'm a big Doors fan myself and Robbie is one of rock guitar's great stylists who approached things in a slightly different manner than most and helped to create some iconic music doing so.
Here before again. Dave Meniketti is worth a look. Killer in the early '70s (halloween dance i didn't attend) to Yesterday And Today st litterlary changing my life to playing in a little cover band nick named Y&T II. Not great but we tried. Dave's still here, thank goodness. all there is.
Pretty great but i think Lonnie played the solo for Roadhouse Blues. I could be wrong :) also, the p-90 SG was a Special. Thanks for the installment, though.
Lonnie played bass...Robby Krieger is responsible for all guitar parts on "Roadhouse Blues"....Morrison shouts "Do it, Robby, do it!" Great song and very diverse set of songs on Morrison Hotel.
Robbie's autobio is the most honest book about the Doors. A lot of the stories about the band were highly exagerrated. Even the story about the car commercial the band wanted to do in the 60's. Morrison was mostly pissed the band made the decision without him and less about "selling out". And the oliver stone movie is a joke. No evidence whatsoever that Jim set a closet on fire with Pam inside for example. It wasn't even a rumor that happened.
It’s odd that he used a black beauty for slide and an sg for his regular stuff. It’s odd for two reasons first is the sg is known as the quintessential slide guitar amongst all guitars but surely amongst Gibson’s because of the flat fretboard and the easier access to the upper frets. The other is (and if you’ve ever played an sg you know what I mean) they’re shifted over to the left. They’re not a guitar many people interchange with. You’re kind of either an sg player or not. You rarely see sg players playing anything else live because it takes a minute to get used to unlike any other guitar. You can go from a barbell neck to a thin neck, Humbuckers to single coils from sing to song mo problem but when you put the sg on it’s like wow wait a second here. They’re great I live them but they’re not easily swapped live. So to play an sg as your main axe and then switch to a guitar that’s less equipped to play slide on is just odd to me. You think he would have just had another sg with higher action
I like what you are doing on this channel, But I don't think RK is "forgotten". to me he is a very not forgotten fret master, Tommy Bolin? yeah you could call him forgotten because people often do not make video's about him and he is under the radar for far more people than Robbie will ever be.
I kind of agree with you. LOL. This one was kind of a labor of love though my dad‘s favorite band is The Doors. But I definitely feel that Robbie has not gotten the credit he deserves a songwriter because most people think that Jim wrote all the songs.
Krieger introduced Morrison to his father, a NASA engineer, early on in the band's formation. After seeing Morrison, Krieger's dad told Robbie sometime later: You guys are going to need a criminal attorney.
Kreigers 1st guitar was stolen. The recording space was their workshop where they met daily, it wasn't rented for the purpose of recording. It was their rehearsal studio.
I agree with Robby's statement about style etc. Play someone else's tunes, but ALWAYS play your own music (do the tune your way). Copying another musicians style is just being a mechanical musician, without any sole. It is and always was clear that Robby Krieger had the sole. ;-)
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You should do a forgotten keymasters about Ray Manzarek like you did about Ian Stewart! Playing keys plus bass keys and sometimes flat-out singing the whole show because Jim was too inebriated. Epic musician!
that only happened once- where ray sang the whole show.
@@clancykobane9102 he did it after he pissed his life too...
@@pigeonman1134 .g"
I saw Ray Manzerak around '77 with a Jim Morisson look a-like.He was awful!
How can anyone forget Ray Manzarek?
Anyone who can do a blusey solo on Road House Blues , a jazzy solo on Riders , then play flamenco on Spanish Caravan is an automatic legend .
And when he plays the guitar live so amazing.
Very true. He's way up there as one of the best.
Robby is an incredible guitarist. He is never showy and just lets the music and his amazing talent speak for itself. Such a humble classy man!
This man is one of the all-time greats. Is there a guitarist hall of fame?
The single most underrated guitarist in the history of rock music.
"An American Prayer" is an AWESOME record.
After years of listening to the Doors, then going back to them after years of not, I think American Prayer is the best thing they ever did in spite of the scrapbook collage creation of it.
I think so as well. I remember the first time I listened to it. As soon as "Awake" started, it had a very unusual feeling to it. I was just sitting there, staring at the wall with my mouth open, not even listening to the words.
Further down in album I was just stunned with all the atmosphere, creativity and the spirit. The idea of poems getting crossed with music still bogles my mind and I haven't seen any other album made in this style that was made that great.
Later, I wrote a 14 page long essay regarding it, which discussed and told the biography of Jim. After that, I started to appreciate it even more, due to the fact that all of the poems were rewritten manually, keeping the same placement as in the vinyl copy (it contains all of the poems found in the album).
For anybody interested in The Doors and unique music in general this album is a must.
I still have an unopened LP I bought when first released..Long ago..
You got that right ,the entire Album is a Classic!
thanks . RK is magic .. the slide guitar on "moonlight drive " , riif of "roadhouse blues , love me two times..." , etc etc etc etc solo , jazzy , spanish , bluesy , rock ... Brilliant Guitarist
I saw The Doors in Covina, CA in 1967. Krieger's guitar playing was SCARY good!
i wish technology was advanced enough to share memories. i'd give a lot to see the doors live
Im jealous
I envy you
Mark Landstrom…do you remember where in Covina, CA you saw the Doors? I live in Covina now, June 2021, I’d be interested to see if the venue is still around. Thanks for your comment.
@@lgp4960 It was the Carousel Theater - a 360 degree "in the round" arrangement. It was right off the freeway near the old May Co. Shopping Center.
As I remember, Jim climbed on stage and threw a bottle of Jack Daniel's to the side. He was ready to rock! (and so was Robby of course)
If Jim was the Lizard king - Robby was the Chameleon King, he could adapt to anything and bring style to it.
Yes - It wasn't just the Lizard King.
Robby brought something unique to the table. He was like no other Rock guitarist at the time, what with his cool mixture of Jazz and Flamenco influences.
Listen to Carlos Santana's leads on "Black Magic Woman". I definitely hear a strong Krieger influence.
Robby's 1982 album Versions is one of my all-time favorites.
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Four guys - and just putting all the hype to one side - musically worth more than the sum of their parts and creating fantastic sounds from such diverse influences. Still unique.
I saw the Doors Isle of Wight. How I miss those times. Jim a genius but Robby was unbelievable!! Without Robby the Doors would never had made it.
One of the best and most underrated guitarist of all time
Very nice presentation, especially because Krieger often doesn't get his due. May I nitpick? I think you should have mentioned his unique fingernail/flamenco style which no one else in rock or blues ever did. Plus I think you kind of skipped over his flamenco influences. Also, Robby didn't buy his flamenco guitar in Mexico, his father bought it for him in Spain. One more, Jim didn't "overhear" Robby playing slide, it was Robby's first session with the Doors. But, great presentation and thanks for showcasing Robby Krieger.
Right. And it still seems to me in this clip that Robby is again forgotten as a sideman to Jim and others.
Lindsay Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac played the same way.
@@gmc1284 Oh, I never heard that, but would still prefer Krieger!
@@jkmorrison1013 me too Robbies the man but watch Buckingham play he has a similar style both are very talented.
@@gmc1284 I was not really a big fan of Fleetwood Mac or Buckingham although I recognize his many talents and impressive achievements. Was not familiar with his right hand style but have since looked into it. He said it was basically a "Travis" picking style that he probably jazzed up somewhat. Great style. But not really anything like Krieger, which was all fingernails and flamenco based, look at pictures of his fingers and LB's, totally different. Like Mark Knopfler, also plays with his fingers, but all his own style. Jeff Beck also does but they are mostly not the same. That being said, I wish I had a little of LB's estimated $100 million fortune.
When someone asks me "who is the most underrated guitar player?" I answer with my favorite guitar player and then they ask me "who is Robby Krieger?"
.... and that, my friend, is why I do this.
Krieger is the reason I picked up the guitar in the first place (coincidentally around 16-17 like him). Easily my biggest inspiration on the guitar and a true songwriting genius. This video did him justice. Thank you for sharing my love of Krieger with other guitar lovers!
I was a late starter as well and I remember one of my first riffs I learned was “Roadhouse Blues.” Memories.
@@TheGuitarHistorian pplp
easily in my top 3 favorite guitarists. Robby is a genius
ahhhhhh he is my favourite guitarist, thank you SO MUCH for doing this!
Manzarek used a Rhodes KeyBass, a regular Fender Rhodes type bass instrument. His feet had nothing to do with it.
Great video, bloke. Such a natural and great guitarist; one of the real gems of the late sixties early seventies. The Doors are one of my real all time favourite bands and Robbie's guitar work is a big factor in that. He really knew/knows how to play such a plethora of styles really well. He's a really humble and downplayed type of guy from the interviews that I've seen.
You're really onto a winner with this formula. Thanks for the upload.
Got to see Robbie and Ray play together about a year before Ray passed away. Robbie is the real deal.
Anyone see Robbies lessons during lockdowns? They were great.
That was excellent. Many thanks for taking the time to make this one about Robbie Krieger.
I remember reading that Krieger and Densmore were in a band called the Psychedelic Rangers. I'm surprised you didn't mention that.
Now, here's someone who got the balls to dive deep into the genius of the criminally underrated musicians like Robby Krieger. Awesome! Krieger's experimental proto/quasi prog style definitely paved the way for many.
I Think guitar work on the Doors albums was stellar.
Robby Krieger is my first Guitar hero. Hearing the Doors for the first time and hearing How Robby could transform a simple blues, Jazz, or Flamenco styled song into a Moody Masterpiece is what inspired me to go down the path I'm on.
The Doors are included in the short list of American bands that represented a time and place. CCR and the Allman Brothers Band are a couple more.
Along with Grand Funk RR
The Dead 💀 Airplane ✈️ Quicksilver
Great band - great guitarist
I mean, I usually think of Ray first. I just think he looked cooler than Morrison. Something about his look, I really liked it, almost reminds me of a less wild, clean cut Warren Zevon.
4:29 sign - 'Blues - Rock - Soul' and to that you can add psychedelic. They were all that, which is why, they are one of the greatest bands of all time. Hopefully, they are not forgotten - their music is too good to be forgotten!
Robbie isn't a forgotten fret master though ,He's had 1 albums in the jazz charts and is well respected by fans all over the world 🌎 Legendary fret master would be a better description
I love Robbie's sound. I'm no musician so I don't quite know how to say it... he just has a touch, and timing, and just floats it up there for you to ride. He was on fire on LA Woman album - he was really on his game!
Peace Frog 😎
Truly a great guitarist.
Another great vid! You're at only 20K subscribers now, but I'll bet you'll have 100K+ by this time next year!!!
Robbie was/is a magnificent musician. He has never got the acclaim that he truly deserved.
Check out his explosive riffs on "When The Music's Over." It is a classic, one of the best songs the Doors made. As for "Waiting For The Sun", an overlooked gem.
Many guitarists would give their eye-teeth to play like that.
Waiting for the sun is fantastic!
RK’s favorite solos were both in When the Music’s Over, at the same time!
The Doors really were 4 powerhouses including Morrison, they all filled out the band in such a unique and inspired way. Much like Zeppelin and the Beatles, the whole is greater than the sum of their parts.
When I first started playing, I wasn't satisfied with my playing until I could start to mimic the Spanish Caravan opening. The flamenco influence was inspirational to me.
Another guitarist from that period who had his own style is Jorma Kaukonen of of the Jefferson Airplane and later Hot Tuna. Jorma Kaukonen never got the recognition he deserved.
Wes Montgomery was a jazz musician not a blues man.
So great to see someone feature Robby's guitar playing. As you said, he didn't play like anybody else at that time. The same could also be said of Manzarek and Densmore. While Morrison provided the poetic mystique, the Doors wouldn't have been half as amazing without the three musicians. A truly unique sound! I saw them live in 68 in Philly (supported by my then favorite Philly band, the Mandrake Memorial), and that performance still stands at the top of great live shows I've seen. Thanks for the great video!
What venue did you see them in, Bob?
@@TheGuitarHistorian The Philadelphia Arena, now long gone. Kind of a barn, as I recall.
Who could ever forget any of The Doors!?!?!
Robby is one of the GOAT guitarists
Maybe I missed it, but I didn't hear you allude to Robby's right-hand technique. A few hints: Lindsey Buckingham and Jeff Beck.
Yeah... sometimes when I’m writing a script I just accidentally omit things. That was my bad.
I would love to see an episode on country / rockabilly session guitarist Grady Martin. He played on hundreds of hit records, and worked with A-Listers including Patsy Cline, Elvis, Marty Robbins and others. He had a great knowledge of the fretboard and was super versatile but unfortunately being a session guitarist his name isn't mentioned as much. My favorite work of his is the records he cut with Johnny Burnette and his Trio in the mid 50's.
Not forgotten.
Light my fire
Robby Krieger just seems like a really cool dude aside from the music, truly inspiring to see his influence on the band, I will be listening to his riffs till the day I die
Another great production, I went to the memorial auditorium in Sacramento to see the doors in the '60s Jim Morrison never showed up, I was waiting outside when his band walked out disgusted.
You should do one of these on Alvin Lee. He's an outstanding blues player and could play insanely fast.
Well researched and presented, and interesting, thank you for posting this!
Please please please do one of these on BeBop Deluxe guitar ace Bill Nelson... he never got the fame he richly deserved.
Great guitarist
He’s next up!! Did you notice the new Be Bop Deluxe record on my wall?
@@TheGuitarHistorian Thanks! lol, I had not noticed that. :)
Thank you once again.
Splendid presentations and very interesting/informative content.
Be well, stay bold sir.
Moonlight Drive is an excellent song...whenever I see the moon rising on the horizon over the ocean here in So Florida - this song comes to mind immediately..it looks so damn easy to swim to the moon - especially if you're high...
I'm happy to see Ray and Robbie getting the recognition they deserve!
He ain't in his late Sixties, he's seventy five mate!
Thank you for your insightful videos! Keep up the good work!
Robby said he probably wouldn't have gone into rock and roll if it hadn't been for Paul Butterfield going electric. The harmonica riff in The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "Mellow Down Easy" inspired Robby's legendary guitar riff for "Break on Through".
Great show, but I think you said that Robby was homebound during the pandemic and was 68 at the time. The pandemic started a year and a half ago. He's 75 now.
Yeah I’m not sure how I got his age so wrong. I think I must have read an old article and maybe didn’t realize it was old? Stupid of me.
I saw Robbie krieger sit in with a band in trumansburg ny at the grassroots festival..... shit... probably 1998? Details are fuzzy....
for my money Robbie is one of the top two or three rock band guitarists of the best five years in rock!
One of the baddest guitar players in music history period! This cat has an authentic and unique sound.
He's also quite versatile. Blues, psychedelia, rock n roll, jazz, flamenco, funk, r&b, Indian, you name it! Robby Krieger can do it all!
Oh yeah, he's also a songwriting genius as well.
Unfortunately, he's also extremely underrated. I highly recommend his last album The RITUAL BEGINS AT SUNDOWN. It's a jazz-rock masterpiece.
Also, check him out live if you can. He's a living icon, and he fuckin' jams!
"Krieger lit the fire". Good writing. Can't pick fav album. Some songs are good through whole span. First questioned music. Then read about Morrison. Fascination ensued. Then "heard" the music. Krieger wrote best stuff. When The Music's Over.Touch Me. Light Fire.Strange Days,Soft Parade,etc.Can see Morrison's intelligence in lyrics."Successful hills" are a biological state. "Cancel my subscription to the resurrection." Religious denial. Another great video.
I will never forget blaring out Peace Frog in on a Sunday morning in 73-74 and hearing My Dad react. A dude of the 50.s, hearing that was too much. Yes, I got major static from that. But I can recall my Dad saying Rah Rah Rah, sis boom bah in the mid 60's, recalling his high school days, and MC5 sang that on High School. Being in/from Detroit it felt like symmetry, with MC5 and Stooges both being signed by same label. I wish it was 1970 again. I remember where I was and what I was doing when Detroit radio announced Morrison's death.
Glad to see your growth!
So many Doors records to observe Robbies prowess. Quite good. After the doors in LA i had moved. This was just outside the 70's. The DJ's on the radio were cut loose. There was new technology on the horison. New music on the horison and the old music was killer enough. Timeless and a lot of it (music that is) the Doors being essentially a local band and had produced a lot of records I have a big Doors vocabulary. Krieger has quite the command of the guitar and there are a lot of tunes that exemplify his capability. Fingerpicking. Any note anywhere anytime,... Something else. The SG. It needs to be played a certain way kind of and his fingerpickng affords him a delicate touch. Otherwise the SG kind of breaks up. His touch complements that guitar he plays. Im sure he realizes this. Very Good
" 'cuz I'm a Doors fan".
Rob wrote the lyrics and music to most of their huge mega hits. Everyone just ASSuMES Jim wrote all of it just because. But hey Nikki Sixx writes 90% of all of Motley Crues lyrics and music. Same with Steve Harris in Iron Maiden and the list goes on.
Peace my friend.
Here before but as a kid of 10 in '67, loved The Doors.
Been thinking of "Light My Fire"
Robbie's solo 'nary a bend' until the end.
Line copped from a break down of Denny Dias' electric sitar solo for Steely Dan's "Do It Again".
India's suffering now but modal playing was inspiring then.
Just a scale. Lydian ? what ever it was worked.
Just read the book "Set The Night On Fire " by Robbie Kreiger and after reading just about every book on the doors it's one of the best and gave me a great inside look from Robbies perspective just when I thought I couldn't learn anymore on the doors ....man....The Doors.....won't ever be another band like em and the music these days seem commercialized, scared, controlled and plastic compared to that era.
0:00 First person? The Doors released two albums without Jim... (in 1971 and 1972. )
You must certainly do Marc Bolan in detail. Look how many good albums he had (pre-72) with what appears to be minimal guitar abilities...amazingly so.
This isn't really about Robbie Krieger, the "fretmaster". This is more like a synopsis of Robbie Krieger with the Doors. In the future, it might be a good idea to actually include some FRETWORK in your video. I did buy Robbie Krieger's album, Robbie Krieger and Friends" and it was unlistenable. And as far as "Spanish Caravan" goes, there's scarcely anything original about it as pretty much the entire track is a note for note copy of an elementary guitar lesson that I had to learn when I studied the instrument. He could not play flamenco guitar. Krieger was good with the Doors, but that's it. It's as though he stopped taking the instrument seriously as soon as the Doors ended. Too bad. Once again, if you're going to talk about fretwork, try including some in your video.
The guitar shown around 5:28 is not a Melody Maker but an SG Special. Although there were Melody Makers in SG shape, those looked way different and never had P90 pickups.
Starting at 10:04 and 12:25, Robbie is also seen with a second version Special with the large pickguard.
Anyway, I'm a big Doors fan myself and Robbie is one of rock guitar's great stylists who approached things in a slightly different manner than most and helped to create some iconic music doing so.
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Here before again.
Dave Meniketti is worth a look.
Killer in the early '70s (halloween dance i didn't attend) to Yesterday And Today st litterlary changing my life to playing in a little cover band nick named Y&T II. Not great but we tried.
Dave's still here, thank goodness. all there is.
Pretty great but i think Lonnie played the solo for Roadhouse Blues. I could be wrong :)
also, the p-90 SG was a Special.
Thanks for the installment, though.
Lonnie played bass...Robby Krieger is responsible for all guitar parts on "Roadhouse Blues"....Morrison shouts "Do it, Robby, do it!" Great song and very diverse set of songs on Morrison Hotel.
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Robby Krieger is one of the best American rock guitarists ever and was nearly as consummate as Steve Howe.
I once broke the Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow album by stepping on it.
Soft spoken Robbie ❤ original style without a doubt
You know your great Robbie!!
Robbie's autobio is the most honest book about the Doors. A lot of the stories about the band were highly exagerrated. Even the story about the car commercial the band wanted to do in the 60's. Morrison was mostly pissed the band made the decision without him and less about "selling out". And the oliver stone movie is a joke. No evidence whatsoever that Jim set a closet on fire with Pam inside for example. It wasn't even a rumor that happened.
this was an excellent appraisal of Robbie's work, nice one! I'd love to see your review of Tony Hicks from The Hollies.
Love the Doors, great improvisational band.
Robby Krieger is without a doubt the Main Legend amongst 3 Legends and an Icon behind the Doors IMO
It’s odd that he used a black beauty for slide and an sg for his regular stuff. It’s odd for two reasons first is the sg is known as the quintessential slide guitar amongst all guitars but surely amongst Gibson’s because of the flat fretboard and the easier access to the upper frets. The other is (and if you’ve ever played an sg you know what I mean) they’re shifted over to the left. They’re not a guitar many people interchange with. You’re kind of either an sg player or not. You rarely see sg players playing anything else live because it takes a minute to get used to unlike any other guitar. You can go from a barbell neck to a thin neck, Humbuckers to single coils from sing to song mo problem but when you put the sg on it’s like wow wait a second here. They’re great I live them but they’re not easily swapped live. So to play an sg as your main axe and then switch to a guitar that’s less equipped to play slide on is just odd to me. You think he would have just had another sg with higher action
In the studio versions of their songs Carol Kaye played Fender bass. Atleast that’s what she claims.
Awesome vid , really enjoyed !!👍
I like what you are doing on this channel, But I don't think RK is "forgotten". to me he is a very not forgotten fret master, Tommy Bolin? yeah you could call him forgotten because people often do not make video's about him and he is under the radar for far more people than Robbie will ever be.
I kind of agree with you. LOL. This one was kind of a labor of love though my dad‘s favorite band is The Doors. But I definitely feel that Robbie has not gotten the credit he deserves a songwriter because most people think that Jim wrote all the songs.
Krieger introduced Morrison to his father, a NASA engineer, early on in the band's formation. After seeing Morrison, Krieger's dad told Robbie sometime later: You guys are going to need a criminal attorney.
Both Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzerek wrote most of the Doors songs.
You forgot to mention Lonnie Mack played bass on Roadhouse Blues.
Kreigers 1st guitar was stolen. The recording space was their workshop where they met daily, it wasn't rented for the purpose of recording. It was their rehearsal studio.
When I was in my teens I just never appreciated the Doors. Still don’t.
We liked your closing remarks... thank you for this my friend.
So a show on a forgotten guitarist named Bill Connors. And then maybe on David Torn.
i like this guys comment (below) .he seems like he knowswhat hes talking about!! i bet he's been a Doors fan since the70s!!!
Very cool,Allways love Robbie's playing
The Doors are the best U.S band during the 60's ... Along with the Dead..
I agree with Robby's statement about style etc. Play someone else's tunes, but ALWAYS play your own music (do the tune your way). Copying another musicians style is just being a mechanical musician, without any sole.
It is and always was clear that Robby Krieger had the sole. ;-)
He never played barefoot
Enjoyed. Never thought of them as a guitar band and never internalized that they had not bass player. That's hard.