Robby Krieger

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Legendary rock guitarist Robby Krieger of the Doors joins Rhett from his home in Los Angeles for a fascinating conversation about writing music with Jim Morrison, Robby’s upcoming instrumental reggae album, and why he’s glad that he never learned to read music. You’ll also hear the two discuss Robby’s new book, Set the Night on Fire, the power of meditation, and writing “Light My Fire” when Robby was only 19 years old. Robby Krieger is a guitarist and songwriter from Los Angeles best known for his work with the Doors. Robby co-wrote many of the Doors' most famous songs, including hits like "Light My Fire," "Love Me Two Times," "Touch Me," and "Love Her Madly." He is listed as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone, and he has continued his productive musical career long after the group went their separate ways. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Justin Thomas. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Osiris.
0:03.9	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.1	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.8	That's when it got wheels off.
0:14.0	We started up and we ain't going to starve.
0:17.0	I like you.
0:18.0	I could not.
0:19.5	That's when they got wheels off. Robbie Krieger joined the doors in
0:25.6	as a 19-year-old kid.
0:28.6	He wrote Light My Fire,
0:32.6	along with a catalog of brilliant songs
0:36.6	that you know by heart, that we all know by heart.
0:40.3	Robbie Krieger has a new memoir out called Set the Night on Fire that stands apart from other
0:49.7	rock and roll memoirs because of the kindness with which he approaches his own story, his memories,
0:58.2	the feuds with his bandmates, the misportrayals of Hollywood and other books that have come out
1:07.2	over the years. He is a deep thinker. He's a very chill guy. And all of that comes
1:17.5	across in this interview. I'm so grateful that I got to speak with him for Wheels Off. And I
1:24.1	highly recommend that you either read or listen to or both Robbie Krieger's new memoir,
1:30.7	set the night on fire.
1:32.3	Such a good dude, such an interesting guy.
1:35.7	It was tricky making the recording work of the Zoom.
1:40.1	You know, it's lining up schedules and then the technology.
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