Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger  &  Riders On The Storm

Napa Valley Opera House, Napa, California
Saturday, March 21, 2009

The 500-seat theatre is on the second floor of the Napa Valley Opera House (nvoh.org), a national historic landmark originally constructed in 1879.  There were Doors friends who had traveled from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Canada for this rare opportunity to see such an intimate performance ... but clearly, most of the audience were locals who have come to know Ray and Dorothy in their adopted hometown.  This was the second night of an all-too-brief U.S. tour, and they did not disappoint.  The show started at 8:25 to a packed house which stayed on their feet almost the entire show.

There were many highlights and the second set was jam-packed with them.  Robby kicked off the second set with a solo flamenco performance before the rest of the band joined him for 'Spanish Caravan.'  Next up was 'The Soft Parade' with drum tech Owen Goldman joining Ty Dennis on the drum riser to double up on the heavy percussion ... and just when we thought the song ended, they reprised it ... it was terrific!  Then we were surprised with the beautiful 'Wishful, Sinful' which they played for the first time the night before in Reno.   That second set was a 1-2-3- punch, it just doesn't get any better than that!  The band took their bows at 10:45.

  ticket

  set list

Phil Chen & Robby
  Ray & Brett Scallions
  Ray & Brett Scallions
  Robby
  Ty Dennis & Owen Goldman, Brett Scallions, Phil Chen - during 'The Soft Parade'
  Ty Dennis & Brett Scallions
  Brett Scallions & Robby
  Ray
  Phil Chen & Robby
  Ray ... with former Robby webmaster Artski in the background with the camera
  Ray ... with wife Dorothy in the background, lower left
  Ray, Brett Scallions & Phil Chen
  Phil Chen & Robby, taking it down low
  Brett Scallions
  final bows:  Ty Dennis, Ray, Brett Scallions, Robby, and Phil Chen       
 

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