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Ray Manzarek (The Doors keyboardist) dies
Sky News ^ | 20th May 2013 | Sky News

Posted on 05/20/2013 3:23:21 PM PDT by the scotsman

'Ray Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock group The Doors has died at the age of 74, the group's manager Tom Vitorino has said.

Keyboardist Manzarek died in Rosenheim, Germany, following a battle with bile duct cancer, the band said in a statement.

Singer Jim Morrison and Manzarek formed The Doors in 1965 after a chance meeting at Los Angeles' Venice Beach, and Manzarek's keyboard work would go on to be a touchstone of hits like "Break On Through to the Other Side" and "Light My Fire."

"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger said in a statement.

"I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."'

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: manzarek; music; obituary
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1 posted on 05/20/2013 3:23:21 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

RIP, Ray.


2 posted on 05/20/2013 3:24:16 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: the scotsman
Cue tons of people, playing, The End.
3 posted on 05/20/2013 3:24:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Or “Break On Through to the Other Side”


4 posted on 05/20/2013 3:25:31 PM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: the scotsman

Met him once at a Warren Zevon concert.

Nice guy.


5 posted on 05/20/2013 3:26:29 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: nickcarraway
I'll help them...

The End

6 posted on 05/20/2013 3:27:25 PM PDT by BreezyDog (Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: the scotsman

Awwwwww. Truly one of the most original keyboardists of our time. Sad to see him go..


7 posted on 05/20/2013 3:27:52 PM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: the scotsman

I hate to hear this and know he is, now, in a better place - probably getting high with JM. I saw him not more than 15 years ago at UCA in Conway AR. I’m starting to feel old...


8 posted on 05/20/2013 3:27:56 PM PDT by RobertClark (My shrink just killed himself - he blamed me in his note!)
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To: the scotsman

No one here gets out alive. Great music from the doors.RIP


9 posted on 05/20/2013 3:31:12 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: BreezyDog

I know some bass players who are probably taking an inappropriate amount of glee in this.


10 posted on 05/20/2013 3:32:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I always thought End Of The Night was better both lyrically and instrumentally.
11 posted on 05/20/2013 3:32:05 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: the scotsman

Manzarek was The Doors. He played bass and keyboards simultaneously and either wrote or fleshed-out most of Morrison’s ideas for songs

Morrison was preening, pretentious, troubled, artsy drug-addict necessary for most successful 60’s and 70’s rock bands.


12 posted on 05/20/2013 3:33:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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The keyboard music on “L.A. Woman” was great. I saw a documentary on the Doors that described how they did it. Very interesting. Another bit of Doors trivia, Jim Morrison’s father Rear Admiral Steve Morrison lived in Coronado, CA until he died in November 2008.Admiral Morrison was senior officer present aboard the U.S.S. Constellation at the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964. RIP.


13 posted on 05/20/2013 3:35:05 PM PDT by forgotten man
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I agree. But I guess The End was perfect FM bait.

I just hope they don't play L'America at the funeral, the song sounds great, but kind of creepy and evil.

14 posted on 05/20/2013 3:35:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: the scotsman

As far as I was concerned, the first US superband


15 posted on 05/20/2013 3:36:47 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: nickcarraway
Now I know what you're talking about...From Wiki

The Doors lacked a bassist, so Manzarek usually played the bass parts on a Fender Rhodes piano. His signature sound is that of the Vox Continental combo organ, an instrument used by many other psychedelic rock bands of the era. He later used a Gibson G-101 Kalamazoo combo organ (which looks like a Farfisa) because the Continental's plastic keys frequently broke, according to Manzarek.

16 posted on 05/20/2013 3:38:46 PM PDT by BreezyDog (Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Lurker

“Out here we is stoned - immaculate.”


17 posted on 05/20/2013 3:40:29 PM PDT by Autonomous User (Pain Fades. Chicks Dig Scars. Glory, lasts forever.)
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To: forgotten man

If I ever had to sing a song live it would be to LA Woman.


18 posted on 05/20/2013 3:40:47 PM PDT by BreezyDog (Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: PGR88

Excellent comment. Manzarek also took over the vocals at concerts where Morrison was too incapacitated to perform. I was always amazed at how he could play the bass and keyboard parts simultaneously.


19 posted on 05/20/2013 3:43:43 PM PDT by ReluctantDragon
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To: newfreep

Or “When the Music’s Over”...turn out the lights.


20 posted on 05/20/2013 3:43:58 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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