The Doors (band)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 21: The exterior of Whisky a Go Go is seen on May 21, 2013 in West Hollywood, California.
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In interviews he was always effusive. There was great chemistry. But obviously a lot of frustration as well. Morrison went off the rails and was impossible to deal with. The rest of The Doors just wanted to play music. Jim had a dark side and that was ultimately their undoing.
This [the Doors] is my guts, this is my semen, this is John and Robby and Jim Morrison and Ray and the music we made, this is the semen of our psyche
Gentlemen of a certain age as Robby and I have become, we’re still here walking the planet, dancing and making the incredible music that we first did with The Doors. Life is joyousMore quotes »
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Ray Manzarek dead, The Doors keyboardist was 74
records and songs such as "Light My Fire" and "Riders On the Storm" are still "classic" rock favorites. For Doors admirers, the band symbolized the darker side of the Los Angeles lifestyle, what happened to the city after the sun went down and the Beach Boys Read more »
Around the web
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The Doors Legend Ray Manzarek Dead At 74 Recap
deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," said Robby Krieger in the post on the Doors' official Facebook page. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was from antiMUSIC Read more »
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The Doors musical genius who made the organ safe for rock'n'roll
rasping – and trembling with anger. It was 2005 and Ray Manzarek was discussing Oliver Stone's controversial biopic of his band, The Doors – particularly its depiction of singer Jim Morrison as a bug-eyed hedonist, forever swigging whiskey and bedding groupies. from Irish Independent Read more »
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What A Glorious Time: Remembering Ray Manzarek And The 1960s
his excesses we all could depend what a shame they took his life in the end poor Jerry and the Grateful Boys aint playing in the band heart attacks and heroin dealt a losing hand Uncle Sam and Tricky Dick have faded from the scene and all the ’60′s dreamers from The Inquisitr Read more »
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On the Road
a rarity for an Indian in those days. These numbers were mostly followed by his original English songs. The remixwallahs and the bands putting out music on the internet were yet to arrive. Those memorable songs still echo, but the face was forgotten. So when from Indian Express Read more »
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Memorial Weekend Music: The Doors
us has inside.” They would go on to recruit the drummer John Densmore and the guitarist Robby Krieger. [New York Times] The Doors, the beatniks of rock ‘n roll. THE BEATNIKS of rock ‘n roll, that was how Ray Manzarek described The Doors. He compared them to from Taylor Marsh Read more »
