Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Feb 25, 2005 12:30:41 GMT
We have all watched legends of rock either live or on DVDs but where exactly does Robby Krieger rank with these people?
Never one to dress up as a schoolboy and duck walk across stage or spandex flares and stick a flying V in his crotch Robby was a rare breed of 'lead' guitar player in that you rarely noticed him for Ray Manzareks keyboard except when he chose to chip in with a killer piece of guitar brilliance and then by gum you knew he was there.....so what do you guys think of RK as a guitar legend?...... genius or fool, too trippy for his own good or possibly one of the most thoughtful inovative guitar players of the modern age.?
101 Unsung Guitar Heroes -- as voted by the readers
ROBBY KRIEGER - In Jim's shadow during the singer's life, Krieger tellingly wrote Light My Fire and took over vocals after Morrison's death.
Melding classical, Indian, blues and flamenco styles, Krieger's rich, sensual tapestries provided the perfect foil for Jim Morrison's shamanistic posturings and Manzarek's overbearing keyboards.
DID YOU KNOW? As a schoolboy he traded his classical guitar for a Gibson SG after seeing Chuck Berry in concert
'Guitarist' pick: The Doors (1967)
You say: A truly underrated improvisor - his solo sets are stunning.
Adrian Mawhinney
GUITARIST Magazine October 2004
Freakout!! The Essential Guitar Guide to Psychedelia
The Doors Waiting For The Sun (1968)
Guitarist Robby Krieger is a classic example of a '60s player applying acoustic techniques to electric guitar and coming up with something new. Though he knew a fair amount about rock and blues, Krieger chose to largely ignore these common touchpoints, instead concentrating on his main loves, Spanish flamenco and jazz guitar heroes like Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell and Larry Carlton. Hey presto: a genuinely distinctive style of playing the Gibson SG, spidery and elastic, with a strong sense of rhythm -- a necessity, since The Doors had no bass player.
In fact, Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek shared bass duties between them, which made the rare upper-fretboard excursions and bottleneck moments all the tastier. It was only on the band's third album, after 1967's two long-players, The Doors and Strange Days, that Krieger really came into his own, finding a way past keyboardist Ray Manzarek and the histrionics of Jim Morrison on neat guitar tunes like Spanish Caravan. These days, Krieger composes film soundtracks, has released several jazz-fusion albums and concentrates on his golf handicap.
from Guitar Magazine June 2002 -
Guitar Legends - Special Collectors Issue
Modern rockers pick their all-time favorite Hendrix songs
ROBBY KRIEGER: Purple Haze
"The Doors were in New York doing a TV show with (famed NYC deejay) Murray The K, and he brought us up to his office after the shoot and said, 'Hey, I gotta play something for you guys. Ever heard of Jimi Hendrix?'
'Well, no ...'
So he put this record on, and I just couldn't believe it. People call The Doors psychedelic, but this was true psychedelic music. To me, Hendrix was the guy who was able to convey the feeling of the LSD experience in his music, whereas most people who took acid, like the Grateful Dead, played terribly. They may have been having fun, but nobody else got it."
Special Collectors from Guitar World
Never one to dress up as a schoolboy and duck walk across stage or spandex flares and stick a flying V in his crotch Robby was a rare breed of 'lead' guitar player in that you rarely noticed him for Ray Manzareks keyboard except when he chose to chip in with a killer piece of guitar brilliance and then by gum you knew he was there.....so what do you guys think of RK as a guitar legend?...... genius or fool, too trippy for his own good or possibly one of the most thoughtful inovative guitar players of the modern age.?
101 Unsung Guitar Heroes -- as voted by the readers
ROBBY KRIEGER - In Jim's shadow during the singer's life, Krieger tellingly wrote Light My Fire and took over vocals after Morrison's death.
Melding classical, Indian, blues and flamenco styles, Krieger's rich, sensual tapestries provided the perfect foil for Jim Morrison's shamanistic posturings and Manzarek's overbearing keyboards.
DID YOU KNOW? As a schoolboy he traded his classical guitar for a Gibson SG after seeing Chuck Berry in concert
'Guitarist' pick: The Doors (1967)
You say: A truly underrated improvisor - his solo sets are stunning.
Adrian Mawhinney
GUITARIST Magazine October 2004
Freakout!! The Essential Guitar Guide to Psychedelia
The Doors Waiting For The Sun (1968)
Guitarist Robby Krieger is a classic example of a '60s player applying acoustic techniques to electric guitar and coming up with something new. Though he knew a fair amount about rock and blues, Krieger chose to largely ignore these common touchpoints, instead concentrating on his main loves, Spanish flamenco and jazz guitar heroes like Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell and Larry Carlton. Hey presto: a genuinely distinctive style of playing the Gibson SG, spidery and elastic, with a strong sense of rhythm -- a necessity, since The Doors had no bass player.
In fact, Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek shared bass duties between them, which made the rare upper-fretboard excursions and bottleneck moments all the tastier. It was only on the band's third album, after 1967's two long-players, The Doors and Strange Days, that Krieger really came into his own, finding a way past keyboardist Ray Manzarek and the histrionics of Jim Morrison on neat guitar tunes like Spanish Caravan. These days, Krieger composes film soundtracks, has released several jazz-fusion albums and concentrates on his golf handicap.
from Guitar Magazine June 2002 -
Guitar Legends - Special Collectors Issue
Modern rockers pick their all-time favorite Hendrix songs
ROBBY KRIEGER: Purple Haze
"The Doors were in New York doing a TV show with (famed NYC deejay) Murray The K, and he brought us up to his office after the shoot and said, 'Hey, I gotta play something for you guys. Ever heard of Jimi Hendrix?'
'Well, no ...'
So he put this record on, and I just couldn't believe it. People call The Doors psychedelic, but this was true psychedelic music. To me, Hendrix was the guy who was able to convey the feeling of the LSD experience in his music, whereas most people who took acid, like the Grateful Dead, played terribly. They may have been having fun, but nobody else got it."
Special Collectors from Guitar World
