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September 11, 2003 Guitar World feature
Guitar World Magazine has a new feature called Dear Guitar Hero in which readers interview guitarists. Robby Krieger is next! You can submit a question to Robby to dearguitarhero@guitarworld.com For guidelines check out www.guitarworld.com If your question is used, you get a free box of strings. This info was posted by Alan Paul, Guitar World Online Editor on the D21C message board at http://robbykrieger.com/doors/
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September 2, 2003 Robby TV appearance to be re-run <> Ray & Robby interview
Robby appeared on TV's "Married With Children" back in 1992. The episode is entitled 'Rock Of Ages' and includes other 60's rockers Spencer Davis, John Sebastian, Richie Havens, Peter Noone, and Mark Lindsay. The storyline is that Al Bundy won a contest to sell the most shoes to win a trip to Hawaii. During the last ten minutes of the show, The Bundy clan encounter Robby and the others in an airport lounge. Robby has both a speaking part and a singing part!!!! This show is being re-run on L.A.'s Channel 11 on Sunday, September 14 at 4:00 p.m. Check local listings. A MUST-SEE for Robby fans.
Ray and Robby gave a brief interview to www.ananova.com (thanks, Beverly) go here
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September 1, 2003 Robby interview in guitar magazine
Robby Krieger was interviewed in Guitar Player, September 2003 issue (cover: Jeff Beck) about returning to the stage with The Doors of the 21st Century. read it
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August 30, 2003 Robby is a Great Guitarist!
Robby Krieger is #91 among the 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time (huh? ... only 91? ) according to Rolling Stone issue #931 dated 9/18/03 (cover: Hendrix): #91 Robby Krieger of The Doors - "Krieger's strengths are flexibility and self-effacement. A broad stylist whose influences extend to country, flamenco and raga, he could also get as nasty as he needed to, but he understood that instrumental interplay was what mattered. Essential recording: "Peace Frog" Morrison Hotel (1970)
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August 4, 2003 Robby Krieger interview
Robby Krieger
gave a 25-minute phone interview
on May 12, 2003 on KGFN Grossmont College Radio in
El Cajon, California. The interview was conducted by college
student Mike Vernon. To listen, click on this sound link:
http://www.angelfire.com/linux/jeffstang/RKrieger.rm
(thanks, Jeff & Scott)
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July 30, 2003 Bright Midnight announcement <> Robby interview
Bright Midnight has made an
announcement regarding expected upcoming releases:
"The Doors
are reevaluating the release schedule for Bright Midnight Records. As a
result, everything has been stopped for now. Basically the band is
rethinking Bright Midnight at this point. The "Vancouver" performance has
been taken off of the schedule. The
only forthcoming release this year will be "Boot Yer Butt," formerly titled Best
of the Boots, a personal project of Robby Krieger, in the works for quite some
time. Robby has personally selected the tracks for this after hours of
listening to our concert performance archive and countless other bootlegs.
It smokes!"
Robby Krieger gave Albuquerque's "Alibi" a pre-show interview. If I read this correctly, it sounds like the forthcoming new album may include live tracks from these tour dates, as well as some of the new songs they have spoken of previously. read it
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July 23, 2003 Tucson pre-show interview with Robby
Robby Krieger gave a Tucson pre-show on-line interview with Arizona Summer Wildcat (thanks, Beverly) go here
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July 10, 2003 upcoming "Off The Record" radio program
Robby, Ray, and Doors producer Bruce Botnick are the featured guests with "Uncle" Joe Benson on his weekly "Off The Record" program on Sunday, August 17th. The program is syndicated on 121 radio stations.
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July 6, 2003 Cleveland Free Times interview with Robby
Robby Krieger was interviewed by the Soundcheck column in the Cleveland Free Times dated June 18-June 24. read it
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July 4, 2003 Bankrate.com interview with Robby
Robby Krieger gave an interview to Bankrate.com last month. (thanks, Steve C. & Beverly) read it
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July 1, 2003 Robby talking about bass guitars
Robby Krieger was an interviewee in a June 29th story in the St. Petersburg Times entitled "The Death Of The Bass Guitar." (thanks, Beverly) read it
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April 20, 2003 Aquarian Weekly interview with Robby
Aquarian Weekly, April 16-23, 2003 issue ran a new interview with Robby Krieger in their current issue. The story cannot be read on-line at www.theaquarian.com yet, but it is reprinted here (thanks, Glyn)
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April 19, 2003 Robby Krieger interview
Robby Krieger was interviewed recently for Aquarian Weekly, a tri-state entertainment publication serving NY / NJ / Philly areas. That interview appears in the current edition but can be read here. I could not find where this review can be read on-line (yet), but they also have many archived interviews on-line, including one with Ray Manzarek. (thanks, Glyn)
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March 25, 2003 Robby's golf tourney results
Robby Krieger was a celebrity golfer on Sunday in a charity golf tournament hosted by KLOS morning radio team, Mark & Brian. When the results are uploaded to their website, I'll post the link here. In the meantime: Mark & Brian reported on the results this morning. Robby & his foursome finished in 2nd place in 'A' flight. The foursome with Fee Waybill of The Tubes finished 1st place in 'A' flight. Martin Sheen's group finished in 2nd place in 'B' flight.
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March 23, 2003 Robby played in celebrity golf tourney today
Robby Krieger was a celebrity golfer today in the KLOS Mark & Brian 3rd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at Coyote Hills Golf Course, Fullerton, CA ... a mere two miles from my home! I caught up with Robby several times at the holes where spectator access was allowed, and got to chat a little. He was wearing a white golf shirt, tan pants, and a US Open baseball cap. Robby was paired with the 4 golfers who won the last M & B tournament. He said they had birdied at each hole so far, so he was feeling pretty good about their score and thought they just might win today! Robby was not at the "pairing party" the night before; the band was rehearsing. They leave Wednesday for their Phoenix show that night. I asked Robby how Waylon is doing. He said Waylon does not have a band right now, but that he is keeping himself busy writing new songs. When KLOS posts the final scores and rankings of today's tournament, I'll include the link here so we can see if Robby's team won!
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March 21, 2003 Robby Krieger in celebrity golf tourney
Robby Krieger is one of the celebrity golfers who will be playing in the KLOS 3rd Annual Mark & Brian Golf Tournament on Sunday, March 23 at Coyote Hills Golf Course in Fullerton, California. This golf tournament is a benefit for Susan B. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation & the C.S.R.C./KLOS Food Bank. This is Robby's third year being a celebrity participant in this very fun event. Spectator tickets are $15. and can be purchased at the shuttle bus site that morning, or at locations all over Fullerton. Go to the link above for more information. (thanks, Artski)
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February 13, 2003 Ray and Robby respond to John's lawsuit, according to Variety
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January 29, 2003 Ray & Robby to be presenters at awards show; Jim pictured in gourmet food magazine
Ray and Robby are confirmed awards presenters at the 14th annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards Party to be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Saturday, February 8th. The awards feature numerous categories that represent the full spectrum of the concert industry, including Major Tour of The Year, Best New Artist Tour, Talent Buyer of The Year, Personal Manager of The Year, etc. Follow this link for a full list of awards and nominees, and other confirmed presenters. http://www.pollstaronline.com/CIC2003/pollstarawards.htm (thanks, Beverly)
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January 11, 2003 Announcements about Doors radio & television appearances and concerts
Robby Krieger's website announced details this afternoon about upcoming radio and television appearances, as well as new concert announcements and general tour plans. The information is listed in the above calendar of events, but also read it on Robby's website in the News & Updates section at: http://robbykrieger.com/news.html
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January 8, 2003 Robby's birthday
Robby Krieger turns 57 today! Doors fans world-wide are grateful that he is still going strong, continuing to tour regularly with his own band and playing all that great music for fans young and old ... and that he will be recording new music and touring as part of the The Doors in 2003 in the USA and Europe.
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December 13, 2002 Robby post-Xmas tour of midwest
Robby Krieger will perform some midwest dates following Xmas. update: DID NOT HAPPEN This was rumored to be likely following the postponement of the Las Vegas show due to Stewart's injury. One date has been learned so far, for Saturday, 12/28 at The Pig Pen in Clinton, Iowa. The full tour schedule will be posted on www.robbykrieger.com if and when it's official. (thanks, Tom D.)
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December 11, 2002 review of Robby at Brick By Brick, San Diego
Robby Krieger performed October 18, 2000 in San Diego at Brick By Brick. A review of that show has just been provided to me to share on this site with other fans. read it here
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November 10, 2002 Robby Krieger Band joined onstage by Travis Meeks
Travis Meeks of Days Of The News joined the Robby Krieger Band for their encore last night at Fuel in Daytona Beach, Florida, and together they performed Break On Through and The End. The set list can be found here (thanks, Avery)
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October 22, 2002 review of Robby in Scottsdale
Robby Krieger Band performed on Sunday night in Scottsdale, Arizona. For a review, click here
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October 10, 2002 new magazine reference
Total Guitar magazine, Summer 2002 (cover: Hendrix) listed the 100 Greatest Guitarists as voted on from 440 nominations. On Page 45 and listed as #86: "Robby Krieger ... Doors guitarist whose slippery lead playing was at its finest on their masterpiece Light My Fire. Not the Will Young version." Included with the story is a photo of the Waiting For The Sun cover.
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September 25, 2002 Found old interviews with Ray & Robby
Ray and Robby were in London in November 1983 and gave this interview to Rockmine
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Robby Krieger Band may have some new tour dates coming up. Two dates were posted on Robby's message board today, for shows in Arizona and Florida.
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Robby's TV appearance on "Married With Children" was re-run this evening on FX Channel. The episode is entitled 'Rock Of Ages' and includes other 60's rockers Spencer Davis, John Sebastian, Richie Havens, Peter Noone, and Mark Lindsay.
The storyline is that Al Bundy is competing to sell the most shoes to win a trip to Hawaii. During the last ten minutes of the show, he and the family encounter Robby and the others in an airport lounge. Robby has both a speaking part and a singing part!!!!
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"Today Robby and his band rehearsed for a few hours at their rehearsal studio. Robby said he is looking forward to performing as a member of The Doors in September." read the rest of it
I learned that The Doors will also be performing at the Toronto show on September 27th. There are a few pictures from this afternoon's rehearsal in the gallery, as well as many from the recent June tour. The Toronto date is now the 29th.
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This is from a link on Robby's site http://www.robbykrieger.com on the Features page: Washington Post style section..... June 12, 2002:
THIS JUST IN . . .
Now Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), chairman of the Committee on House Administration,
is cozying up to
Robby Krieger,
guitarist for the Doors and a pal of Ney staffer
Rich Landon. read
it here or here:
Washington Post article on Robby's site
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