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http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/publicist-ray-manzarek-founding-member-of-the-doors-dies-at-74-from-cancer/2013/05/20/2dec0d86-c193-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_story.html
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Huge bummer. A sad day indeed.
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Just saw this. goshdarn.
This year really fucking sucks for musicians dying.
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Very sad day. RIP Ray.
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Ok it is OFFICIAL. Ray Manzarek is dead. Mind blown. RIP Ray.
Weird. Some hoax.
R.I.P., Manzarek.
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Now he's in Rock & Roll Heaven with Jim.
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Well, this really ruined my day. May he rest in peace.
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Damn, really? Didn't even know he was sick...
Always found every member of The Doors incredibly cool, especially him. RIP
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Quote from: Mikie on May 20, 2013, 02:56:37 PM
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Now he's in Rock & Roll Heaven with Jim.
Funny you should mention "Rock & Roll Heaven" - Alan O'Day who wrote that song died last week.
And if you think Jimbo's there with him.....well, I just wonder what the odds are at Ladbrokes that we'll see the Lizard King make Ray's burial. Or at least the memorial service. I mean, you gotta figure if it really was him in Pere Lachaise, somebody would have tried to steal the body by now to hold for ransom. And nobody's even bothered to try.
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Should be a quiet burial as long as there's no dead Indians around the cemetary......
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I was shocked when i herd it, still pretty much am, he seem to be a down to earth kind of guy and was very funny and could tell a good story of the band, RIP
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It's hard to listen to "Light My Fire" or "Riders On The Storm" or "The Crystal Ship" or any Doors' songs - even Other Voices and Full Circle - without Ray in this world. Although he was the "older" Door, he was so young at heart, so much energy, so much spirit. His keyboard work provided me with more musical enjoyment than probably any musician ever. I was glad that he and Robby got to perform together over the last decade; I know they loved it. I hope Ray and John spent some final quality time together; I'm sure they did. As a young kid, The Doors were my first favorite group. I'm physically sick over this; I didn't know Ray was ill. My thoughts are with his family. R.I.P. Ray, and thanks for years and years of great music, and making my life happier.
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Oh man... very depressed... he tried so hard to hold the band together... Didn't know he was sick...
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Ah man that sucks
If there is an afterlife, I hope he and Jim are catching up and writing new tunes.
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Quote from: Sheriff John Stone on May 20, 2013, 04:19:19 PM
It's hard to listen to "Light My Fire" or "Riders On The Storm" or "The Crystal Ship" or any Doors' songs - even Other Voices and Full Circle - without Ray in this world. Although he was the "older" Door, he was so young at heart, so much energy, so much spirit. His keyboard work provided me with more musical enjoyment than probably any musician ever. I was glad that he and Robby got to perform together over the last decade; I know they loved it. I hope Ray and John spent some final quality time together; I'm sure they did. As a young kid, The Doors were my first favorite group. I'm physically sick over this; I didn't know Ray was ill. My thoughts are with his family. R.I.P. Ray, and thanks for years and years of great music, and making my life happier.
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Quote from: 18thofMay on May 20, 2013, 05:46:19 PM
Quote from: Sheriff John Stone on May 20, 2013, 04:19:19 PM
It's hard to listen to "Light My Fire" or "Riders On The Storm" or "The Crystal Ship" or any Doors' songs - even Other Voices and Full Circle - without Ray in this world. Although he was the "older" Door, he was so young at heart, so much energy, so much spirit. His keyboard work provided me with more musical enjoyment than probably any musician ever. I was glad that he and Robby got to perform together over the last decade; I know they loved it. I hope Ray and John spent some final quality time together; I'm sure they did. As a young kid, The Doors were my first favorite group. I'm physically sick over this; I didn't know Ray was ill. My thoughts are with his family. R.I.P. Ray, and thanks for years and years of great music, and making my life happier.
Pretty much sums up my thoughts!
Sure don't see it that way. Sad that he's gone, sure, I guess; Sad when anyone we enjoy(ed) that much passes. But great music is , well, great music and Ray being gone doesn't diminish that for me. At all
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The thing that always got me was that the Doors had no bass player! Ray was their keyboard player AND their bass player. And he also played it like a lead instrument when the guitar was usually the only lead instrument. Don't know how many other bands were like that, but somehow they still got a good full sound out of just those three guys backing up Morrison.
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I, I love the colorful clothes she wears, and she's already working on my brain. I only looked in her eyes, but I picked up something I just can't explain. I, I bet I know what she’s like, and I can feel how right she’d be for me. It’s weird how she comes in so strong, and I wonder what she’s picking up from me. I hope it’s good, good, good, good vibrations, yeah!!
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Quote from: Mikie on May 20, 2013, 06:29:59 PM
The thing that always got me was that the Doors had no bass player! Ray was their keyboard player AND their bass player. Don't know how many other bands were like that, but somehow they still got a good full sound out of just those three guys backing up Morrison.
Good point , I was in a Band in the 80's ( 3 piece-Keys, Drums and guitar ) and our Keyboard player played Hammond / Synths and Bass pedals - Certainly don't see that very often
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Quote from: Mikie on May 20, 2013, 06:29:59 PM
The thing that always got me was that the Doors had no bass player! Ray was their keyboard player AND their bass player. Don't know how many other bands were like that, but somehow they still got a good full sound out of just those three guys backing up Morrison.
Amazing wasn't it. When you listen to Absolutely Live or any of the Bright Midnight live releases or watch any live videos, ALL of those brilliant keyboard parts was Ray playing them with one hand - his right hand. He was simultaneously playing a keyboard bass with his left hand. How did he do that?! And he made it look so effortlessly.
As a tribute, so much stuff to listen to in the next couple of days. The Doors, with and without Jim. The Golden Scarab, The Whole Thing Started With Rock & Roll Now It's Out Of Control. Nite City. I have this Ray Manzarek/Roy Rogers CD. And, of course, the DVD's and YouTube videos.
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Quote from: Mikie on May 20, 2013, 06:29:59 PM
The thing that always got me was that the Doors had no bass player! Ray was their keyboard player AND their bass player. Don't know how many other bands were like that, but somehow they still got a good full sound out of just those three guys backing up Morrison.
Did they ever use an outside bass player for studio albums? I swear I hear an electric bass being played on one of their albums (maybe their debut), but I could be wrong.
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They used session players on all of their albums, but not on every track. There's some electric bass on the first album that (I think) Larry Knechtel played. From 1967-69 they used Douglass Lubahn, Kerry Magness, Leroy Vinnegar, and Harvey Brooks on bass. On Morrison Hotel they had Lonnie Mack and Ray Neapolitan on bass. On L.A. Woman they had the one and only Jerry Scheff, from Elvis Presley's live band.
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Thanks for that response. I remember reading that they actually tried to find a permanent bass player in their early days, but as was mentioned above, Ray took over that job
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Just to be specific, Larry Knechtel played bass on the Doors first album, Jerry Sheff on L.A. Woman, Ray Neapolitan played bass on many of the Morrison Hotel tracks, Harvey Brooks and Doug Lubahn on Soft Parade. Lubahn also played bass on Waiting For The Sun and Strange Days.
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I, I love the colorful clothes she wears, and she's already working on my brain. I only looked in her eyes, but I picked up something I just can't explain. I, I bet I know what she’s like, and I can feel how right she’d be for me. It’s weird how she comes in so strong, and I wonder what she’s picking up from me. I hope it’s good, good, good, good vibrations, yeah!!
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Ray may have been the only prominent rock keyboardist to be so associated with that Fender keyboard bass, I think what little vintage and collector market there is for that quirky instrument is 99.9% due to fans of Ray and the Doors who want one because of the association.
It is and was a striking visual too, think back to the Ed Sullivan appearance where Ray is playing that Fender keyboard perched atop his regular keyboard rig, whatever it was for any given show. No other band had that, or that sound, as prominent as Ray with The Doors.
It did have limitations, though, but damn Ray made it work beautifully for his band.
The classic Manzarek setup:
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