Robbie Krieger - Versions/Robby Krieger

Although the same basic band plays on the two Robby (aka Robbie) Krieger instrumental albums combined on this disc, they take two different approaches. Former Doors member Krieger is the guitarist, of course, accompanied by former Mothers Of Invention keyboard player Don Preston, Arthur Barrow on bass, and usually Bruce Gary on drums. The songs making up 1982's Versions, as the title implies, largely are covers of familiar tunes, starting with The Pretenders' "Tattooed Love Boys" and including treatments of The Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man" and The Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)." The two other surviving Doors, keyboard player Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore, join Krieger on a version of The Doors song "Crystal Ship" as well as a Krieger original, "Her Majesty." Whether originals or covers, the tunes on Versions are tightly played interpretations. Read More