Robby Krieger
Electric Guitar Solo on
The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)

About

Robby Krieger's electric guitar solo is the first of two improvisations on this expansive rock track. Entering at approximately 1:56 over the song's A-major tonality at 120 BPM, Krieger solos for about 34 seconds, his guitar work building on the rhythmic momentum established by the band. His playing navigates between blues-inflected phrases and more exploratory passages, providing a counterpoint to Jim Morrison's poetic vocal delivery that dominates the track's first half.

Robby Krieger was 24 to 25 years old at the time.