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Ray Manzarek
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The doors of perception
Male
70 years old
ALABAMA
United States
Last Login: 3/1/2009
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Ray Manzarek's Interests
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| General | keyboard and collecting vinyl records. | | Music | Howlin Wolf
Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
Jimmy Reed
Little Walter
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Fats Domino
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bo Diddley
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Cannonball Aderley
Charlie Mingus
Thelonius Monk
Bill Evans
Art Blakey
Duke Ellington
Modern Jazz Quartet
J.S. BACH
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
IGOR STRAVINSKY
CARL ORFF
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
GUSTAV HOLST
AARON COPLAND
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
HECTOR BERLIOZ
ERIC SATIE
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
.. width="425" height="350"> | | Books | I just wrote my first novel called, The poet in exile |
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Ray Manzarek's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | chicago | | Religion: | Christian - other | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | keyboardist | | Income: | $250,000 and Higher |
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Ray Manzarek's Companies
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The Doors
L.A., California US
Keyboardist
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About me:
One of the most influential keyboard players in the history of rock music, Doors member Ray Manzarek was born on February 12, 1939. Born to Polish immigrants in Chicago, IL, he grew up admiring the boogie-woogie piano players that became popular in the '50s. After dropping out of U.C.L.A.'s law program, he reconsidered going to graduate school, eventually going back under their prestigious film program. It was in this environment that Manzarek helped form the Doors. Being one of the most influential rock bands in America, they would go on to release several albums before the untimely death of lead singer Jim Morrison in July of 1971. Devastating the band, they attempted two albums without Morrison featuring Manzarek on vocals, but fan support was low and the band slowly fell apart. In 1973, he released his first solo album, The Golden Scarab, and began to tour again. 1974's The Whole Thing Started With Rock & Roll, Now It's Out of Control came next, but Manzarek was itching to work with a band again and eventually started Ray Manzarek's Nite City. They released an eponymous album in 1976 and Golden Days Diamond Nights in 1977, but they failed to capitalize on the success of the original Doors and fell apart again. It was soon after that that the punk movement became a driving force in Los Angeles, and the band X contacted Manzarek about working with them in a production capacity. The end result was Los Angeles, one of the all-time most important punk albums. Reinvigorated, he began work on Carmina Burana, a high concept solo album about opera and minstrels that was released in 1983. Unfortunately, the effort was viewed as too pretentious and he quietly faded away for almost ten years. When Oliver Stone's film biography The Doors was released in 1991, Manzarek came out of semi-retirement to voice his displeasure in how the band was portrayed by the controversial filmmaker. In 1993, he released an album of Michael McClure's beat poetry over his keyboard playing, Lion Love, to a warm reception. The duo toured the country with the act, while Manzarek worked on his autobiography and a Doors tribute album. Both eventually came out, and he has continually voiced his desire to make a musical based on the career of his former band. At the turn of the century, he released an album with British musician/actor Darryl Read and saw his son score a major label record deal with his band A.I. Although he has made some challenging and interesting music since that time, his huge influence over the world of rock will forever associate him with the Doors, and luckily Manzarek seems completely comfortable with that legacy.
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