Doors in Nokia 10.06.09  

Waylon Krieger

Manzarek - McGabes

Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger have chosen ex-Fuel lead singer Brett Scallions to handle the Doors Front Man.

Three out of the five members of Bloodline are the offspring of musical legends. Drummer Erin Davis is the son of Miles Davis; Waylon Krieger is former Doors-man Robby Krieger''s son; and Berry Oakley, Jr. is the child of the late Allman Brothers bassist.

Waylon Krieger also was playing around L.A. with various local bands. Hooking up again after Berry''s Allman Brothers stint, the two found themselves playing together again for the Robby Krieger Band.

Ray and Robby were on fire last night at Club Nokia in L.A. The show opened with a really nice set from Pearl (daughter of Meat Loaf!). KLOS deejay Cynthia Fox came onstage to introduce the band, but first she mentioned that KLOS would be hosting a screening of ''When You''re Strange'' (no other details provided). At 9:40 ''O Fortuna'' announced their return to a SoCA stage for the first time in almost two years, with Ray taking his place behind a Vox Continental. Yes, you read that right! The set list went like this: Love Me Two Times ~ Break On Through ~ Love Her Madly ~ When The Music''s Over ~ Peace Frog ~ Waiting For The Sun (with a nice Vox intro from Ray and stunning slide work by Robby) ~ Alabama Song ~ Gloria ~ Spanish Caravan ~ Touch Me ~ L.A. Woman. At 11:05 the main set ended, and the band returned to the stage with the familiar sound effects that signaled Riders On The Storm was the first encore song. Brett introduced his friend Yogi (from Buckcherry and other bands) to join in on Roadhouse Blues. The final tune was, of course, Light My Fire. Between Peace Frog and WFTS, Ray talked about the forthcoming film ''When You''re Strange'' and said it would be released in 2010. During Robby''s guitar switch to play his flamenco solo which leads into Spanish Caravan, his pants got tucked into what was then revealed to be boots with a guitar on the front of each one. What a hoot! Hopefully I''ll be able to share some photos from the show, including a close-up of Robby''s boots! I''m pretty certain that Robby''s Gibson Signature Guitar was in play during some of the songs. I got a few close-up pix of it in May when he played at The Mint in L.A. It should also be mentioned that throughout the entire Manzarek-Krieger performance, the same artist who created constantly changing art at that Mint show was creating art at this show, behind Robby and Phil Chen. Unfortunately, I still don''t know the name of the artist, but you can see some of his work in the photos on the link for the Mint show. To see those photos, go here.

I have made several mentions of a new book by Harvey Kubernik titled ''Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and Music of Laurel Canyon'' with foreword by Ray Manzarek. A lengthy interview with the author can be found at: http://blog.goldminemag.com/forgottenboy/2009/10/07/Uncovered+A+History+Lesson+On+Laurel+Canyon.aspx - Laurel Canyon has always had a mythic quality to it. To those who''ve never been there, it almost seems fictional, like West Egg in F. Scott Fitzgerald''s "The Great Gatsby." Only Laurel Canyon would be far more implausible, that is if it wasn''t actually real.

After all, what imagination could dream up this Eden where artists such as The Doors, Carole King, The Turtles, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, among others, crafted some of the most amazing music of all-time? It was home to some of Hollywood''s biggest stars, and it has its own tales of mystery and intrigue to tell.

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