Ray Manzarek
| Born | February 12, 1939 |
| Hometown | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Net worth | $15 million |
| Height | 6'0" (1.84m) |
| Spouse | Dorothy Aiko Fujikawa |
| Children | Pablo Manzarek |
| Parents | Helen Manzarek, Raymond Manzarek, Sr. |
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Robby Krieger on honing his Doors guitar tone, and why slide guitar is the ultimate way to express yourself as a player
- Robby Krieger breaks down his new album with the Soul Savages’ new album, and details his struggles to come up with his own sound during his time with the Doors
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'Forbes' Releases List of the Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities of 2023
Forbes has released its list of the 13 highest-paid dead celebrities of 2023. The $470 million combined cume is far less than last year’s $1.6 billion gross. Forbes notes the decline is partially due to last year’s list being fueled by artist's estates selling off their back catalogs. This year, ...
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Bebe Buell recalls John Travolta's secret audition to play Jim Morrison in 'The Doors': 'He channeled him like nothing I'd ever seen'
It’s hard to image anyone other than Val Kilmer in this role, but the Doors' manager had his eye on another A-list actor.
- EntertainmentRolling Stone
How Dave Brock Became the Ultimate Doors Tribute Singer: ‘I’m So Lucky’
The singer started the Doors cover band Wild Child in the Eighties, nearly got the lead role in the Oliver Stone movie, and finally teamed up with original members Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek in 2010
- EntertainmentThe Florida Times-Union
Book review: Doors guitarist explores the music, myths and memories
Richard Klinzman says Robby Krieger does a very nice job reflecting on the band's ups and downs and striving to reveal the "real" Jim Morrison.
- EntertainmentLA Times
The Doors' John Densmore remembers Joan Didion, Eve Babitz and Jim Morrison
Yes, Morrison's pants were leather. Yes, Densmore slept with Eve — and other questions answered as the Doors drummer remembers L.A.'s two writer-icons.
- EntertainmentLA Times
How Jim Morrison's final sessions with the Doors produced an L.A. classic out of chaos
A reissue of the Doors' "L.A. Woman," and a memoir from guitarist Robby Krieger, find the band navigating Jim Morrison's addictions during its final sessions.
- EntertainmentVariety
The Night Jim Morrison and the Doors Saw ‘2001’ at the Cinerama Dome
The Doors’ Ray Manzarek was known as a skilled keyboardist and respected music producer (his credits include seminal albums by X), but he was also a knowledgeable movie buff, having graduated from UCLA’s film program and receiving his MFA in cinematography in 1965. Forty days after school let out, he met Jim Morrison by chance […]
- TechnologyTechCrunch
Gillmor Gang: Apple Tacks
The keyboard player, Ray Manzarek, created that sleight of hand by collapsing bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, and vocal to drums, guitar, vocal, and bass on his left hand and melody on his right. Instant on, silent computing, virtual memory so invisible that you can swap huge loads in and out of memory, all kinds of attention to how people really use computers in this mobile era.
- EntertainmentSPIN
The Doors’ John Densmore on His New Book About Musical Heroes
In his post-Doors life, drummer John Densmore is as much, if not more, of a writer than a musician. The author of two best-selling books, Riders On The Storm and The Doors Unhinged, he began working on his newest collection, The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (And Other Artists), several years ago. Inspired…
- EntertainmentLA Times
Self-quarantine challenge: The Doors are rock gods. I've always hated them. Can I learn to love them?
Critic Mikael Wood has always hated classic-rock gods the Doors. With coronavirus time on his hands, a thought experiment: Can he learn to like them?
