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Ray Manzarek Jr. died today (who knew he was Jr(?), but I just read his Wiki). All those journalists who would ask me about Garth Hudson or Rick Wakeman when Blue Rodeo started, who assumed I was trying to do something like those guys.\u00a0 Nope, sorry, uh uh,\u00a0 you got the wrong guy.<\/p>\n
Who’s the man? Ray Manzarek …fucking Jr!<\/p>\n
Ever since I was old enough to realize I loved The Doors I loved the keyboards and I could tell the player was using both hands and that was cooler than most.<\/p>\n
In electric bands it seems like the norm is for whoever is called the keyboard player to play with one finger using their right hand. That’s ok if they do something amazing with that one finger but if their using both hands and really musical, that’s amore, and that was generally Ray Manzarek, thinking about counterpoint and being creative. That’s what it’s about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"