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• Ray Manzarek of the Doors Dies: Rockers React on Twitter

  The death of the Doors‘ founding member and keyboardist Ray Manzarek has sent ripples through the classic rock community, with many of his peers sharing their sadness and praising his contributions to music history on Twitter. Manzarek, whose unique, jazz and classically-influenced keyboard playing helped make the Doors one of the most unique, innovative and [...]

• The Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies

  Ray Manzarek, founding member and keyboardist for the Doors, died today (May 20) at age 74 after a long battle with bile duct cancer. “I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today,” said Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. “I’m just glad to have been able to have [...]

• Top 10 Ray Manzarek Doors Songs

  The Doors weren’t just Jim Morrison‘s sexy, sweaty swagger and occasionally terrible poetry. They were also late-’60s musical adventurers, especially keyboardist Ray Manzarek. In fact, most Doors songs are instantly identifiable not by Morrison’s somewhat incomprehensible ramblings but by Manzarek’s carnivalesque keys and classical-meets-jazz piano fills. He was an essential part of the band, perhaps the group’s [...]