(artículo) Influencias reconocidas del flamenco. Krieger rides on '60s storm

The band lasted four years, but an upcoming Grammy proves The Doors' influence is still strong, four decades on

Surviving member Robby Krieger and Satellite Party's Nuno Bettencourt (left) celebrate the Doors' 40th anniversary in L.A. in November.
Photograph by : GUS RUELAS, REUTERS


BERNARD PERUSSE, The Gazette
Published: Thursday, January 04, 2007

The Doors might be celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, but in truth, they were finished when their magnetic front man, Jim Morrison, died in 1971. The Doors - at least the version that mattered - lasted four years, not four decades. (...)

Krieger's distinctively snaky guitar playing was an important element in the group's sound - and its source is surprising. "The main influence was flamenco," Krieger said. "Before I played electric guitar, I played flamenco guitar: Spanish stuff, nylon strings. That was a big influence on my rock 'n' roll playing because I used fingerpicking, like you do in flamenco. I did everything I could to be different."

The band's improvisational skills also made them stand out, as one can readily hear on extended epics like The End and When the Music's Over. "We'd all played a little jazz and we knew how that structure worked," Krieger said. "And that was the fun part, when you're on stage and you go off on a tangent and the other guys have to follow you. We got good at that."

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