KRIEGER, ROBBY

Robert Alan "Robby" Krieger
(* 8. Januar 1946)
ist ein US-amerikanischer Musiker.
Er war Gitarrist bei der Gruppe The Doors.

Für The Doors schrieb Krieger auch einige Songs, darunter Light my fire und Runnin' Blue. Nach dem Tod von Jim Morrison übernahm Krieger die Rolle des Frontsängers. Der Erfolg blieb jedoch aus.

Nach der Auflösung von The Doors im Jahr 1973 gründete Krieger seine eigene Band, The Robby Krieger Band. Sie wurde aber nach kurzer Zeit wieder aufgelöst.

Krieger spielte später bei verschiedenen Aufnahmen von Blue Öyster Cult Gitarre. In den 70er und 80er Jahren machte er sich auch als Jazz-Gitarrist einen Namen.

2002 formte er zusammen mit Ray Manzarek, dem ehemaligen Keyboarder von The Doors, die alte Band wieder. Wegen Meinungsverschiedenheiten zwischen den ehemaligen Mitgliedern aber unter dem Namen The Doors of the 21st Century. Die Band heißt mittlerweile Riders on the Storm, da John Densmore den Prozess gegen seine ehemaligen Bandkollegen um den Namen gewonnen hat. Unterstützt werden die beiden von Ian Astbury (The Cult) als Sänger und Ty Dennis als Schlagzeuger, nachdem für diesen Part zunächst Stewart Copeland von The Police vorgesehen war.

Robert Alan Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. He was the guitarist in the rock band The Doors, and wrote some of the band's best known songs including 'Light My Fire', 'Love Me Two Times', 'Touch Me' and 'Love Her Madly'.

He is number 91 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

Biography

Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Avenue
Atherton, CA 94027

Krieger learned to play guitar when he attended the Menlo School (a boarding school in the San Francisco Bay Area). He started by tuning a ukulele like the bottom four strings of a guitar and imitating a flamenco guitar record. Later he purchased a flamenco guitar on a Christmas vacation in Puerto Vallarta in 1963 and mastered the style without benefit of lessons. He gradually grew tired of playing flamenco guitar and helped form a jug band called the Back Bay Chamberpot Terriers with Bill Wolff (later of the Peanut Butter Conspiracy).

He formed The Doors with keyboard player Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and vocalist Jim Morrison. Krieger's unique approach to electric guitar playing (playing fingerstyle), his eclectic musical tastes, and occasional but strong songwriting helped establish the Doors as a highly successful rock phenomenon in the '60s.

After the death of Morrison in 1971, the Doors continued as a trio and released two albums, Other Voices and Full Circle. Krieger shared lead vocal duties with Manzarek. After The Doors disbanded in 1973, Krieger formed The Butts Band with drummer Densmore. His talent was such that he enjoyed some success as a jazz guitarist after his initial tenure with the Doors, recording a handful of albums as The Robby Krieger Band in the 1970s and '80s, including Versions (1983) and No Habla (1986).

He played guitar on a few tracks by Blue Öyster Cult and reformed the Doors in 2002 with Manzarek and vocalist Ian Astbury. At one time, the reformed band also included ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland.

Diskografie

Mit The Doors

* 1967: The Doors
* 1967: Strange Days
* 1968: Waiting For The Sun
* 1969: The Soft Parade
* 1970: Morrison Hotel
* 1971: L.A. Woman
* 1971: Other Voices
* 1972: Full Circle
* 1978: An American Prayer

Solo und Diverse:

* 1974: The Butts Band
* 1977: Robby Krieger & Friends
* 1982: Versions
* 1989: No Habla
* 1993: The American Motorcycle Soundtrack
* 1995: Robby Krieger Organization Live
* 2000: Cinematix

Leon Hendrix / Robbie Krieger of 'The Doors'