Robby Krieger
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
79 age
January 8, 1946 Birthday
Los Angeles, California, U.S. Birthplace
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Robby Krieger is best known as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Doors, but his career in the music industry spans decades. He joined The Doors in 1965 as a teenager and became an integral part of the group’s success. In addition to his expressive guitar playing he wrote or co-wrote several of the group's biggest hits including "Light My Fire" and "Love Me Two Times." After lead singer Jim Morrison's death in 1971, the remaining Doors members released two additional albums before disbanding in 1973. Krieger then formed the Butts Band with Doors drummer John Densmore and later pursued a solo career, releasing nine albums that showcased his versatility across styles like jazz fusion, progressive rock, and classic soul. In 2002 Krieger reunited with Doors keyboardist Ray Mazarek and the two toured together playing classic Doors songs. Krieger released his memoir titled "Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar With the Doors" in 2021.
Trivia
In 2023 Rolling Stone magazine listed Robby Krieger at #248 in their list of the 250 greatest guitarists of all time. While at UCSB Robby Krieger formed a jug band called known as the Back Bay Chamberpot Terriers. In 2020 Robby Krieger began posting guitar tutorials for Doors songs on YouTube.
Early Life
Robby Krieger was born in Los Angeles in 1946 and developed an early interest in music. He initially experimented with the piano and trumpet before picking up the guitar at age 17. Starting with flamenco, he quickly expanded his musical repertoire to include folk, blues, jazz, and rock. After high school, Krieger studied psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, while continuing to hone his guitar skills. In 1965, he returned to Los Angeles, where he attended classes at UCLA and studied Indian music at Ravi Shankar's Kinnara School. It was at a meditation class that Krieger met keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who invited him to jam with himself and Jim Morrison. Shortly after, the trio joined forces with drummer John Densmore to form The Doors. Remarkably, this happened just two years after Krieger had first taken up the guitar.
Robby Krieger Solos
1978
Electric Guitar solo - Newborn Awakening - 1978
4/4 rock in G minor at 113 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - An American Prayer - 1978
4/4 rock in G minor at 111 BPM
1972
Harmonica solo - Hardwood Floor - 1972
4/4 rock in C major at 133 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Good Rockin' - 1972
4/4 rock in A major at 144 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - The Mosquito - 1972
4/4 rock in E major at 146 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - It Slipped My Mind - 1972
4/4 rock in E major at 128 BPM
1971
Electric Guitar solo - The Changeling - 1971
4/4 rock in B♭ major at 119 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Love Her Madly - 1971
4/4 rock in A minor at 147 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Been Down So Long - 1971
4/4 rock in E major at 124 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Been Down So Long - 1971
4/4 rock in E major at 124 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Cars Hiss by My Window - 1971
4/4 rock in E major at 72 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - L.A. Woman - 1971
4/4 rock in A major at 170 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - L.A. Woman - 1971
4/4 rock in A major at 165 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Crawling King Snake - 1971
4/4 rock in E major at 79 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - 1971
4/4 rock in A major at 120 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Riders on the Storm - 1971
4/4 rock in E minor at 103 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - In the Eye of the Sun - 1971
4/4 rock in A major at 121 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Tightrope Ride - 1971
4/4 rock in B♭ major at 153 BPM
Harmonica solo - Down on the Farm - 1971
4/4 rock in E major at 108 BPM
Acoustic Guitar solo - Wandering Musician - 1971
4/4 rock in C major at 79 BPM
1970
Electric Guitar solo - Roadhouse Blues - 1970
4/4 rock in E major at 125 BPM
1969
Electric Guitar solo - Tell All The People - 1969
4/4 rock in G major at 88 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Shaman's Blues - 1969
3/4 waltz in G minor at 148 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Easy Ride - 1969
4/4 rock in F major at 121 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - The Soft Parade - 1969
4/4 rock in A♭ major at 124 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Roadhouse Blues - 1969
4/4 rock in E major at 121 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - You Make Me Real - 1969
4/4 rock in C major at 121 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Peace Frog - 1969
4/4 rock in G major at 113 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Blue Sunday - 1969
4/4 rock in F major at 75 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Ship of Fools - 1969
4/4 rock in D minor at 155 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Land Ho! - 1969
4/4 rock in D major at 125 BPM
1968
Electric Guitar solo - Summer's Almost Gone - 1968
4/4 rock in C minor at 92 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - We Could Be so Good Together - 1968
4/4 rock in B major at 149 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Yes, the River Knows - 1968
4/4 rock in E major at 77 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Five to One - 1968
4/4 rock in A minor at 90 BPM
1967
Electric Guitar solo - You're Lost Little Girl - 1967
4/4 rock in E minor at 112 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Unhappy Girl - 1967
4/4 rock in C minor at 127 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Moonlight Drive - 1967
4/4 rock in A major at 114 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - People Are Strange - 1967
4/4 rock in E minor at 120 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - My Eyes Have Seen You - 1967
4/4 rock in E minor at 135 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - When The Music's Over - 1967
4/4 rock in E minor at 99 BPM
1966
Electric Guitar solo - Soul Kitchen - 1966
4/4 rock in A major at 184 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Twentieth Century Fox - 1966
4/4 rock in A major at 117 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Light My Fire - 1966
4/4 rock in A♭ minor at 125 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Back Door Man - 1966
4/4 rock in A major at 89 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - End Of The Night - 1966
4/4 rock in E minor at 72 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - The End - 1966
4/4 rock in D minor at 106 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Indian Summer - 1966
4/4 rock in D major at 127 BPM