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.
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.
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.