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The Doors' Ray Manzarek dies at 74
cnn.com ^ | 05/21/2013 | n/a

Posted on 05/21/2013 6:21:32 AM PDT by massmike

The Doors' founding keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, died in Germany Monday after a long fight with cancer, his publicist said in a statement. He was 74.

The artist had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer.

The Doors formed in 1965 after Manzarek happened to meet Jim Morrison on California's Venice Beach. The legendary rock group went on to sell 100 million albums worldwide, establishing five multiplatinum discs in the U.S

Morrison died in 1971, but Manzarek carried on The Doors' legacy, continuing to work as a musician and an author.

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To: wideawake

Morrison could be an alcohol fueled jerk, but when it came to the band I don’t think he was that way. I don’t think he demanded more money, and the songs were all credited to the entire band.


21 posted on 05/21/2013 6:37:40 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: massmike

That is a GREAT cartoon! Thanks.


22 posted on 05/21/2013 6:37:44 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: mbarker12474
Mike Barker, let me add my voice to the chorus of voices on this thread loudly proclaiming you King of the Douches.

Manzarek was a great musician and a fabulously talented keyboard player. He was so great at what he did that the Doors didn't even need a bass player, because Manzarek handled the low end with his keyboard's foot pedals.

Fair winds and following seas, Ray.

23 posted on 05/21/2013 6:40:12 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: dfwgator
Ray saved the LA Woman album with his keyboard playing, because by then, Jim’s voice was just about gone.

His voice was different, but his vocals still turned out very well.

24 posted on 05/21/2013 6:40:47 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: massmike

The Keyboard work on Light My Fire can only be described as Iconic.(possibly the only other iconic keyboard man from that era would be Garth Hudson ie. Chest Fever)

RIP Ray, you entertained me.


25 posted on 05/21/2013 6:40:57 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: mbarker12474
who cares?

Thanks for your useless input.

26 posted on 05/21/2013 6:41:00 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: mbarker12474

STFU asshat. If you don’t care then don’t post or open. It’s really not that hard.. perhaps for you it is though.


27 posted on 05/21/2013 6:42:00 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: plain talk

I felt it fit the occasion perfectly! ;)


28 posted on 05/21/2013 6:42:13 AM PDT by massmike (At least no one is wearing a "Ron Paul - 2016" tee shirt........yet!)
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To: massmike


29 posted on 05/21/2013 6:44:14 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Mr. Lucky

**** you .


30 posted on 05/21/2013 6:47:39 AM PDT by sushiman
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To: mbarker12474

Certainly his wife of 45 years Dorothy, their son, Pablo, and three grandchildren, Noah, Apollo and Camille.

But you are too cool for the room.


31 posted on 05/21/2013 6:48:21 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Moonman62
I agree that it wasn't about money or taking credit - what it was about was Morrison doing whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted to, regardless of whether that hurt or helped the people around him.

Manzarek is the guy who encouraged him to write, to practice, to get to the studio, to show up for performances.

If Manzarek hadn't taken that initiative, the band would have been a one-hit wonder.

32 posted on 05/21/2013 6:49:38 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: sushiman

Hmm. My previous post was inartfully drafted. My intent had been to comment to you about the post to which you had taken offense. It seemed so simple at the time.


33 posted on 05/21/2013 6:52:32 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: dfwgator
Ray saved the LA Woman album with his keyboard playing, because by then, Jim’s voice was just about gone.

LA Woman is my favorite Doors album. IMO, they were starting to mature as a band when they made that album.

34 posted on 05/21/2013 6:52:52 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: sushiman

Double **** !


35 posted on 05/21/2013 6:53:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: wideawake

I agree with wideawake. I’ve been a keyboardist (organ, synth and piano ) and was playing in bands since 1963...retired 1994 to take up diaconal studies at Providence College. Ray was not only an excellent writer/player, but also an innovator that changed the course of rock music. He inspired a whole new genre of players, including myself.

RIP, Ray


36 posted on 05/21/2013 7:01:13 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: wideawake

Dittos to what you said. One would think Manzarek wrote Light my Fire given the intense organ part. However Krieger wrote that one. Band liked it. Ray Manzarek goes off and rather quickly comes up with this Bach inspired intro. Rest is history.

Ray was a pioneer rock keyboard player and plowed the ground for many that followed. I really liked that guy and miss him.


37 posted on 05/21/2013 7:02:04 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: mbarker12474

Separate the Art from the artist. For instance, tomorrow is the bicentennial of the birth of Richard Wagner. He despised Judeo-Christianity influenced the Nazis with his racialist theories and celebrated pagan culture and carnal love in his operas. We still celebrate his music.


39 posted on 05/21/2013 7:20:14 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

True. Why should we? Especially in the case of Wagner.

I’ve drawn the line at pop and classic rock, which is clearly a promoter of evil, in my view.


40 posted on 05/21/2013 7:22:56 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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