Happy Birthday Robby Krieger

Robert Alan Krieger was born January 8, 1946 in Los Angeles, California. He started playing the flugelhorn at age 10, but switched to guitar when he realized the chicks don’t go for flugelhorn players. 

Robby, best known as the Guitarist for the iconic 1960’s band, The Doors, is an incredible, inventive guitarist that can play any style. Rock, Blues, Jazz Fusion, Flamenco, you name it. 

When forming The Doors, Jim Morrison told the band to go home over the weekend and everyone should try writing a song. On Monday Robby came back with a complete ‘Light My Fire’! Yes that’s correct, the first song he ever wrote and it is the incredibly classic, some might say best song ever, ‘Light My Fire’. All songwriters should now take time to think about the first song they ever wrote and compare. 

Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors’ songs, including the hits “Love Me Two Times”, “Touch Me”, and “Love Her Madly”. It sounds like Robby was getting freaky but he has been married to the same woman, Lynn, since 1968. Krieger occasionally sang lead vocal with the Doors. He can be heard on the song “Runnin’ Blue”. He also sang on the last two Doors albums, recorded after Morrison’s death, Other Voices and Full Circle.

Besides being an incredible songwriter and guitarist, Robby should have received hazard pay during his time in The Doors, considering that it was his responsibility to corral Jim Morrison. Poor Robby just wanted to play Guitar and he is searching all over L.A and trying to sober up an insanely drunk Jim. Happy Birthday Robby!