Ray Manzarek ist gestorben

Der 1939 in Chicago geborene US-amerikanische Musiker und Schriftsteller Ray Manzarek (Bild) ist am 20. Mai 2013 in Rosenheim (Deutschland) gestorben. Bekannt wurde er als Mitgründer und Keyboarder der legendären Rockgruppe The Doors.

Foto: TriviaKing (talk)DWS, 2009, in Wikipedia auf Englisch – Lizenz: Creative Commons-Lizenz Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Unported – Zur  Originaldatei: http://de.wikipedia.org

Am Strand von Venice Beach in Kalifornien hatte Ray Manzarek im Sommer 1965 zusammen mit Jim Morrison die Band The Doors gegründet. Nun starb der Keyboarder der legendären Rockgruppe in einem Krankenhaus in Rosenheim.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/the-doors-keyboarder-ray-manzarek-ist-tot-a-900854.html

Feuer in den Tasten

Christoph Dallach

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/nachruf-auf-ray-manzarek-der-keyboarder-der-doors-ist-tot-a-900983.html

Ray Manzarek, a founding member with The Doors whose keyboard work was a touchstone of hits like Break On Through to the Other Side and Light My Fire, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/20/ray-manzarek-doors-dies

Manzarek founded The Doors after meeting then-poet Jim Morrison in California. The band went on to become one of the most successful rock ’n‘ roll acts to emerge from the 1960s and continues to resonate with fans decades after Morrison’s death brought an effective end to the band.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/05/20/arts-ray-manzarek-doors-obit.html

Der Gottvater des Keyboards

Generalbass, Donnerpiano und magisches Beschwörungsmanual: Ohne ihren Keyboarder Ray Manzarek wären die Doors nie zu dem geworden, was sie waren. Nun ist er gestorben.

http://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2013-05/nachruf-ray-manzarek-doors

Mr. Manzarek played a crucial role in creating music that was hugely popular and widely imitated, selling tens of millions of albums. It was a lean, transparent sound that could be swinging, haunted, meditative, suspenseful or circuslike.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/arts/music/ray-manzarek-74-rock-keyboardist-and-a-founder-of-the-doors-is-dead.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Mehr:

http://www.raymanzarek.us/

http://mcclure-manzarek.com/index.html

https://thedoors.com/home

http://www.doors-online.de/Seiten/band.htm

Videos:

The Doors – LIVE at Hollywood Bowl 1968

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wl46qHThHU

The Doors – Touch Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECk9A-07Pw

The Doors – Light My Fire (Live In Europe 1968)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O6x_m4zvFs

The Doors – Riders on the Storm (Remastered HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DED812HKWyM

-> Ray Manzarek-The Story of Riders on the Storm

 

 

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