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Post by Admin on May 20, 2013 21:21:49 GMT -5
Dave Manzarek, founding keyboardist with The Doors dies at age 74 of cancer.
You will be missed. RIP
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Post by jmuscara on May 21, 2013 6:00:37 GMT -5
Ray Manzarek. But yeah, his contribution was pretty significant, especially to keyboard players. Some wouldn't even be playing the instrument had it not been for him.
Also, it seemed like he had that good hippie attitude all his life. Everything is cool, it's all about the live.
Thanks, Ray.
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Post by dadfad on May 21, 2013 6:46:00 GMT -5
I saw the Doors a couple of times back in '68 and '69. (First time was great, second time was... okay.) And I was impressed with Manzarak's keyboard work. Impressed enough that (being in my youthful "experimental stage") I went out and bought a Fender Bass Keyboard. (Which was used for maybe ten hours or so back then and presently is in its case in my garage attic, home to a family of squirrels. ). I've seen and heard some relatively recent interviews he gave about "back in the day" and it slightly turned me off. He semed to have a sort of "without me the Doors would've been nothing" and "being the only formally trained musician in the group I had to guide them..." etc, etc attitude. Possibly true to some degree, however the reverse could also be said. Without Morrison, et al, Mazarak might have spent the last forty years teaching high-school band and giving piano lessons on the side. Too many times some band-members come to believe they were the driving force behind their phenominal success, and don't see that with bands that become legendary or iconic, it's generally the simple fact that the whole became greater than merely the sum of the individual parts. Whether it was the Beatles or the Stones or the Beach Boys, or the Doors, there was some kind of intrinsic value that just "clicked" somehow when they were together. Still, I feel sadness in his passing, another link to a bygone era when rock was still creative and ever-evolving. He will be remembered, as one of The Doors.
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Post by Admin on May 21, 2013 7:56:23 GMT -5
Too many times some band-members come to believe they were the driving force behind their phenominal success, and don't see that with bands that become legendary or iconic, it's generally the simple fact that the whole became greater than merely the sum of the individual parts. Whether it was the Beatles or the Stones or the Beach Boys, or the Doors, there was some kind of intrinsic value that just "clicked" somehow when they were together. Still, I feel sadness in his passing, another link to a bygone era when rock was still creative and ever-evolving. He will be remembered, as one of The Doors. As John Densmore, drummer for the Doors said: "Being in a band is like polygamy, only without the sex," Densmore said. "Things happen. But I'd get together for a one-off if there's a good reason – but it would have to be for charity, not for money."
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Post by Admin on May 21, 2013 9:56:15 GMT -5
In Memorium:
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