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The Ritual Begins At Sundown

The Players Club/Mascot Label Group

The Doors’ legend releases first new solo album in 10 years This latest solo offering from Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Robby Krieger follows up on 2010’s Grammy Award-nominated album, Singularity, and was recorded at The Doors’ guitarist’s Horse Latitudes Studios in Glendale, Los Angeles. Featuring 10 instrumental tracks, including a cover of the Frank Zappa classic Chunga’s Revenge, The Ritual Begins At Sundown was conceived by Robby along with veteran collaborator and co-producer Arthur Barrow, a multi-instrumentalist who played bass for Frank Zappa in the late 70s and early 80s.

Alongside a host of other ex-Zappa musicians including keyboardist Tommy Mars, trumpeter Sal Marquez, and trombonist Jock Ellis, Robby pays tribute to the late great man himself in his own inimitable style while ripping it up in places with some distinctly Zappa-esque lead guitar tones.

Being a contemporary instrumental jazzrock record, The Ritual… is a world away from Robby’s darker 60s-era psychedelic rock days, as existing fans of his solo work will appreciate. “After The Doors, I started becoming interested in jazz and started hanging out with a guy called Sal Marquez,” says Robby. “So we put this band together and that was the first Robby Krieger band… We decided to put Arthur [Barrow] in charge of the mixing at the Whiskey for our shows, that’s when I first met him in the 70s.” Having rekindled the magic of his first solo album, Robbie Krieger & Friends, with his old buddies, The Ritual Begins At Sundown sees Robby returning full circle in fine jazz-rock form. [RB] Standout track: The Drift For fans of: Frank Zappa, The Doors