Ray Manzarek Passes Away at 74

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  • The Nothingman
    The Nothingman Posts: 527
    Pjzepp67 wrote:
    Death of a legend...
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    So sad...I have so many memories of my dad showing me The Doors music, one of his all time favorite bands. RIP Ray.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    From John Densmore: "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."
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,042
    I've always felt that Manzarek and Richard Wright were the most underrated musicians in rock history. Both are completely responsible for their respective band's "sound"
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 33,155
    Damn sad, i grew up getting stupid drunk & listening to the Doors by the beach thanks for the music RIP Ray ...
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  • HollisBrown
    HollisBrown Posts: 4,325
    Great guy from a great band. RIP Ray, you will be missed.
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Who Princess wrote:
    He played keyboards the way some musicians play lead guitar.
    RIP Ray. :(

    Sure did

    Rest in Peace - Ray
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Tonight, Monday May 20th, The Whisky a Go Go, The Roxy Theatre, The Viper Room and The House of Blues Sunset Strip will all dim their lights at 9:31PM PDT in honor of Ray Manzarek.
  • BIGDaddyWil
    BIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,100
    Totally bummed. I'm going to spin some Doors, after the Red Wings game.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    :cry: Such a talented man and one of the greatest keyboardists in music history. I've always loved Ray and his stories from the band's days. He will be missed greatly.
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,042
    Weird Al posted a video of Ray recording with him that's cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... a5x88C0yQY
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    saw him playing with D21C. he never stopped loving it.
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  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    :(:(

    Just saw him and Krieger a couple years ago, and was just watching "People are Strange" a few days ago.

    RIP Ray Manzarek.
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    My second favorite band ever. The doors changed my life, just like PJ.
    Ray was an amazing talent, and a great story teller, keeping Jim alive all these year.

    This is messing with me more than I thought it would.

    RIP Ray.
    The world lost a good one today.

    So very sad.
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  • Pjzepp67
    Pjzepp67 Posts: 445
    Had to dig out my copy of The Doors: The story of LA Woman; it really does emphasise what an educated, humourful, respectful and genuine guy he was. There's another rockumentary to add to a previous post... :cry:
  • john roach
    john roach Posts: 80
    Very sad . RIP Ray.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,136
    Ray also was an fiction author. This is a great read:

    http://www.amazon.com/Poet-Exile-Novel- ... 1560254475

    Is the lead singer of America's most notorious rock and roll band really buried in Paris? Years after the Poet's apparent death, his longtime musical collaborator and friend Roy receives the first of several mysterious postcards bearing cryptic verse, signed only "J." Trusting his instinct that this is not a hoax, Roy traces the cards to their apparent source—a remote island in the Indian Ocean. There, to his amazement, he is re-united with the man once known as "the snake man," and hears the remarkable story of his faked death—and the rebirth it made possible. A happily married man, the father of two children, he has discovered the secret to life and is finally free of the demons that had driven him headlong through the American night. Now an enticing question arises: Would destiny smile upon the re-launch of one of the most influential rock and roll bands in history? "... a narrative that ends with a moment of authentic surprise and heart-tugging poignancy."—Los Angeles Times
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    :(
    He was great. Thankfully his music will always be around to remind us.
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    Truly sad to hear this yesterday. The Doors were a big influence on me in my younger days. Thanks for the music and the memories Ray.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    I've always felt that Manzarek and Richard Wright were the most underrated musicians in rock history. Both are completely responsible for their respective band's "sound"

    Good point. The Doors often didn't even use a bass player. Ray was the bass.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.

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