![]() But then one day, this friend of mine got some really good pot called Acapulco Gold and said “Let’s go see this Blues festival at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.” I said, really? Great, who’s playing?” It was Big Momma Thornton and The Chambers Brothers who at that time were not rock and roll at all, they were totally blues. I never even imagined myself playing rock and roll. So I kind of turned my nose up at rock and roll at first, whether the early Beatles or the Beach Boys. I was into folk music, Chicago blues, and Flamenco. But I was really not into rock and roll at the time. So he grew up with a much better vocabulary than most blues guys and that kind of gave him a different perspective. He was different than the other blues guys, mainly because his parents were English teachers. But in reality, you were deeply inspired and enamored by him. It seems like they both reside on different planets. When I think of The Doors, I don’t think of someone like Chuck Berry. One thing that I think is lost as the years go on is that one generation of music is intricately connected to another generation of music. And who knows, maybe my life would have been better? But I doubt it. I might have been an engineer or something boring like that. But he was probably right.ĮSQUIRE: What’s it like for you looking back at your life? Does it feel like everything actually happened, especially all of these years later? “At the time you don’t really think about it that way. “My friend Billy Wolf once told me, ‘Man, I’ve never known anybody who has had as many highs and as many lows as you,’” he recalls. It recounts Krieger’s tumultuous life, from the band’s earliest days and artistry to working alongside Morisson, his harrowing adventures and ultimate recovery from the perils of drugs. While much has been said in the 50 years since Morrison’s death, Krieger, now 75, is telling his definitive version of events for the first time in the new book S et the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar With the Doors. One of the last surviving members of the band, Krieger joined its ranks shortly after its founding and offered a unique musical voice thanks to his love of folk and flamenco, writing early hits including “Light My Fire.” Central to its legend, alongside the iconic frontman Jim Morrison, is the guitarist Robby Krieger. Their six year-run would push the boundaries of rock and roll, created public hysteria (including a string of riots at their live shows), and changed the face of American music forever. When the Doors formed in 1965, there was no predicting their outsized impact. ![]()
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