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."'
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That said, he had a hell of a set of pipes and knew how to use them.
Manzarek's keyboard was what drew me to the Doors' music. He was a jazz player (a compliment), to me. Riders on the Storm ... I can hear it now.
Ray NoBass Manzarek! (”I can do those parts, boys!”)
Heavy, man.
Morrison could sing like very few.
I’m at a loss right now, one of the Door’s tunes ends with “Stronger Than Dirt”. A local d.j. mused “What can that mean?” I called in and said that as a toddler in the late 50’s I remember an Ajax commercial that had a jingo that ended the same way “(Ay-jax)Stronger Than Dirt”.
The original “anti-hippy” band.
That’s precisely what it was.
I remember hearing the commercial "Come on Buick light my fire" an an old tube radio.
RIP Ray...and thanks.
Touch Me.
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.
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