Robby Krieger

Guitarist Robby Krieger, born on January 8, 1946 in Los Angeles, gave the Doors sound with his talent for wild bottleneck slides, experimental solos and infectious grooves. But he was also an important songwriter for the band and wrote some of their biggest hits – most notably their mesmerizing number one hit “Light My Fire”.

Before the Los Angeles-born warrior took up the guitar at the age of 17, he guitar he studied trumpet and piano. The inspiration for switching to the guitar did not come from rock’n’rollbut from Spanish flamenco music. However, his first guitar idol was jazz legend Wes Montgomery.

After Jim Morrison’s death in 1971 warriors, Manzarek and Densmore continued as a trio. They released two more albums as The Doors before disbanding in 1973. A few years later, however, they got back together to record music to the poems that Morrison had recorded shortly before his death. The result was released in 1978 as the album “An American Prayer”.

Krieger was successful as a jazz guitarist and recorded a handful of albums with the Robby Krieger Band in the 1970s and 1980s. Albums such as “Versions” (1983) and “No Habla” (1986) show his versatility. “I think playing guitar is probably the only thing that gets better with age,” he says. Robby Krieger was included in Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Best Guitarists of All Time”.