Ray Manzarek dies

[pinkfloyd1973]

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-ray-manzarek-dies/

[pinkfloyd1973]

Thank you Fact Finder, and by the way I swatted my monitor twice lmao

[Liam]

Hope this is an actual FACT. It's been going back and forth all day. A SAD fact, but the hoax made me question. If he is...

R*I*P Ray. The solo on Light My Fire is still one of my favorite keyboard solos of all time.

[Rick]

Hope this is an actual FACT. It's been going back and forth all day. A SAD fact, but the hoax made me question. If he is...

R*I*P Ray. The solo on Light My Fire is still one of my favorite keyboard solos of all time.

I heard that today. Epic.

[Liam]

Ok...NOW It's real...

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/20 ... cist-says/

[Don]

They were on "Live At Daryl's House" a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7QHzQ_xCnU

[JohnH]

Awful day. Only through sheer luck, ( I played in a band with Robby's crew) I got to work for him when the Ray Robby band started in 2002. Always a gentleman and great guy. I recently caught what was maybe their last 2 California shows in 2011 Costa Mesa and Sf, and they were among the best the reunion has done. That was the last time I talked to Ray. Backstage , i told him I have a Gibson organ and i do the pedal pitch bends, on Not to Touch the Earth. He patted me on the shoulder and said " Good job, i could never do it, always had to get somebody to do it.!" I'm grateful for these personal memories. Calling him on the phone, that voice on my voicemail, ( which i still have) going to his house, watching him play up close , fantastic. I first started out as a 14 year old fan during the Doors hype that was around 1981, which hit at perfect timing as that was when I decided to become a rock keyboard player. I've been in a Doors tribute for 8 years, just lost my dad in Feb, so this hits home hard. Our show this Sunday will be tough to get through, I already sometimes get emotional during our shows. I'll need to bring paper towels. Nobody is perfect , and Ray had his qwerks and bad nights, and bad days, like announcing every song as ' written by Robby Krieger at that last show , finally saying " some kind of ego maniac wrote this next one! " I laugh as I write that, we are all human and do silly things

[Jonny B]

I'm always saddened when a fellow keyboardist passes away. The Doors were way before my time, but Ray's songwriting played a role when I was learning how to play piano in my early years. RIP Ray.