# Moonlight Drive guitar solo

> Robby Krieger's guitar solo on Moonlight Drive by The Doors (1967) starts at about 2:04. From the album Strange Days. Played on a Gibson SG.

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The Doors, 1967, from *Strange Days*. Solo by *Robby Krieger*.

Krieger's woozy bottleneck slide gives the song its dreamy, drifting character. The slide work is the song's signature color.

Moonlight Drive by The Doors is #10 in our ranking of the best The Doors guitar solos. The solo is played by Robby Krieger and the song was released in 1967.

## In our lists

- [The Best The Doors Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-doors-guitar-solos/) — #10

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Moonlight Drive?

Robby Krieger played the solo on The Doors's Moonlight Drive (1967).

### What guitar was used on the Moonlight Drive solo?

A gibson sg, according to widely reported accounts.

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