NORWAY ROCK MAGAZINE
Robby Krieger and his new band released their self-titled debut album in 2024. Just before release, we chatted with Robby and keyboardist Ed Roth about the new record, attending Ravi Shankar’s school and why Robby was disappointed in his childhood hero, Bob Dylan. We also asked Robby if he thought of The Doors as a progressive band.
It is largely Krieger’s guitar playing that lifts the record above the ordinary and gives it something more. It is an intensely attractive, approachable, and catchy record, full of fine melodies, upbeat organ and guitar solos, and excellent rhythm playing, that wears its musicianship lightly and lets the feel of the music do the talking.
I en alder av 74 fortsetter Robby Krieger å være kreativ og hans seneste verk «The Ritual Begins At Sundown» viser at han fortsatt har mye å by på. I tillegg er det i år femti år siden The Doors ga ut «Morrison Hotel» og det markeres med en eksklusiv jubileumsutgave, samt en egen tegneserie.
I 2007 ble the Doors seks udødelige studioskiver relansert; fullstendig remikset og komplett med bonusmateriale. Celebreringen er så massiv og prangende at de siste års legale tvistemål mellom gitarist Robby Krieger og tangentist Ray Manzarek på den ene siden, og trommis John Densmore på den andre, nesten kommer i skyggen. Men bare nesten.