Robby Krieger
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👀Who caught me on stage with my good friend Billy Idol ? Thank you for helping me celebrate Morrison Hotel!
🎥David Dutkowski
You should grab up billy idol and take it on the road!
True, the song was not on Morrison Hotel, but, this was The Doors only #1 hit & this was at sound check. He probably did Light My Fire and LA woman to end the Greek set since they were always the best ending tunes for Robbie forever. Too bad it was only a half full or half empty venue that night.
It's ironic that he's singing a song by The Doors considering the fact that he was in The Doors Movie
Shoulda toured with Billy years ago Never too late Take my money
BILLY IDOL !That boy rocked LA WOMAN too ! On Rebel Yell album I think.Jim would have been proud.
I prefer the Hammond organ in the intro of "Light My Fire" to the Vox Continental; perhaps all of The Doors' songs should have been made with a Hammond organ.
Billy Idol is cool but seeing him singing this classic Doors song only serves to show how incredibly charismatic Jim Morrison was.
Will me those pants Krieger! Do it Robby do it!
A new name for this new band, "The Doors of the Idol" ✋🏻🤚🏻
Robbie, how do you feel playing those songs with someone else singing them? Is it not the same or are you ok.with playing them again?
Great show I loved every minute! It exceeded my expectations. Jim and Ray would be proud and appreciative of the time and effort this all took and the fact that all the memories are being kept alive. Not to mention your great guitar playing. Thx Robby!
It's Cat!
That's so great watching Idol sing this with Kreiger on guitar. Great work. Jim would definitely be proud
Amazing ! And Steve Stevens too! Man Billy is stoked to be jamming with you there.
I saw you with Ian Astbury in 2003, he did a fantastic job, would love to see you tour with billy idol. Come back to England. ❤️🎶
The good musiic sounds forever Robby Krieger
Yeah! I saw Billy in Philly on Broad in '05, great show!
I never got to see the Doors I was 3 when Morrison died.
On yerself Billy . Rock on Robby Krieger
I could behind the curtain and you would say is it him
The legendary " the doors " guitarist! Respect🙂👍👍
try and set the night on retire!!!
I did! Thank you, Robby for a wonderful night! 🙏🤩😍. Please do it again soon - I’ll be there!!!
Robby this is magnifico I am so proud that I once got to sing your wonderful song with you mucho amor!
I did! Great show, wonderful night
🔥Can we just go back to that Greek Theatre show - what a night!
🎥: David Dutkowski
I had tickets to a pror engagement, but I remember thinking of this while I was out at that prior engagement. I'd have loved to have been both places at once.
My question is… Robby Krieger did you give anyone a roundhouse kick while wearing those bad boys? 🇺🇸
I want to hear his flamenco guitar work.
Love the psychedelic reel as a backdrop!
Cat playing with Robby Krieger
The Roundhouse, London next please Robby.
Eleanor rigby?
Awesome show. Killer musicians. Setlist EPIC. What a gorgeous night. Greek Theatre is incredible. Thank you Robby.
Looks like Billy idol next to him
Where's John?
surely a unique concert in the history of rock and roll.... amazing musicianship, have seen a loy of gigs but nothing else on that level
Your thong should have been the flag
That was a fantastic show! Thank you!!!
I was there! It was AMAZING! Thank you, Robbie, and don’t ever stop!
It was a great night!!
The music was great. The singers not so great. Reading off pieces of paper, and a tablet. Come on. Rehearse. Learn the song
Would have loved to have gone. But still hoping for some Midwest dates for next year .
Yes it was a great show!
It was a great show!
Sad that I missed it. Look forward for a Florida show maybe in the future.
Good for you Robbie
Awesome night, thank you😎
Robby is true magic!!!
Go see him if u ever can great show
Had a great time Robbie❤️🎶
🎶 When it’s such muscle memory you never skip a beat!
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the men dont know.....but the little girls understand!
Robby Talk about taking someone else’s song and truly making it your own. Your guitar work is mesmerizing!
Man I can honestly say I can listen to every single doors album and not wanna skip a single song .. they've always inspired without disappointment
I'm a Backdoor Man
When you touch your strings you always manage to create something mystical and fascinating
Knocking on dat back door....man
You can literally hear Jim Morrison singing without him even singing
Hey yeah I'm your back door man 👨 😏 😎
I was just listening to Soul Kitchen ……I kept rewinding the awesome guitar 🎸 riffs , if that’s what they are, just awesome playing . Robby is just a guitar genius . He alone was the only person capable of this amazing style . Yeah Blackmore is great , and I love Deep Purple , but Robbie is in a class all to himself
Yeah, come on I’m a back door man.  I eat more chicken then any man’s ever seen.
When the music takes control You know it infiltrates the soul From Venice to The California Bowl The Doors will open mind’s unfold With tales of Indians to be told They drive the plains by horse and reigns Their land stripped bare Wolves howl in the night The moon on a moonlight drive The Eagles song awakens the new day and the band plays on in its own special way Bring me tomorrow Bring me the day Bring me the blood lay here in the hay
Good guitarist, it's in the blood lol
I shaked his hand once
The original heavy metal band ,they paved the way!
Got Chops RK.
I did the album track over his live performance and his guitar matched perfectly
Okay Doors Fans, I have a Question too ask. My cousin Jim in 1969 was in Seminary School and use to right Jim about his experience in Seminary School and how he also was a Very Talented Saxophonist. My cousin Jim wrote Jim many times and it just so happened that Morrison signed his Poetry Book To Jim from Jim Morrison. I do know that there was 2 editions of the American Prayer Book 📙 and the first edition some were signed by Morrison. So here is the situation---Back in the 70's I knew my cousin Jim had the book and I was a Doors Collector. . Through the years my cousin Jim ended up losing the book 📙 I gave him shit for 2 years for losing the book until one day his mother was cleaning out the basement and came across the Poetry Book. He knew of my interest in the Book and sent it to me and was asking $40.00 for the Book and I sent the money to him. I have had the Book in my collection for over 40 years and cherish it. So now I get a call and my Cousin Jim and he says he wants the American Prayer Book back after all these years and says he has to have it. He said back then he was down on his Luck and regrets selling the book to me. I told my cousin that he should be glad that he sold it to me because I treasure the book and if my cousin wouldn't have known of my interests in the book he would have sold it to someone else and we would not be having this conversation. I know that a Second Edition of the Book unsigned at an Auction went for over $7,000 and another Auction with Jim Morrisons signature went for $15,000 but it's not the money for me as the Book is a Big Part of my Collection. My cousin says it should come back to the rightful owner to him but now he is in his 70's and not sure what he is going to do with it???? I just don't want to depart with the Book. What do the Doors Fans think 🤔 I should do?
saw Willie Dixon perform his many GR8 songs in 1980 in Providence RI
Love ya Robby I've seen u in like 99 in Cleveland then w You & Ray Ian 21 century tour then when u & Ray had Bret Scallons of fuel..I saw u guys at House of Blues Also when u had Dave Brock ..Same that show was at House of Blues i think Ray pasded away like a year latter..last tims i saw you Guys Thamk you for keeping it going ...4 times Of seeing u perform was High lite of my life each time...Doors fan for life...
The Doirs !!
Robby Krieger The best, he created a whole history with The Doors! Thank you for your magic
Robby Krieger (THE Doors rey 🐊
Reminds me the 1969 Miami concert and the fantastic and extraordinary performance of the Doors band🥰
Got the same sound cause he hadn’t changed the strings since 1968.
50+ years later, and you haven't done anything new since. Let it go.
I’m curious who’s seen me play live the most? I’ve met people who tell me 5 shows, or some are 20 - so tell me in the comments how many you’ve been to!
Saw you once in Dallas. I had a ballpoint pen and some other dude had a Sharpie, thank God. This was in 87 or 88, so I took 3 “cds” just in case and after the show you signed LA Woman, debut and No Habla. Never forget you said “So you’re the guy that bought that.” 😆😆
One time. July 27, 1966 Whiskey a go go.
I saw you three times with the doors Santa Clara, Berkeley, Winterland, and with the 21st-century Doors, three times with all different singers, in San Francisco, Fillmore, & Regency, also solo at the pound and I think you showed up for wild child for a cameo at the whiskey, so eight times?
I’ve seen you three times. Twice when ray was alive. And this year at the whisky when John jumped on stage for the last two tunes of the LA Woman albumn. Never a disappointment. Top quality. Great music.
Only once when you were with the Doors probably in 68 in Seattle. I remember that Jim was so drunk that he fell over and Ray had to finish vocals the rest of the night. Keep rocking, your music matters!
I never did; but I’d guess the one’s who -have- are musicians. My jazz fusion keyboard collector Manzurak Wurlitzer cloned brother played every DOORS song that existed. The only problem is he brags about seeing The WHO twenty times & not The Doors. 🤣🤣
8 total. Robby Krieger Band - Cinematix tour 2000. Doors of the 21st Century w/ Ian Astbury. Riders On The Storm w/ Ray Manzarek. And 5 times @ The Whisky A Go Go!!!
Circa 1977  United Western Studios studio One , 6000 sunset with Andy Johns recording Dudeck, Finnegan, Krieger!!! I was the assistant and tape op! You guys sounded huge coming over those monitors and you know Andy wore the cowboy hat a lot of the time !! Great respect, Robby!!
8 times - 3 times in Europe (once in Berlin, two times in Prague) with Ray and the band, and 5 times in LA and its surroundings (two times with the Soul Savages and 3 times with the band playing The Doors original songs at the Whisky).
3 times the best was a very small bar in Niagara Falls with your son in band. Played a lot of deep cuts. Once in a lifetime setting. it was wild.
4 times solo, twice at Magic Bag near Detroit, 3 times recently in Chicago suburbs, 4 times with Ray (Doors of the 21st Century and latter Ray & Robby). 8 times! Was lucky to have met you 3 of the times. I play your part in a Doors tribute band The Insane Theatre - tribute to The Doors. Please come back to Michigan or at least Chicago 🙂
3 times, in Berlin with Ian, @ The Whisky for the Sunset Strip Music festival, and at the fairgrounds somewhere in California, I can remember the name....never forget, the Whisky was a dream come true!
Never, but ever. Here in Brasil, specially south of the country the music never over.
3 times. The Zephyr club in SLC many years ago. I saw you as a guest appearance with Duane Betts in Park City and the other Night at the Greek. All great shows! I was in a hit and run in a major blizzard, on my way to the show in Park City but luckily was still able to make the show.
First was the Buffalo Star with your son. The second was Toronto for the 21st Century Doors at the Harley Davidson festival and most recently last week at the Greek. I loved the Buffalo Star you gave me a high five after Road House Blues after singing every word. Will never forget it.
I saw you play live at the Whiskey here in West Hollywood 2013 at a Wild Child concert and it was AWESOME! To see you live was the best experience ever as a huge, die-hard lifelong Doors fan. I hope to see you live again soon! So basically I haven’t seen you live enough times, I moved to Florida, not far from Jim’s childhood home in Melbourne, FL so that’s why 😭😭😭
Twice. 1970 at Baltimore Civic Center and 2018 at Saddle Rock Ranch in Malibu. You were kind enough to bring us backstage with Barbara Hollander. What a great night.
Two shows Pittsburgh The last one was just before Jim split for Paris.
I had the opportunity to see them in México City in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011. My older brother used to take me; he has since passed away, and all I have left are the great memories of having seen them live.
Once .The Doors without Jim. Central Park Schaffer Music Festival August 21 1972.
Your style of play is as broad as the horizon, flamenco, Jazz, rock, fused with slide guitar and blues. Its as deep and vast as Morrison's lyrics, I can't say as I've ever heard anyone else who plays guitar with depth that you do.. The fact you were doing all these things at age 23 is nothing short of amazing.. Post some psychedelic Rangers material Robby if you have any ..
Robby A total of 7 times, 2 solo,1 w/ Ray Manzarek, and The Doors 4 times, 2 of which were with Jim , and 2after he passed away.
3x The Doors 7/5/1967 at Lowell High School, The Doors supporting Morrison Hotel at Long Beach Arena and The Butts Band at the Whisky. All were great.
I saw the Doors when you had the lead singer from The Cult; also, I did a phone interview with you when I was at KSAN in San Francisco in 2000. Ray came by for a live interview when I was at KKDV in SF. Your music lives on Robby!
saw you at a high school in 1967, the Hollywood Bowl in 1968, more times at the Whisky that I can count and last week at the Greek Theatre. Thank you for sharing your talent. Always a wonderful time seeing you. Oh and I met you and we spoke at a festival in January of 2020 and you were just an absolute delight to speak with.
👀 Who caught the show last week - what song was your favorite in the set?
I was there and loved all of the performances except Perry Ferrell. It was cool to see John Doe without his bass and dancing while singing. Billy was incredible as always, Deryck from Sum 41 was great on Peace Frog and the guy from Cigarettes after Sex had a cool vibe!
I was there all the way from Nashville. Hard to say which song I liked most, maybe Peace Frog or LA Woman… maybe Light My Fire because that was the first song I ever remember hearing on the radio.
I was at the Greek. CAn't pick a favorite song, the whole set was AMAZING.....well LA Woman did get a pretty super response but, again, for me it was all magic.
John Doe was born to sing the Doors music! He was my favorite vocalist there.
Fantastic Negrito was the best vocalist. Great way to start it out, although I could have listened to him the whole night singing Doors songs!
That is impossible to answer if anybody was there at the Greek like I was you can see that it was an Over the Top concert. Everyone who sang had a great rendition of a doors songs. Not one singer was terrible if anything like most people at the concert they wanted more doors songs that's a real hard one to answer everyone who sang gave their top game every musician who played was at the top of the game totally an unforgettable concert.😎
John Doe, Billy Idol and Haley Reinhart all sounded great. Too bad Orianthi got completely drowned out in the mix. And I know he is your son and a really nice guy but, for the love of god, please don't have Waylon sing. Literally everyone near us was either complaining or laughing at him and his use of a tablet for the lyrics. We were seated 6 rows from the stage and people were not happy whenever he came out.
The whole show was epic!! I loved L.A. Woman, Light my Fire, Crystal Ship, Riders on the Storm...actually every single song was Aaahmazing!!! I'm so happy.I got to go with my teenage daughter and experience pieces of rock and roll history. All of you are Aaahmazing legends!! love you so much Robby!! Thank you for making it possible for us to celebrate with you!!!
Dale and I did Robby, tried to catch you backstage to give you a hug but Dale’s name wasn’t on the list so we couldn’t give you kiss and hug for a GREAT show!! We’ll try to catch you before Dale has to go back. Love to you, Lynn and Waylon
The WASP. I would have loved hearing The End
I came all the way from Connecticut. The whole show was amazing. I loved The Spy, L.A. Woman, Light My Fire. .
Thank you for performing at a place big enough for all of us! My favorite performance was on “Indian Summer”. I had never heard of Greg Gonzalez, but he was an excellent choice as a vocalist. Good call. Please come celebrate at the Fillmore in San Francisco!
A singing drummer! Cool
Robby, Chris Goss Rock the Show with The Wasp!!!!!!!
Well thought out, fab show!!!…hell, I don’t know where to start on a favorite. Hope to see you at the Whiskey again sooner than later 🫡🙏🏼
It was ALL amazing!!!!
Riders and LA Woman were great
Just want to say I love how u play slide guitar on moonlight drive
Sound great
Keep keeping the Doors alive Robby. Thanks for your awesome contributions,!!!!
Wish I did!
John Doe all the way!! Those were minutes of pure bliss for me 🥰🥰🥰
Kevin Martin and Dan Rothchild were the best singers. Perry Farrell on Waiting for the Sun very good
I liked John Doe
Light My Fire with Billy singing, it was pretty Awesome !
Robert Alan Krieger, born January 8, 1946, in Los Angeles, is a musical performer and The Doors guitarist. He attended UCLA. “The first music I heard that I liked was Peter and the Wolf. I accidentally sat and broke the record (I was about seven). Then I listened to rock ‘n’ roll – I listened to the radio a lot – Fats Domino, Elvis, The Platters.
“I started surfing at fourteen. There was lots of classical music in my house. My father liked march music. There was a piano at home. I studied trumpet at ten, but nothing came of it. Then I started playing blues on the piano?no lessons though. When I was seventeen, I started playing guitar. I used my friend’s guitar. I didn’t get my own until I was eighteen. It was a Mexican flamenco guitar. I took flamenco lessons for a few months. I switched around from folk to flamenco to blues to rock ‘n’ roll.
“Records got me into the blues. Some of the newer rock ‘n’ roll, such as the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. If it hadn’t been for Butterfield going electric, I probably wouldn’t have gone rock ‘n’ roll.
I didn’t plan on rock ‘n’ roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock ‘n’ roll with jazz, and I thought I could make money playing music. In rock ‘n’ roll you can realize anything that you can in jazz or anything. There’s no limitation other than the beat. You have more freedom than you do in anything except jazz – which is dying – as far as making any money is concerned.
“In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other’s art, so we can effect a synthesis. In the case of Tim Buckley or Dylan you have one man’s ideas. Most groups today aren’t groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.”
Most people know Robby Krieger as the consummate music artist in his role as former guitar player and songwriter of the legendary band The Doors.
What shouldn’t be surprising is that creativity has no boundaries and many times artistic expression will spill over into more then one medium for the artist.
Robby Krieger is no exception as demonstrated in his creation of a collection of spectacular, never-before-seen works of art…now available to art lovers and Robby fans.
Now, through the charity services organization, ART FOR A CAUSE, limited edition, giclee prints of his beautiful paintings will, for the first time, be available to the fans of Robby Krieger.
“I hope my paintings brings joy and love to art lovers for many years to come.” – Robby Krieger
