As I'm sure you've heard, legendary The Doors keyboardist Ray Mazarek passed away yesterday at 74, succumbing to a long and secretive battle with bile duct cancer. Manzarek, who founded The Doors in 1965 with the late Jim Morrison, guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore, was a true original; his iconic sound--which provided both the bass lines and classically-influenced flourishes behind many of The Doors' greatest songs—won't soon be forgotten.
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"I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last Decade," Krieger said in a statement (via
Because Springsteen is still the best, Dylan is still the smartest, and Hendrix is still the coolest.
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