Robby Krieger
Electric Guitar Solo on
Indian Summer

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Robby Krieger's electric guitar solo is the sole improvisation on "Indian Summer" from The Doors' 1970 album Morrison Hotel. Krieger solos at a medium 127 BPM in D with a rock feel on this tender composition originally recorded during the 1966 sessions for the band's debut album. Morrison wrote the lyrics and Krieger composed the music in 1965, during the earliest days of The Doors. The song shares its origins with some of the band's most iconic early material, and Krieger's solo reflects the composition's gentle, acoustic-leaning character with melodic, understated phrasing.

Robby Krieger was 19 to 20 years old at the time.