Robby Krieger
Electric Guitar Solo on
Roadhouse Blues

About

Robby Krieger's electric guitar solo is the sole improvisation on "Roadhouse Blues," the opening track of The Doors' 1970 album Morrison Hotel. Krieger solos at a medium 121 BPM in E with a rock feel on one of the band's most enduring and frequently covered songs. The track marked a deliberate return to the blues-rock roots that defined The Doors' sound after the orchestral experimentation of The Soft Parade. Krieger's solo channels the song's raw, barroom energy with gritty, blues-based phrasing that helped make "Roadhouse Blues" a cornerstone of classic rock.

Robby Krieger was 22 to 23 years old at the time.