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The Belly-Up Tavern
143 S. Cedros
Solana Beach, CA 92075
February 1993 FREE News Letter
Q & A WITH ROBBY KRIEGER
By: Mark Mecalis
Q. The Doors have been considered an important group in rock history for a long time. How does the confirmation of this fact by your recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame affect your feelings about the legacy of the Doors?
A. Well, now at first I thought that the Hall Of Fame was kind of a hokey deal you know. I’d heard people say that it was never really going to become an actual building and all that. But I happened to be in Cleveland recently and I saw the plans and it’s all really coming together and it seems like its going to be a really cool deal and I think that the Doors being in the Hall Of Fame really verifies the fact that we do mean something and that it wasn’t all for nothing.
Q. You were technical advisor for Oliver Stone’s “THE DOORS”. Were you happy with the accuracy of the film?
A. It’s funny, in some ways they really tried to be totally right on accurate you know. Like they even had old photographs of us and they made the clothes to look exactly like what we actually wore, the detail was unbelievable. But then they went ahead and did some weird shit like the part when Jim starts a fire in Pam’s closet – it never happened, they made that stuff up for dramatic effect I guess.
Q. You’re coming to the Belly Up Tavern February 4th with your current group. Can you tell our readers what they can expect musically from you in the show?
A. Well I don’t want to give it away – but, there will be some Doors music for sure. And then there will be some of my original stuff – instrumental stuff and it’s kind of jazz rock. Also we do some standards – some blues and some, like for instance we do our own version of “So What” a Miles Davis song. We’ve got Dale Alexander on drums who used to play with Prince, he’s from Minneapolis, and an organ player who also plays the bass pedals named Skip Van Winkl he’s from Detroit and used to play with Bob Seger (and also worked with Ted Nugent, Bonnie Raitt and Billy Idol.)
Q. The 60’s were a politically charged era with the youth of America, shall we say disenchanted with their representation in government. Now in 1993 we have the first President of the United States from your generation. First are you surprised? And second do you feel that the “spirit of change” from the 60’s contributed to our current change in government?
A. I’m happy with it, sure. I think – hell, we had it all happening in the 60’s with the Kennedy’s but I guess we got to close to actually doing something and the right wing fascists got in there and they stomped their foot on the whole thing. It’s been that way ever since and its taken this long to get back on the right track again.
Q. Are there any plans for you, Ray (Manzarek) and John (Densmore) to perform together?
A. Well, no, nothing right now. But the fact that we did get together to play for the Hall Of Fame, shows that there is that possibility. I would say that if we do ever do something that it would be a charity thing or a benefit of some kind with maybe somebody sitting in singing. But as far as the three of us getting back together as the Doors, I don’t think so.
143 S. Cedros
Solana Beach, CA 92075
February 1993 FREE News Letter
Q & A WITH ROBBY KRIEGER
By: Mark Mecalis
Q. The Doors have been considered an important group in rock history for a long time. How does the confirmation of this fact by your recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame affect your feelings about the legacy of the Doors?
A. Well, now at first I thought that the Hall Of Fame was kind of a hokey deal you know. I’d heard people say that it was never really going to become an actual building and all that. But I happened to be in Cleveland recently and I saw the plans and it’s all really coming together and it seems like its going to be a really cool deal and I think that the Doors being in the Hall Of Fame really verifies the fact that we do mean something and that it wasn’t all for nothing.
Q. You were technical advisor for Oliver Stone’s “THE DOORS”. Were you happy with the accuracy of the film?
A. It’s funny, in some ways they really tried to be totally right on accurate you know. Like they even had old photographs of us and they made the clothes to look exactly like what we actually wore, the detail was unbelievable. But then they went ahead and did some weird shit like the part when Jim starts a fire in Pam’s closet – it never happened, they made that stuff up for dramatic effect I guess.
Q. You’re coming to the Belly Up Tavern February 4th with your current group. Can you tell our readers what they can expect musically from you in the show?
A. Well I don’t want to give it away – but, there will be some Doors music for sure. And then there will be some of my original stuff – instrumental stuff and it’s kind of jazz rock. Also we do some standards – some blues and some, like for instance we do our own version of “So What” a Miles Davis song. We’ve got Dale Alexander on drums who used to play with Prince, he’s from Minneapolis, and an organ player who also plays the bass pedals named Skip Van Winkl he’s from Detroit and used to play with Bob Seger (and also worked with Ted Nugent, Bonnie Raitt and Billy Idol.)
Q. The 60’s were a politically charged era with the youth of America, shall we say disenchanted with their representation in government. Now in 1993 we have the first President of the United States from your generation. First are you surprised? And second do you feel that the “spirit of change” from the 60’s contributed to our current change in government?
A. I’m happy with it, sure. I think – hell, we had it all happening in the 60’s with the Kennedy’s but I guess we got to close to actually doing something and the right wing fascists got in there and they stomped their foot on the whole thing. It’s been that way ever since and its taken this long to get back on the right track again.
Q. Are there any plans for you, Ray (Manzarek) and John (Densmore) to perform together?
A. Well, no, nothing right now. But the fact that we did get together to play for the Hall Of Fame, shows that there is that possibility. I would say that if we do ever do something that it would be a charity thing or a benefit of some kind with maybe somebody sitting in singing. But as far as the three of us getting back together as the Doors, I don’t think so.