Founding member of the Doors along with Jim Morrison, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger. A band that only had six studio albums, but wow, what a group of songs. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
Manzurek was born and raised in Chicago and after graduating DePauw University, moved to Los Angeles where he met Morrison in 1965. With Densmore and Krieger, they became house band of the famous Whisky a Go Go.
Signed to Elektra Records and in 1967 released their self-titled album. Later that year was Strange Days, then Waiting for the Sun in 1968, The Soft Parade in 1969 (If I heard that album once in my dorm, I heard it a thousand times. It still reminds me of Lincoln Hall in Dekalb, Illinois, 1969-1970), Morrison Hotel in 1970 and L.A. Woman in 1971.
Thanks for the Soundtrack, Ray.
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