Robby Krieger
Electric Guitar Solo on
Newborn Awakening

About

Robby Krieger's electric guitar solo is the sole improvisation on this track from the posthumous spoken-word album An American Prayer. Entering just 13 seconds into the recording, Krieger delivers a concise 14-second solo in G at 113 BPM over newly recorded instrumental backing composed by the three surviving Doors members. The solo is set against a composition constructed around Jim Morrison's previously unreleased poetry recordings, with the band writing and performing new music to accompany his voice. Krieger's brief but pointed statement establishes a contemplative instrumental mood.

Robby Krieger was 32 to 33 years old at the time.