SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Doors were the ultimate L.A. band, lighting the world on fire with equally psychedelic and poetic tales spun by a magnetic lead singer with Hollywood matinee idol looks.
Despite that well-cemented geographic connection, however, the band’s legendary guitarist — Robby Krieger — does have a pretty strong connection to the Bay Area.
“I went to high school up here at a school in Menlo Park,” the 80-year-old Krieger told fans Friday at the Mountain Winery, referring to his time at Menlo School (which is actually in Atherton). “It was a school to get you into Stanford. Unfortunately, I didn’t get into Stanford.”…