Talk:Ray Manzarek

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added a tidbit about his influence on keyboardists, in almost all music circles he is highly regarded as one of the best keyboardists of all time. To leave the majority of this article about his post doors work i felt would be to diminish his contribution to what remains one of the greatest bands of all time. --Cptbuck 22:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] No photo?

Is it just me or has wikipedia totally gone down the tubes? Somebody should get a photo of this legend a.s.a.p.

[edit] Where does he live?

Article says he relocated to "San Francisco" after remodeling a house in "Napa" (which is 50 miles from SF). Now its possible that he does live in SF and has a house in Napa as well, but the article is very unclear about it.

[edit] Date of birth

According to various interviews, Manzarek was born either in 1935, 1939, or 1941. The Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame gives 1935 as the year when "Ray Manzarek was born", and Ray's photos with The Doors show a man in his thirties. All of this may mean that Manzarek was uncomfortable about his age and tried to conceal it. --AlexMyltsev 19:09, 30 October 2005 (UTC)


"Many falsely percieved that he played bass pedals, but the bass lines that aren't bass guitar that you hear on songs by The Doors, are much too diffucult for bass pedals."

I don't think there should be a comma after "The Doors." Commas are used to break-up clauses in sentences. The reader should be able to remove the section that reads "but the basslines that aren't bass guitar that you hear on the songs by The Doors" without creating a nonsensical sentence. That is not the case. Also, "diffucult" is misspelt.

ya know, if you see a brief sentence that could be rewritten, it's probably not necessary to stick it on the talk page. Joeyramoney 23:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia: Cassandra Michael

Hi. I'm going to remove the trivia bit that claims that Ray Manzarek is dating someone called Cassandra Michael. Ray is a happily married man of 40 years standing (married to Dorothy). Such gossip - shocking! lol. Seriously, until sourced, such malicious rumours are just plain libelous! If someone else can source it, then please put it back in with sourcing of course. Thanks!

--Daniel-James 20:39, 18 December 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Manzarek's movie

I don't see a mention of Manzarek's debut as film director and co-screenwriter, fulfilling a lifelong ambition of his since his film school days when he met Jim Morrison: "Love Her Madly" (2000). From Manzarek's web site: "directed by and mated to a soundtrack scored by Doors keyboard wizard, Ray Manzarek, Love Her Madly christens a new millennial genre; hip-hop Hitchcock." (http://www.raymanzarek.us/madly2.html) According to IMDB: 1.9 stars, "Truly awful." As the title at least came from a Doors song, I wonder if this movie should be mentioned on the Doors band article as well. From Manzarek's site: "In fact, Love Her Madly brings together Manzarek's musical and movie dreams. It's somewhat of a Morrison tribute, given that it's based on one of his short stories and offers new insight into the meaning of the Doors' hit by the same title." On Amazon.com: a pair of 1 star reviews, one starts: "This movie is simply a vehicle for Ray Manazarik to yet again exploit his association with The Doors. It was painful to watch and if it weren't for the 34B's that were shown abundantly throughout the movie I don't think that I would have made it to the end credits. This is softporn masked as a serious independant film from a man who should know better." There's also a single five star review: "This film is a great piece of work by Ray. It was well written, screen cast was great and needless to say, the music was well played. I won't tell anything of the movie except that it is well worth watching." Not enough reviews for a RottenTomatoes.com rating. VisitorTalk 18:19, 3 September 2007 (UTC)