Soul Kitchen to Jazz Kitchen: Robby Krieger of The Doors plays Saint Rocke
Robby Krieger. Photo by Joe Lopez “You know that it would be untrue. You know that I would be a liar. If I was to say to you. Girl, we couldn’t get much higher. Come on baby, light my fire.” With these words an eternal flame was lit which would secure a place in rock and roll history for The Doors. Under the mystical shadow of demigod rock icon Jim Morrison, whose antics and sexual charisma preceded both he and the band, it’s sometimes overlooked that many of the group’s largest hits were actually penned by guitarist Robby Krieger. In addition to writing the songs “Light My Fire,” “Love Me Two Times,” “Touch Me,” and “Love Her Madly,” Krieger has also been listed at number 91 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. His finger-style approach to electric bottleneck guitar helped establish The Doors’ sound in the late ‘60s. Following Morrison’s death in ’71, the remaining band cut two final albums (Other Voices and Full Circle) before dissolving in ’73. Where do you go when the music’s over? Well, it wasn’t over… Krieger says, “Since Full Circle, I had a band with John Densmore [drummer of The Doors] called The Butts Band,” who released two albums…
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