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1Hours 7minutes / Emily Armstrong, Phil Chen / Release year - 2018 / USA. Ray was such a lovely down to earth intelligent guy, THIS was truly an inspiring and Jim will be missed forever but their music still lives on. Sad, so sad that we lost Jim. Ray being very modest about his terrific ability on keyboards... and bass and everything else he did.

Ray Manzarek Manzarek performing in 2006 Born Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr. February 12, 1939 Chicago, Illinois, U. S. Died May 20, 2013 (aged 74) Rosenheim, Germany Occupation Musician, songwriter, filmmaker Years active 1959–2013 Spouse(s) Dorothy Aiko Fujikawa ( m. ) Children 1 Musical career Genres Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock, blues, jazz fusion, funk, rock and roll, electronic music, punk rock Instruments Keyboards, Vocals Labels Elektra Associated acts The Doors Manzarek–Krieger Rick & the Ravens Nite City The Manzarek–Rogers Band Skrillex X Website The Official Site of Ray Manzarek Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American musician, singer, producer, film director, and author, best known as a member of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, which he co-founded with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison. Manzarek was notable for performing on a keyboard bass during many live shows and some recordings, taking on a role usually filled by a bass guitar player. Manzarek recorded on every track of all eight Doors studio albums, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. He was a co-founding member of Nite City from 1977 to 1978, and of Manzarek–Krieger from 2001 until his death in 2013. USA Today defined him as "one of the best keyboardists ever. " Biography [ edit] Early life [ edit] Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr. was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. He was born to Helena and Raymond Manczarek Sr., and was of Polish descent. [1] [2] Growing up, he took private piano lessons from Bruno Michelotti and others. He originally wanted to play basketball, but he wanted to play only power forward or center. When he was sixteen his coach insisted either he play guard or not at all and he quit the team. Manzarek said later if it was not for that ultimatum, he might never have been with The Doors. He went to Everett Elementary School on South Bell Street and attended St. Rita of Cascia High School. [3] In 1956, he matriculated at DePaul University, where he played piano in his fraternity's jazz band (the Beta Pi Mu Combo), participated in intramural football, served as treasurer of the Speech Club, and organized a charity concert with Sonny Rollins and Dave Brubeck. He graduated from the University's College of Commerce with a degree in economics in 1960. [4] In the fall of 1961, Manzarek briefly enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Unable to acclimate to the curriculum, he transferred to the Department of Motion Pictures, Television and Radio as a graduate student before dropping out altogether after breaking up with a girlfriend. [5] Although he attempted to enlist in the Army Signal Corps as a camera operator on a drunken lark during a visit to New York City, he was instead assigned to the highly selective Army Security Agency as a prospective intelligence analyst in Okinawa and then Laos. While in the Army, Manzarek played in various musical ensembles and first smoked and grew cannabis. However, because he wanted to eventually visit Poland, he refused to sign the requisite security clearance and was discharged as a private first class after several months of undesignated duty. According to Britt Leach, a fellow Army Security Agency enlistee, Manzarek "had collected an entire duffel bag" of cannabis specimens during his service in Laos; this may have been used to fund his subsequent graduate education. [6] The Doors [ edit] Following his return to the United States, he re-enrolled in UCLA's graduate film program in 1962, where he received a M. F. A. in cinematography in 1965. [7] [8] During this period, he met future wife Dorothy Fujikawa and undergraduate film student Jim Morrison. At the time, Manzarek was in a band called Rick & the Ravens with his brothers Rick and Jim. [9] Forty days after finishing film school, thinking they had gone their separate ways, Manzarek and Morrison met by chance on Venice Beach in California. Morrison said he had written some songs, and Manzarek expressed an interest in hearing them, whereupon Morrison sang rough versions of " Moonlight Drive ", "My Eyes Have Seen You" and " Summer's Almost Gone ". Manzarek liked the songs and co-founded The Doors with Morrison at that moment. During this period, Manzarek met guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore at a Transcendental Meditation lecture and recruited them for the incipient band. Densmore said, "There wouldn't be any Doors without Maharishi. " [10] From left to right, Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek and Morrison in a publicity photo from 1966 In January 1966, The Doors became the house band at the London Fog on the Sunset Strip. According to Manzarek, "Nobody ever came in the occasional sailor or two on leave, a few drunks. All in all it was a very depressing experience, but it gave us time to really get the music together. " The same day The Doors were fired from the London Fog, they were hired to be the house band of the Whisky a Go Go. [11] The Doors' first recording contract was with Columbia Records. After a few months of inactivity, they learned they were on Columbia's drop list. At that point, they asked to be released from their contract. Following a few months of live gigs, Jac Holzman "rediscovered" The Doors and signed them to Elektra Records. The Doors lacked a bass guitarist (except during recording sessions), so at live performances Manzarek played the bass parts on a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass. His signature sound was 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. During the Morrison era, Manzarek was the group's regular backing vocalist. He occasionally sang lead, as exemplified by covers of Muddy Waters 's "Close To You" (released on 1970s Absolutely Live) and "You Need Meat (Don't Go No Further)" (recorded during the L. Woman sessions and initially released as the B-side of " Love Her Madly "). He went on to share lead vocals with Krieger on the albums ( Other Voices and Full Circle) released after Morrison's death. Later career and influence [ edit] After recording two solo albums on Mercury Records to a muted reception in 1974, Manzarek played in several groups, most notably Nite City. [11] He recorded a rock adaptation of Carl Orff 's Carmina Burana (1983; co-produced by Philip Glass), briefly played with Iggy Pop, sat in on one track on the eponymous 1987 album Echo & the Bunnymen, backed San Francisco poet Michael McClure 's poetry readings and worked on improvisational compositions with poet Michael C. Ford. [12] He also worked extensively with Hearts of Fire screenwriter and former SRC front man Scott Richardson [13] on a series of spoken word and blues recordings entitled "Tornado Souvenirs". Manzarek produced the first four albums of the seminal punk band X, [14] also contributing occasionally on keyboards. [15] His memoir, Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, was published in 1998. The Poet in Exile (2001) is a novel exploring the urban legend that Jim Morrison may have faked his death. Manzarek's second novel, Snake Moon, released in April 2006, is a Civil War ghost story. In 2000, a collaboration poetry album entitled Freshly Dug was released with British singer, poet, actor and pioneer Punk rocker Darryl Read. Read had previously worked with Manzarek on the Beat Existentialist album in 1994, and their last poetical and musical collaboration was in 2007 with the album Bleeding Paradise. Manzarek at the Bospop festival, Weert 2010, the Netherlands Also in 2000, he co-wrote and directed the film Love Her Madly, [16] which was credited to a story idea by Jim Morrison. [17] The film was shown at the closing night of the 2004 Santa Cruz Film Festival, [18] but otherwise received limited distribution and critical review. In 2006, he collaborated with composer and trumpeter Bal. The album that resulted, Atonal Head, is an exploration in the realm of electronica. The two musicians integrated jazz, rock, ethnic and classical music into their computer-based creations. On August 4, 2007, Manzarek hosted a program on BBC Radio 2 about the 40th anniversary of the recording of " Light My Fire " and the group's musical and spiritual influences. In April 2009, Manzarek and Robby Krieger appeared as special guests for Daryl Hall 's monthly concert webcast Live From Daryl's House. They performed several Doors tunes (" People Are Strange ", " The Crystal Ship ", " Roadhouse Blues " and " Break on Through (To the Other Side) ") with Hall providing lead vocals. In his last years he often sat in with local bands in the Napa County, California area, where he relocated in the early 2000s. [19] In 2009, Manzarek collaborated with "Weird Al" Yankovic, by playing keyboards on the single " Craigslist ", which is a pastiche of The Doors. [20] On the day of Manzarek's death, Yankovic published a personal video of this studio session which he said had been an "extreme honor" and "one of the absolute high points of my life". [21] Manzarek was a co-producer on a few tracks for Universal Recording artist Michael Barber. A track appeared on the Internet, titled "Be Ok", on Barber's Universal Records debut. [ citation needed] In May 2010, Manzarek recorded with slide guitarist Roy Rogers in Studio D in Sausalito, California. Their album, Translucent Blues, released in mid-2011, was ranked No. 3 on the Top 100 Roots Rock Albums of 2011 by The Roots Music Report. [22] In February 2012, Manzarek recorded " Breakn' a Sweat " with DJ Skrillex and his fellow former Doors members Robby Krieger and John Densmore. In August 2013, Twisted Tales was released and dedicated to Manzarek after his passing. The unlikely musical duo of Manzarek and Roy Rogers, Manzarek-Rogers Band, for eight years substantiated the concept "opposites attract" since the latter is perceived for slide guitar and delta blues. The lyrical content is primarily penned by songwriter/poets Jim Carroll and Michael McClure. [23] Personal life, death and legacy [ edit] Manzarek married fellow UCLA alumna Dorothy Aiko Fujikawa in Los Angeles on December 21, 1967, with Jim Morrison and his longtime companion, Pamela Courson, as witnesses. Manzarek and Fujikawa remained married until his death. They had a son, Pablo born in August 31st 1973, and three grandchildren. [14] In the early 1970s, the Manzareks divided their time between an apartment in West Hollywood, California and a small penthouse on New York City's Upper West Side. [24] They subsequently resided in Beverly Hills, California (including ten years in a house on Rodeo Drive) for several decades. [24] For the last decade of his life, Manzarek and his wife lived in a refurbished farmhouse near Vichy Springs, California in the Napa Valley. [25] In March 2013, Manzarek was diagnosed with a rare cancer called cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) and traveled to Germany for special treatment. During that time he reconciled with John Densmore, and he spoke to Robby Krieger before his death. He also performed a private concert for his doctors and nurses. Manzarek was "feeling better" until it took a turn for the worse according to his manager. On May 20, 2013, Manzarek died at a hospital in Rosenheim, Germany, at the age of 74. [26] [27] His body was cremated. Robby Krieger said, "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today. 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. " [27] John Densmore said, "There was no keyboard player on the planet more appropriate to support Jim Morrison's words. Ray, I felt totally in sync with you musically. It was like we were of one mind, holding down the foundation for Robby and Jim to float on top of. I will miss my musical brother. " [28] Greg Harris, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, said in reaction to Manzarek's death that "The world of rock 'n' roll lost one of its greats with the passing of Ray Manzarek. " [29] Harris also said that "he was instrumental in shaping one of the most influential, controversial and revolutionary groups of the '60s. Such memorable tracks as 'Light My Fire', 'People Are Strange' and 'Hello, I Love You' – to name but a few – owe much to Manzarek's innovative playing. " [30] At 9:31 on May 21, The Whisky a Go Go and other clubs where the Doors played dimmed their lights in his memory. An invitation-only memorial service was held on June 9 in the Napa Opera House. February 12, 2016, at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, John Densmore and Robby Krieger reunited for the first time in 15 years to perform in tribute to Manzarek and benefit Stand Up to Cancer. That day would have been Manzarek's 77th birthday. The night featured Exene Cervenka and John Doe of the band X, Rami Jaffee of the Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots' Robert DeLeo, Jane's Addiction's Stephen Perkins, Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara and Andrew Watt, among others. In April 2018, the film Break On Thru: A celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors was premiered at the 2018 Asbury Park Music & Film Festival. The film highlights the 2016 concert in honor of Manzarek's 77th birthday and new footage and interviews. The film won the APMFF Best Film Feature Award at the festival. Discography [ edit] Solo [ edit] The Golden Scarab (1974) The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control (1974) Carmina Burana (1983) Love Her Madly (2006) Nite City [ edit] Nite City (1977) Golden Days Diamond Nights (1978) With Bal [ edit] Atonal Head (2006) With Echo & the Bunnymen [ edit] Bedbugs and Ballyhoo (1987) With Michael McClure [ edit] Love Lion (1993) The Piano Poems: Live From San Francisco (2012) With Darryl Read [ edit] Freshly Dug (1999) With Roy Rogers [ edit] Ballads Before The Rain (2008) Translucent Blues (2011) Twisted Tales (2013) Spoken word [ edit] The Doors: Myth And Reality, The Spoken Word History (1996) With "Weird Al" Yankovic [ edit] Craigslist (2009) With poet Michael C. Ford [ edit] Look Each Other in The Ears. Hen House Studio Album includes The Doors: Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore. 2014 Filmography [ edit] Love Her Madly (2000). Director and co-writer. Induction (1965). Actor (Ray), director, and writer. The Wino and the Blind Man (1964). Actor (blind man). Evergreen (1965). Writer and Director. Deal of the Century (1983). Actor (Charlie Simbo). The Poet in Exile (in production). References [ edit] ^ "Doors Legend Doors In". The Warsaw Voice.. Retrieved May 20, 2013. ^ "Ray Manzarek Bio - Ray Manzarek Career".. Retrieved June 25, 2016. ^ Manzarek, Ray. Light My Fire. New York: Berkley Boulevard Books, 1998. ISBN   0-425-17045-4 ^ Jane Connelly. "DePaul's musical history: Ray Manzarek and The Doors | Newsline | DePaul University | A Publication for Faculty and Staff".. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ Gillian G. Gaar. The Doors: The Illustrated History.. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ "In the Army with Ray". Hot Metal Bridge. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ "Co-Founder of The Doors Ray Manzarek has passed away | UCLA School of TFT".. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ Ray Manzarek (October 15, 1999). Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors.. p. 83. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ Fricke, David (June 20, 2013). "Ray Manzarek of the Doors". Rolling Stone (1185): 26. ^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Obituary, Rolling Stone, March 6, 2008, p. 16 ^ a b Goldstein, Patrick. "Nite City: The Dark Side of L. " Archived July 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Creem (September 1977). Retrieved May 15, 2008 ^ Ray Manzarek and Michael C. Ford at Hen House Studios, video ^ "Hearts of Fire (1987)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 20, 2013. ^ a b "Ray Manzarek, the Doors' keyboardist, dies at 74". Los Angeles Times. May 20, 2013. ^ "Los Angeles - X | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2017. ^ Love Her Madly; IMDb. Retrieved 2013-12-21. ^ Love Her Madly credits; IMDb. Retrieved 2013-12-21. ^ Sarah Phelan, 'Madly', Deeply; Metro Santa Cruz, May 19–26, 2004. Retrieved 2013-12-21. ^ The buttercream Gang with guest Ray Manzarek on YouTube. Retrieved November 6, 2010. ^ Yankovic, Al. Alpocalypse at Allmusic, credits at AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2013. ^ Yankovic, Al (May 20, 2013). Ray Manzarek plays "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Craigslist" (A/V stream). YouTube. Retrieved May 24, 2013. ^ "The No. 1 Independent, International Music Charts in the World – Music News, Reviews, & More. Helping the Music Artist along with Radio Stations and Record Labels". Roots Music Report. Retrieved May 20, 2013. ^ "Slide guitarist Roy Rogers talks 'Twisted Tales' final album with Ray Manzarek".. Retrieved June 25, 2016. ^ a b [1] [ dead link] ^ "Rock 'n' roll retreat / The Doors' Ray Manzarek and his wife savor life in Wine Country".. Retrieved January 21, 2020. ^ "Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Passes Away at 74". The Doors Property, LLC. May 20, 2013. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013. ^ a b "Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74". Reuters. May 13, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013. ^ "John Densmore on TwitLonger". TwitLonger. May 20, 2013. ^ Lewis, Randy (May 20, 2013). "Ray Manzarek dies at 74; the Doors' keyboardist". Retrieved February 3, 2015. ^ Cava, Marco della (May 20, 2013). "Ray Manzarek's keyboards opened musical doors". USA Today. Retrieved February 3, 2015. Further reading [ edit] Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors (1998) ISBN   0-425-17045-4 The Poet in Exile (2001) Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002 paperback: ISBN   1-56025-447-5 Snake Moon (2006) ISBN   1-59780-041-4 External links [ edit] Official website Official Manzarek-Krieger website Official Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers Official Ray Manzarek & Michael McClure The Doors official website Ray Manzarek on IMDb Ray Manzarek shares moments of his life story and career NAMM Oral History Interview December 8, 2008.

2 More! 2 More! Dont give it away XD. The Doors  weren't just  Jim Morrison 's sexy, sweaty swagger and occasionally mediocre poetry. They were also late-'60s musical adventurers, especially keyboardist Ray Manzarek. In fact, most Doors songs are instantly identifiable not by Morrison's somewhat incomprehensible ramblings but by Manzarek's carnivalesque keys and classical-meets-jazz piano fills. He was an essential part of the band, perhaps the group's most important musical element, because he also supplied their songs with keyboard bass: Remember, the Doors didn't have a bass player. Our list of the Top 10 Ray Manzarek Doors Songs focuses on the tracks where his rhythmic riffs made all the difference. 10 "The Crystal Ship" From: 'The Doors' (1967) Like many of the songs on the Doors' debut album, "The Crystal Ship, " in addition to serving as vehicle for Morrison's cryptic poetry, doubles as a showcase for Manzarek's classically inspired piano playing. In a way, he and the other members are at their most reserved here, approaching nuanced jazz notes at times. 9 "Riders on the Storm" From: 'L. A. Woman' (1971) The Doors' last Top 40 hit, released a month before Morrison's death, is overlong and pretentious, and it verges on cocktail-jazz boredom. But Manzarek's electric piano, along with various studio sound effects, builds mood like very few of the band's other songs. "Riders on the Storm" is really a showcase for Manzarek's subtle shadings. 8 "Touch Me" From: 'The Soft Parade' (1969) The Doors' last Top 10 hit is one of their liveliest, thanks to some horns and strings that join the usually insular band on the record. Manzarek's playful keyboard riff (lifted from a Four Seasons song) sets the tone for "Touch Me, " a rare, baggage-free sex song by a band that was often weighted down by its seriousness. 7 "Back Door Man" From: 'The Doors' (1967) Like many groups from their era, the Doors wanted to be a blues band. Just check out our list of the Top 10 Ray Manzarek Songs for proof – many of the tracks are based on basic blues progressions. "Back Door Man, " written by Willie Dixon and originally recorded by the great Howlin' Wolf in 1961, is the Doors at their bluesy best. 6 "Soul Kitchen" From: 'The Doors' (1967) Manzarek's familiar organ is the first thing you hear in "Soul Kitchen, " all alone and bubbling along peacefully, and it drives the song's rhythm for its entire three and a half minutes. It's such a strong, constant presence in the song, it's almost easy to miss Robby Krieger's great blues-inspired guitar solo. The Doors' debut album was filled with great performances. This is one of the best. 5 "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" From: 'The Doors' (1967) The Doors' first single, and the opening track on their debut album, is the perfect intro to the band. All of their signature moves are there: Morrison's wild-child howls, Krieger's economic guitar runs, drummer John Densmore's steady timekeeping and Manzarek's jazzy organ fills, which feed into a swaying solo midway through the song. 4 "Love Me Two Times" From: 'Strange Days' (1967) Manzarek hauls out a harpsichord for the second single released from the band's musically rich sophomore album. His solo halfway through the song nudges Summer of Love conventions with a dose of nostalgia. The Doors played around like this throughout their career (pick any song in our list of the Top 10 Ray Manzarek Doors Songs, and you'll spot it), but "Love Me Two Times" is first-rate hippie intellectualism. 3 "Hello, I Love You" From: 'Waiting for the Sun' (1968) The band's second No. 1 hit is built on another one of Manzarek's springy keyboard riffs. This one changes course midway, as the melody steers in a different direction before trailing off at the end of the song. The playground riff that Manzarek plays, and never stops playing, is there for the entire ride. 2 "People Are Strange" From: 'Strange Days' (1967) Strange Days, the Doors' second album, is their most musically exciting LP. Manzarek eases himself into the first single, which, like other songs on the album, is based on European music-hall traditions. By the time he checks in with his piano solo, he's leading the ale-swiggin' singalong. 1 "Light My Fire" From: 'The Doors' (1967) Does any song inspire air-keyboard soloing as much as "Light My Fire"? The Doors' breakthrough song, a No. 1 hit, charges on for more than seven minutes, and not a second of it goes by without Manzarek's glorious keyboard riff pulling you along. If Jimi Hendrix  led thousands of kids to pick up guitars, then surely Manzarek's work on "Light My Fire" did the same for kids with pianos and organs. "Light My Fire" made organs cool.

Am I the only one who tears up when listening to The Doors? Not necessarily from sadness, but because it's so beautiful, and gentle yet hard. It's like a trip into another universe that was made just for you. Enter the characters you see below Sorry, we just need to make sure you're not a robot. For best results, please make sure your browser is accepting cookies. Type the characters you see in this image: Try different image Conditions of Use Privacy Policy © 1996-2014,, Inc. or its affiliates. Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. I truly enjoy Mr. manzerks Enthusiasm after all these years he was a great musician had a great time in life and he really embraced it thank you for all the great songs that youve put into this world and thank you for holding onto that enthusiasm till the day you passed.

The Doors were amazing. They were pretty much an All Star band. The Doors: Break On Thru - A Celebration Of Ray Manzarek Séances Bandes-annonces Casting Critiques spectateurs Critiques presse Photos VOD Blu-Ray, DVD Musique Secrets de tournage Box Office Récompenses Films similaires News noter: 0. 5 1 1. 5 2 2. 5 3 3. 5 4 4. 5 5 Envie de voir Rédiger ma critique Synopsis et détails The Doors: Break On Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek est un film hybride entre concert et documentaire, capturant la performance hommage de 2016 à Los Angeles par les membres demeurant de The Doors, John Densmore et Robby Krieger en l’honneur de Ray Manzarek le jour de son anniversaire. La set list contient les chansons de The Doors joués par John et Robby, avec un ensemble de brillants musiciens incluant des membres de Foo Fighters, X, Stone Temple Pilots, Jane’s Addiction, Paul McCartney’s Band, Gov’t Mule et bien plus. Le film inclus également de rares images d’archives des membres du groupe, avec des conversations entre Jim Morrison et Ray Manzarek, et le journaliste musical de renom Ben Fong-Torres, mais aussi de nouveaux entretiens avec John et Robby. Distributeur Publiciscinémas Voir les infos techniques Acteurs et actrices Casting complet et équipe technique Si vous aimez ce film, vous pourriez aimer... Voir plus de films similaires Commentaires.

The Doors ‘ arrival on the rock scene, with their historic 1967 debut album, marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and projects that would become stone-cold classics, but also something much bigger—a new and deeper relationship between creators and their audience. Refusing to be mere entertainers, the Los Angeles quartet relentlessly challenged, confronted, and inspired their fans, leaping headfirst into the heart of darkness while other bands warbled about peace and love. Though they’ve had scores of imitators, there’s never been another band quite like them. They released six studio albums with their iconic lead singer, Jim Morrison, as well as a live album ( Absolutely Live – 1970) and a compilation ( 13 – 1970), before Morrison’s premature death in 1971, at the age of 27. In the following years, they released Other Voices (1971) and Full Circle (1972) with keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger providing vocals. The Doors were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1993. The Doors' name was inspired by Aldous Huxley ’s 1954 book, The Doors of Perception, which was itself inspired by the writings of William Blake.

This music never gets old, it sounds better today Nov,2019. As a teenager, I stuck a picture of Ray Manzarek on my school pencil tin – no other musician could make you feel like you were just one small step from wildness Hello, I love you … Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Photograph: Jan Persson/Redferns I arrived at the music of the Doors, and therefore the genius of Ray Manzarek, in rather circuitous fashion. I was 13, and at that time quite besotted with David Lynch's excellently peculiar TV series Twin Peaks. It stirred in me a passion for twinsets and fir trees, cherry pie and strong coffee, and naturally when I learned that my beloved Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) would be playing Manzarek in Oliver Stone's biopic of the band, I decided that I absolutely had to see the film. Some weeks later, having failed on numerous occasions to convince the cinema staff that I was old enough to buy a ticket for an 18-certified movie, I conceded defeat and bought the soundtrack instead. People can get a little sniffy about soundtrack compilations, but at that malleable age this proved a strangely influential album for me. It introduced me to the Velvet Underground, who remain one of my favourite bands, and of course it was also my first immersion in the music of the Doors themselves. Reading this on mobile? Watch the Doors performing Light My Fire It was an awakening of sorts – to my young ears this was music that sounded otherworldly and full-grown. Unlike the neat, chirpy pop songs I heard on the radio, it sprawled louchely from the speakers. It wasn't the spreadeagled sound of the Stone Roses exactly, though to my mind then it shared a similar rambling expansiveness. Instead there was an intent to it, something blistering beneath. I would listen to Light My Fire and Riders on the Storm, to The End, Break On Through (To the Other Side) and Love Her Madly, and wonder at this music's ability to transport the listener, at where and how it had begun and where and when it would end. In the months that followed I accumulated a few facts about the Doors – that Jim Morrison met Ray Manzarek at UCLA, that they would run into one another some while later in Venice Beach and form a band, that Manzarek then met drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger at a lecture on transcendental meditation. And I liked these stories; they fed this music's delicious sense of otherness. I liked the idea of these songs being spawned on an oceanfront halfway around the world, of cinematography courses and lectures about meditation. I liked the sound of a Vox Continental combo organ. Reading this on mobile? Watch the Doors performing When The Music's Over While I understood the charm of Jim Morrison's snake-hipped crooning, for me the seductiveness of the Doors always lay in the keys: the way they twinkled beneath Riders on the Storm, the constant nag of them in the side of LA Woman, the near-spasm of them at the start of When the Music's Over. There was always something so physical and commanding about their presence. It seemed to me then that the pulse beneath these songs was always Manzarek's playing, that those keys somehow embodied all the storms and strangeness, the fire and love, the other side of these songs. It was the keys that made you feel as if you were always on the cusp of something: the strange outsider trying to set the night on fire, loving madly, riding that storm; it was the keys that made you feel you were occupying that teetering space on the edge of society, the brink of insanity, one step from wildness, from succumbing; that you were hovering somewhere between a threat and a thrill. And so to hear Manzarek play always summoned in me a similar feeling to all those other early adolescent adventures. It was the sound of car rides with boys and warm beer in bus stops. It was a stomach flip, a flutter in the chest, the veins rushed with blood. I felt charged by the danger of it, the glowering lust of this music. Reading this on mobile? Listen to Love Street I remember I had a particular passion for Love Street. Released as a B-side in 1968, it was inspired by the road in Laurel Canyon where Morrison lived with his girlfriend, and where he would sit on their balcony watching the hippies walk by. I liked the sweet surface simplicity of it, the lolloping joy of a house and a garden and a girl and "la la la, la la la la". And then it was the keys that seemed to twist it, to provide an unexpected undercurrent that drew your attention to the robes and monkeys, the lazy diamond-studded flunkies. And so the picture shifted, from easy domesticity to something more psychedelic. And into that open-hearted, wide-world curiosity of "I would like to see what happens" my adolescent mind wandered. On the inside of my school pencil tin I had stuck a picture of Agent Cooper. Now beside him I added another of Ray Manzarek.

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Just the way that he played ray's solo at the end and everyone started cheering was amazing. Image caption The Doors - John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek - were hugely successful in their heyday Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 60s rock band The Doors, has died aged 74. He formed the band with lead singer Jim Morrison in 1965 after a chance meeting in Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Manzarek, who had battled bile duct cancer for many years, died in a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, with his wife and brothers at his bedside. The Doors found fame in the 1960s with hits such as The End, Break on Through to the Other Side and Hello I Love You. They sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and Manzarek became one of the best-known keyboardists of his era, his artistry colouring tracks like Riders on the Storm and Light my Fire. Manzarek's keyboard skills helped The Doors sell 100m albums In his latter years, Manzarek played in other bands and, in 1998, wrote a best-selling memoir, Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors. Drummer John Densmore paid tribute to Manzarek, saying he felt "totally in sync" with his "musical brother". "There was no keyboard player on the planet more appropriate to support Jim Morrison's words, " he added. Guitarist Robbie Krieger, who continued to play with Manzarek following Morrison's death on 3 July 1971, said he was "deeply saddened" to hear the news. "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, " he said. British rock musician Billy Idol ‏tweeted, "I was lucky to get a chance to rock out with him and the other two Doors. Cheers mate, say hi to Jim. " Bill Siddons, the band's manager in the 60s, told the BBC it was a "tremendous loss" to musical culture. "He understood what Jim's talent was, and he put the band together to make it work, " he said. "The Doors really had a huge impact, and still do, on our musical culture. " Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Former Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres was a friend of Ray Manzarek and said he "proved himself to be a stellar musician" The original line-up, which included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger, made six albums in their six years together. The death of Morrison, who died of heart failure in a bath in Paris, effectively spelled the end for the band, although Chicago-born Manzarek took on singing duty. Manzarek, who was of Polish descent, was born and raised in south Chicago before studying cinematography at the University of California in Los Angeles where he first met fellow film student Morrison. "There was no idea of forming a rock and roll band at the time. Jim was a poet and a film maker - and not a very good film maker but a really good poet and a real intellectual, " he told singer Suzi Quatro in a documentary for the BBC. He took classical piano lessons as a child which later contributed to the fusion style of The Doors' music. "The introduction to Light My Fire was my little Bach study. I had a good time with that, " he said. Iggy Pop [L] played with Manzarek in 1974 "The whole point of The Doors was a fusion of rock and roll but with some jazz, a little bit of classical, Robbie Krieger's flamenco guitar, and my classical background. " He met Morrison again by chance on Venice Beach in 1965 after finishing their course, where Morrison sang him an early version of Moonlight Drive, which would later feature on their second album, Strange Days. Manzarek met Densmore and Krieger at a Transcendental Meditation lecture and the four became the house band at The London Fog on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1966. He played with a number of other bands throughout his career including Iggy Pop and punk rock band X. Manzarek is survived by his wife Dorothy Fujikawa, who he married in 1967, his son, Pablo and three grandchildren.

Story highlights The Doors' founding keyboardist Ray Manzarek has died Manzarek, 74, was suffering from bile duct cancer The musician "went for performance" as a producer, bassist of punk band X said in 2004 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. "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today, " said Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. "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. " The band famously defied Ed Sullivan's request that they not sing the lyric "higher" when they performed "Light My Fire" on his show in 1969. A show producer approached them in the dressing room shortly before they were to perform, Manzarek recalled in an interview with CNN in 2002. Manzarek remembers the band publicly agreeing like choirboys. " 'Yes, sir, ' we told him, " he recalls. "'Whatever you say, sir. We'll change. ' (The producer) looked at Jim and said, 'You're the poet. Think of something else -- 'wire, ' 'flyer. ' " Then the Doors went out and did the song exactly as they always did. Sullivan was so furious he didn't even shake their hands. Manzarek went on to produce the Los Angeles punk band X. Bassist John Doe said the band learned a lot from him. "To have someone like Ray -- like rock 'n' roll royalty -- embrace what we do, it was great for our confidence, " Doe told CNN in a 2004 interview. "In the studio, he knew what to try to do. He went for performance. He was smart enough to realize that the band had the arrangements all worked out. " Manzarek is survived by his brothers Rick and James, his wife Dorothy, his son Pablo, and three grandchildren. Instead of flowers, the family's asked that a donation be made in Manzarek's name at.

“I play the drums, ” says John Densmore, with tangible pride. He may be belaboring the obvious, considering that, as the rhythmic engine of The Doors, he’s responsible for some of the most famous beats in rock history. But Densmore still bristles at what he calls the “dumb drummer” stereotype. “The drum was the first fucking instrument, ” he declares. “The reason people move and dance is that they’re trying to get back to that heartbeat. It’s the heartbeat you hear in the womb that started the whole deal. An orchestra, a four-piece rock band, whatever it is, they’re trying to get back to that heartbeat. ” The universal, ancient call of this heartbeat has been Densmore’s obsession since his childhood in Southern California. “I took piano when I was eight, and I loved it, ” he recalls. “I liked improvising on songs I had learned, rather than learning new ones. I got turned on by the piano. My teacher would give me songs to play, simplified classical and pop, and I got off on it. ” Eager to try his hand at another instrument, young John at first fixated on the clarinet. His orthodontist, however, strictly forbade him to wrap his wired mouth around any reed instruments. The world has this medical professional to thank, then, for the fact that John Densmore headed for the drums. “I was in the orchestra and the marching band with those stupid uniforms, ” Densmore recollects. “I got a rush from playing with 40 musicians, no matter how amateurish–there’s power in a marching band. ” He became enamored, in his teens, with jazz–and particularly with the playing of drummer Elvin Jones, whose evocative, muscular grooves with John Coltrane’s band influenced a multitude of rock musicians. He also became a habitué of the L. A. club scene, where bands like The Byrds and Love were a foretaste of things to come. He met guitarist Robby Krieger, and the two began writing and playing together in a band called Psychedelic Rangers. Densmore next hooked up with Chicago-bred keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who was then playing in a group known as Rick and the Ravens with his brothers and a shy Floridian named Jim Morrison, who knew Manzarek from UCLA film school. Eventually, Manzarek’s brothers left the band, and Densmore brought Krieger in. The foursome gelled, despite lacking an element most bands took for granted. “We couldn’t find a bass player, ” Densmore remembers. “We tried once or twice, but we sounded like the Stones. A white blues band. Who cares? We wanted to be different. ” Click here to read complete biography.

Raconteur. Yeah, Ray's a good story teller. His book Light My Fire, My life with The Doors tells it all. When you get into what he's saying it will be hard to put the book down. Jim Morrison's deep, bellowing baritone was the voice of the Doors, but it was Ray Manzarek 's signature Vox Continetal organ playing that was the heart and soul of the band's sound. The music is over now for Manzarek, who died this week at the age of 74, but it will always live on thanks to his fans -- many of whom are musicians themselves. The Doors and Manzarek had an undeniable influence on many indie and alt-rock acts, and the following 10 bands will help pass it on to future generations. Joy Division Don't hear hints of the Doors' blues-soaked psychedelia in the bleak industrial clamor of Joy Division? Not only was Ian Curtis' deep baritone often compared to Morrison's, but Ian regularly cited the Doors as one of the band's formative influences. The parallels go even further, with bassist Peter Hook's distinctive mid-range bass playing often bringing to mind Manzaeck's single-note organ. Check out 'New Dawn Fades' off 1979's 'Unknown Pleasures' below -- and then DJ Rudec's mash-up of 'Fades' with the Doors' 'Break On Through' here. The Dandy Warhols Ray Manzarek may not have been the first rocker to play bass lines on an organ, but his signature sound was certainly rare at the time -- and still isn't exactly a common move today. That approach wasn't lost on the Dandy Warhols, who employ Zia McCabe to play the low end on keyboards. Think it's a coincidence? Not likely, especially considering the Warhols dug the Doors enough to tweet about Ray's death. On 'There Is Only This Time' off 2005's 'Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, ' the Warhols offer up a slightly brighter take on the Doors' more foreboding work. Iggy Pop Iggy Pop was barely out of his teens when he saw the Doors perform in 1967, and the show permanently changed his life. The music pulled Pop in, but it was more Morrison's confrontational stage presence that had an immediate and obvious impact on the future Stooges singer. His take-away from the gig? "If this guy can do it, I can do it" -- which he meant in the most reverential of ways. Patti Smith Punk priestess Patti Smith had a similar epiphany as Iggy when she saw the Doors in her younger days -- although she almost took it as a personal challenge. "I was sitting there thinking, 'I could do that. I felt this strange kinship, I don't know why I thought that... I was just a girl from Jersey. " Years later, Smith appeared on Manzarek's 1975 solo album 'The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now it's Out of Control' and has been known to turn in the occasional Doors cover. Below, listen to her belt out a version  of 'Crystal Ship. ' Mazzy Star Mazzy Star's 'So Tonight That I Might See, ' the final track off their album of the same name, may be the most Doors-like track on this entire list -- until, of course, singer Hope Sandoval's hauntingly breathless voice comes in. But even then, her delivery carries a Morrison-like cadence that helps this epic jam of 'The End'-tinged psychedelia become a strong contender for best '90s song the Doors didn't write (but totally could have). Echo and the Bunnymen This one may be obvious, but that doesn't take anything away from Echo and the Bunnymen's spectacular music. The British band's moody and dark sound certainly draws from the Doors, but it's their dead-on cover of 'People Are Strange, ' which appeared on the soundtrack to cult '80s flick 'The Lost Boys, ' that seals the deal. The Wooden Shjips We can't be the only ones who think San Francisco psych rockers the Wooden Shjips (that's pronounced "ships") seriously sound like the Doors at some choice moments. Witness 'We Ask You To Ride, ' the lead single and first track from their stellar self-titled 2007 debut, which comes across as a loose, lively outtake from the Doors' 'In Concert' bootleg, complete with the feedback-soaked wall of sound assault the Doors sometimes busted out when onstage. The Brian Jonestown Massacre Another band with San Francisco roots, the Brian Jonestown Massacre are known for their creative re-imagining of the music of a wide swath of rock icons, from classic legends like Dylan and the Stones to contemporary greats like My Bloody Valentine and Yo La Tengo. But schizo-shamanic frontman Anton Newcombe cut his young musical teeth listening to the Doors, and here, BJM turn in a rare, straight-up cover of 'Five to One. ' The Strokes "Put simply, because of the Doors, I chose music as my life path, " Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas wrote in the intro to an interview he conducted with Manzarek and Robert Krieger before the release of the Doors documentary 'Mojo Risin: The Making Of L. A. Woman. ' "I was actually drawn by the instrumentation primarily... as musicians I found them to be unique and masterful. " That influence can be heard frequently in the Strokes' music, including obvious shades of 'Touch Me' in their first single, 'Last Nite. ' Nirvana We're not totally sure what Nirvana thought of the Doors, to be honest -- considering their staunch promotion of the punk ethos, they may very well have regarded the band as an example of the ridiculousness of overwrought "rock royalty" -- but they did pay attention long enough to learn how to cover 'The End' (kind of). And quite an interesting cover it is, with Krist Novoselic seemingly changing the lyrics as he goes, spinning a ridiculous tale that you really just have to hear to believe. OK, so Nirvana probably didn't admire the Doors quite like the rest of these bands, but they certainly were influenced by them. Check out 'The End' below and then try to tell us their sense of humor didn't just grow three sizes.

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