Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors
Robby Krieger
Oct 2021 · White Rabbit · Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
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'An attempt to retell an oft-told tale, this time informed by a desire to suck the hot air out of the more inflated earlier versions . . . this late-arriving history is perhaps the most reliable, and certainly the most entertaining, of all' Guardian
Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task. But now, after fifty years, The Doors' notoriously quiet guitarist is finally breaking his silence to set the record straight.
Through a series of vignettes, Robby takes readers back to where it all happened: the pawn shop where he bought his first guitar; the jail cell he was tossed into after a teenage drug bust; his parents' living room where his first songwriting sessions with Jim Morrison took place; and the many concert venues that erupted into historic riots. Both a time capsule of the 1960s counterculture and a moving reflection on what it means to find oneself as a musician, Set the Night on Fire is a must-read for Doors fans and an essential volume of American pop.
'The very best . . . A well-told classic tale' Mojo
'Eschewing mythologising for unvarnished, often amusing memories, this is a book that Doors fans will love madly' Classic Rock Magazine
Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task. But now, after fifty years, The Doors' notoriously quiet guitarist is finally breaking his silence to set the record straight.
Through a series of vignettes, Robby takes readers back to where it all happened: the pawn shop where he bought his first guitar; the jail cell he was tossed into after a teenage drug bust; his parents' living room where his first songwriting sessions with Jim Morrison took place; and the many concert venues that erupted into historic riots. Both a time capsule of the 1960s counterculture and a moving reflection on what it means to find oneself as a musician, Set the Night on Fire is a must-read for Doors fans and an essential volume of American pop.
'The very best . . . A well-told classic tale' Mojo
'Eschewing mythologising for unvarnished, often amusing memories, this is a book that Doors fans will love madly' Classic Rock Magazine
About the author
ROBBY KRIEGER is the guitarist for the legendary rock band The Doors and the songwriter behind some of the band's biggest hits, including "Love Me Two Times," "Touch Me," "Love Her Madly," and their #1 smash, "Light My Fire." The Doors have sold over a hundred million albums worldwide, inspired a major feature film, been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy®, and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Robby, meanwhile, has also become a Grammy®-nominated solo artist, and was listed among the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" by Rolling Stone. He is also an accomplished painter and the co-founder of the annual Medlock-Krieger Rock & Roll Golf Classic & All-Star Concert.
JEFF ALULIS is the co-author of the New York Times best-seller NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories. He has directed several award-winning music-based documentaries, he has toured as the vocalist for seminal punk bands Dead Kennedys and Reagan Youth, and he documents his world travels at TrueAdventureStories.com.
JEFF ALULIS is the co-author of the New York Times best-seller NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories. He has directed several award-winning music-based documentaries, he has toured as the vocalist for seminal punk bands Dead Kennedys and Reagan Youth, and he documents his world travels at TrueAdventureStories.com.
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