DON'T SHOOT ME...Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek was the cofounder and keyboardist of the Doors,which pushed the boundaries of rock composition,both musically and lyrically.Manzarek and Jim Morrison met when they were film students at the University Of California.
Manzarek infused his playing with elements of boogie-woogie,blues,jazz,R&B,cabaret and ragtime.Though the Vox Continental organ was his primary instrument,he also used the piano,the harpsichord and the tack piano to help give the band its distinctive sound.He provided the quasi-baroque introduction to the group's breakthrough hit 'Light My Fire',1967.
After the quartet's sixth studio release,'LA Woman'(1971),Morrison,intent on pursuing a literary career,retreated to Paris,where he died that year of heart failure.
Thereafter,the Doors produced two albums before breaking up in 1973.They reunited briefly in 1978 to record 'An Amercan Prayer',providing backing music for poetry Morrison had recordrd prior to his death.
Manzarek also produced albums for the punk-rock band X,collaborated (1980) with Phillip Glass and founded the rock quintet Nite City.
Compelled to return to the music of the Doors,in 2002,Manzarek reunited with Doors bandmate Robby Krieger to form the group Manzarek/Krieger,which had secured bookings into 2013.
Manzarek published his autobiography,Light My Fire,in 1998.
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