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He still releases albums of new songs occasionally and goes out on tour once in a while.
He had a jazz group for a few years, with several former members of Frank Zappa's various bands, but he seems to have disbanded that group.
They were called "Robby Krieger's Jazz Kitchen" when I saw them live in 2012. I was one of only about 50 people that showed up for the gig. Great show!
I even got to meet Robby after the show. He seemed like a very humble, mellow, down to earth guy.
I also saw him in 2017 with his other group "The Robby Krieger Band" at a favorite small, local venue and managed to record some video of several songs that were played that evening.
Here's the playlist...
Saw the Robbie Krieger band a few times. They were pretty good; his son channeled the Lizard King. His son seemed like a spoiled brat/ass and they were having progressively hard time filling up even small venues. The music was damn good
Here's a recent profile by none other than Alan Paul
https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/interview-robby-krieger-doors-strange-days
His sit-in with the Mule for MYE and the Doors themed show was great!
Here's a recent profile by none other than Alan Paul
https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/interview-robby-krieger-doors-strange-days
Thanks for posting that link. That was an interesting read!
Great interview that resulted in me listening to some of the tracks Robbie discussed with Alan.
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Saw the Robbie Krieger band a few times. They were pretty good; his son channeled the Lizard King. His son seemed like a spoiled brat/ass and they were having progressively hard time filling up even small venues. The music was damn good
I saw them perform almost 2 years ago and the band was good and the music spot on. Robbie's son was bit much especially dropping f bombs. Hopefully for his and the band's sake, it's just a maturity issue.
From Alan Paul's article:
Remarkably, when Krieger joined the Doors in 1965 he was only 18 years old and had been playing guitar for just two years—electric guitar a mere six months.
Man that really blows me away. Only an extreme talent could pull that one off. I always thought (and still do) that Krieger sounded like a seasoned virtuoso in The Doors.
Saw the Robbie Krieger band a few times. They were pretty good; his son channeled the Lizard King. His son seemed like a spoiled brat/ass and they were having progressively hard time filling up even small venues. The music was damn good
I saw them perform almost 2 years ago and the band was good and the music spot on. Robbie's son was bit much especially dropping f bombs. Hopefully for his and the band's sake, it's just a maturity issue.
Spot on. I used to love seeing Ray & Robbie. I think out of any R & R death Ray's hit me the hardest. The Doors were my alltime favorite ban; he died of age and illness; and he truly seemed like a good decent man.
Unfortunately the road doesn't go on forever.
Despite the shortfalls I would see Robbie again if he tours more out east.
He could tour as "The Door".
He could tour as "The Door".
Densmore performed at a benefit after Ray's death but has no interest in touring
