RIP Ray Manzarek (the Doors)
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Topic: RIP Ray Manzarek (the Doors)
Posted By: Rune2000
Subject: RIP Ray Manzarek (the Doors)
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 18:05
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On May 20, 2013, Manzarek died after a long battle with bile duct cancer, at a hospital in Rosenheim, Germany, aged 74. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, two brothers, son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren.
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 18:18
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Sad news ...
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 18:20
| Love The Doors and Ray's playing---very innovative and cool---Tony Banks mentioned him as an influence. RIP. |
Posted By: Floyd Steely
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 19:22
| One of the most unique and innovative musicians of his era, and certainly one of the most eloquent. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 19:43
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Thanks for all the great music, Ray.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 20:14
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He was able to make magic with a modest Farfisa. A real genius Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 20:26
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------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 20:50
Met him years ago doing a poetry gig with Michael McClure I believe. He wasn't the most friendly guy that night, but I don't fault him....it has to be a drag being approached by "enthusiastic" youngsters all the time . Have a lot of respect for those 3 guys, it couldn't have been easy dealing with Morrison night after night. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 21:28
Just found out  . Sad, sad, sad.....................Bless you Ray, your keyboards and talent add so much colour to my life.....
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 20 2013 at 21:41
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http://t.entertainment.msn.com/publicist-ray-manzarek-founding-member-of-the-doors-dies-at-74-1
Not a huge fan but still a fun band. RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: humor4u1959
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 00:18
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Just wanted to say I'm sad that we lost a great keyboardist today. Ray was a gem. Playing left hand bass live all the time and still doing what he did with his right hand was no easy trick. His style of playing contributed greatly to the Doors' music.
R.I.P., Ray. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 01:45
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 02:14
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Posted By: DaleHauskins
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 02:22
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One
of dearest friends in the world.legendary Jamaican bassist Phil Chen
has been touring with The Doors for years.We are all sad... http://www.hitparade.ch/forum.asp?status=edited&todo=viewthread&pages&id=41301" rel="nofollow - http://www.hitparade.ch/forum.asp?status=edited&todo=viewthread&pages=&id=41301
------------- Ｄａｌｅ Ｈａｕｓｋｉｎｓ (858) 401-2973 (310) 293-0432 https://artistecard.com/Dalehauskins |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 02:26
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Instantly recognisable keyboard sound, which epitomised the 60s for me - a real loss to music.
RIP ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 03:13
This. RIP ------------- 
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Jim Garten wrote:Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 03:27
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A wonderful musician, probably just as important to The Doors sound as Jim Morrison. You couldn't imagine the band without his otherworldly keyboards. My favourite: RIP Ray. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 03:55
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What! i just order the same day my first biography related to the band "Riders on the Storm", sad, very sad, i love the guy. RIP ------------- Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 06:39
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Jean and I just heard the news on the radio. Sad loss; one more excellent musician for St. Peter's ever growing house band.
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 07:58
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Sad loss I wonder who would know about the existence of the Rhodes piano bass was it not for Ray. Sorry for small pedantic correction on Ivan's comment but his organ (after having first used a Vox Continental combo) was a Gibson G101 which indeed looks quite like a Farfisa (btw at the right we can see a bit of the Vox Continental he used in the beginning).  |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 07:58
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RIP Ray Manzarek In tribute to Rays incredible skill I post this Ray was a fantastic keyboardist for The Doors among others - he made his indelible mark in music history. Loved his work on Light My Fire, Crystal Ship, The End and especially Riders on the Storm. A legend greatly missed.
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 08:16
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The Doors are, to me, the most important American band from the 60's, and Ray was the most important part of the band's sound. Sad news indeed.
R.I.P. Ray, and sincere condolences to everyone close to him.
And Thank You for such magical music. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 21 2013 at 11:17
Great keyboardist. RIP  ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: May 22 2013 at 01:32
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Of all the papers, the LA Times--the local rag--has had the best spread on Ray. Makes sense: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ray-manzarek-photos-20130520,0,147206.photogallery ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: May 22 2013 at 01:36
| RIP Ray Manzarek |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 22 2013 at 02:18
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Terrible news Just recently watched Live at the Hollywood Bowl in cinema... ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: May 22 2013 at 17:21
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AGAIN ? VERY sad news. The Doors lost their most important member. CURSE You cancer. RIP. You are now with Jim. ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: May 22 2013 at 19:39
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R.I.P. once again, Ray, the Polish member of the band...
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 13:04
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Not the biggest Door's fan but sad to see another one go. RIP Ray
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 24 2013 at 14:44
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Posted By: SMSM
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 14:05
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His keyboards were as much a part of the Doors sound as Lords were to Deep Purple/Whitesnake, Peter Bardens was to Camel and Richard Wright was to Pink Floyd.
The Doors released two albums with Morrison, to me they were the best the did, much likes Floyd's recordings without Waters
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 22:56
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I know I'm a bit late to the party, but wow, rest in peace Ray. A legend. One of my favourite musicians ever. I was really in shock when I found out - way too early to go, way too early. The Doors have been one of my favourite bands since I was like really young. Very sad. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 00:40
More folks need to discover Ray's first solo effort 'The Golden Scarab' - borderline Prog in places too.
I wonder if Ray ever used a synth during his days in The Doors ?? Bless him.
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 07:54
According to Ray's memoir, "Light My Fire. My Life With The Doors", he himself never used synthesizers for the Doors albums. But during "Strange Days" sessions "Paul Beaver brought his huge modular Moog system into the studio... [It was] one of the first uses of the Moog synthesizer in rock". The problem was it's too difficult to repeat necessary sounds on Moog. Again, according to Ray, "We used the electronic wind sound Beaver had created on "Spanish Caravan"* and then another sound on Jim's voice - ... - on the title cut, "Strange Days"". When Ray tells about recording "The Soft Parade" album he adds: "Had synthesizers been more advanced, more user-friendly back then, I would have scored the whole thing by myself. But after that Paul Beaver episode with the modular Moog, well, forget synths". * - Looks like "Spanish Caravan" was recorded during "Strange Days" sessions.
 ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 15:13
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That bit of info is very valuable !! Thanks. 'Horse Latitudes' features unique sounds too.
Even more credibility that The Doors were progressive.
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 16:01
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^ I thought there are synths on "Horse Latitudes", but according to Ray all its sounds were made by Yamaha piano (Ray pulled strings), Robby's guitar and screams and noises by Jim, John Densmore, Ron Krieger (Robby's brother), Alan Ronay and Pamela Courson. By the way, Ray had numerous talents. We all know his contibution to the Doors' music, his sensitivity to good lyrics. But he's also a great storyteller (reading his book "Light My Fire. My Life With The Doors" is a real pleasure) and a talented filmmaker (he directed some Doors videos, his UCLA student movies "Induction" and especially "Evergreen" prove my point, both published on this DVD: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=34398" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=34398 ; in 2000 he directed the full-length movie "Love Her Madly": http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com/lovehermadly.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com/lovehermadly.html ). Yeah, the world became an emptier place without Ray.
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 16:20
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Ray's UCLA films are on YouTube. Evergreen: Induction: Ray's then girlfriend (and later the one and only wife) Dorothy Fujikawa played in both films. Dorothy deserves a special mention in the Doors history, I guess the band could not survive in 1965 without her moral and financial support. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 02:31
| Interesting. In some ways, I enjoy the 2 post-Morrison albums more than the earlier ones, and it's thanks to Ray. A song like 'The Mosquito' is a knock-out. As is 'Verdilac' and I love the gentleness of Densmore's 'Piano Bird'. More Jazz oriented than the previous acid-psych stylings. 'Other Voices' is superb. Always will be one of my fave keyboardists. Jim was an inspired poet, but too much of a drug fiend to hold it all together. Shame. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 06:04
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It seems the Doors themselves don't consider albums without Morrison true Doors albums. That's why Elektra have not released them on CD yet. Jim moved to Paris, magic's gone. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 22:16
| Sad news. Rest in peace. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 00:29
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wow----just read now sad sad news R.I.P ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |