After manzareks untimely death in may of 20, rogers felt awkward at first about releasing twisted tales their final studio album together. Perguntas, avisos ou problemas no blog, serao atendidos somente atraves do email. The manzarek rogers band collaboration has yielded a new recording translucent blues, a gutsy, driving literature of sound and dimension i call blues poetic. In the 1970s rogers played with luther tucker, in the 1980s he was a member of john lee hookers band, and produced and played on several of hooker albums. Thundercats 2011 s01e23 recipe for disaster 720p w. This is by no means a straight up blues album, making the title somewhat deceptive, but manzarek and rogers generally work well together and unite their dissimilar styles effectively. Albums include the ultimate collection 19481990, translucent blues, and richland woman blues. Esplora tutte le pubblicazioni di ray manzarek su discogs. Born to polish immigrants in chicago, illinois, he grew up admiring read full biography. Ray manzarek, keyboardist and cofounder of the doors. Also worked with linda ronstadt, sammy hagar and bonnie raitt a. Ray also later contributed to scotts 1992 release, tornado souvenirs.
Ray manzarek and roy rogers translucent blues 2011 album 320kbps. Translucent blues is a hard driving, blues, rock and jazz inflected effort. Licensed to youtube by a train entertainment masters on behalf of chops not chaps records. Ray manzarek project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The previous collaboration of blues guitarist roy rogers and doors keyboardist ray manzarek on 2008s acoustic and instrumental ballads before the rain now seems like a dress rehearsal for this fullblown, pluggedin band set with vocals and elaborate lyrics.
Rex featuresstartraks photo it took a certain talent to attract attention if you were in a band with jim morrison. Us blues singer, guitarist and producer, born 1950. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Slide guitarist roy rogers talks twisted tales final album. Feb, 2014 lighthearted version of riders on the storm recorded live in july of 2011. Rogers plays a variety of guitar styles related to the delta blues, but is most often recognized for his virtuoso slide work. Live from san francisco, was released last year as a collaboration with poet michael mcclure. Riders on the storm, ray manzarek and roy rogers youtube. Roy came on as a special guest and played a few blues numbers with ray. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ray manzarek at the discogs marketplace. The lyrical contributions came from such diverse cowriters as jim carroll, warren zevon and poet michael mcclure, among others. Eight years ago, slide guitar virtuoso roy rogers began an amazing musical collaboration and momentous friendship with the doors legendary keyboardist ray manzarek.
For his last studio album, translucent blues, manzarek teamed up with blues slide guitarist roy rogers. Herbie hancock and michael brecker and roy hargrove. Since 1980 rogers has performed with own trio, the delta rhythm kings. Youre not allowed to talk about translucent blues, the album i have coming out with roy rogers, noted slide guitar player. Ray and roy alternate taking lead vocals with ray singing lead on five tunes and roy on five. Truth of the matter is, this is the second collaboration between ray manzarek and roy rogers.
This is the first release of the manzarek rogers band and contains a great crosssection of blues, rock and instrumentals. Ray manzarek on a classic visual radio this friday night. Doors keyboardist ray manzarek finished his third collaboration with slide guitarist roy rogers shortly before he died. Ray associated press this weeks classic visual radio with host joe viglione is a real special treat as his guest is legendary keyboard bass player ray manzarek of the sixties psychedelic rock. Get ray manzarek and roy rogers setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other ray manzarek and roy rogers fans for free on. Slide guitarist roy rogers talks the classic rock music reporter. Their first recording together, ballads before the rain was released in 2008. Those hits just keep on comin ray manzarek roy rogers. Marcus hook roll band tales of old granddaddy 1974 australia albert 475611 2 cd reissue 01. Their album, translucent blues, released in mid2011, was ranked no. Ray manzarek roy rogers 2 translucent blues discogs. Publicist heidi robinsonfitzgerald says manzarek died on may 20, 20 at the romed clinic in rosenheim, germany, surrounded by his family.
In 2011 manzarek rogers released translucent blues a blues rock collection of songs tinged with poetry and literary references. Roy rogers and ray manzarek also released ballads before the rain 2008 and translucent blues 2011. Ray also worked extensively with hearts of fire screenwriter and former src front man scott richardson on a series of spoken word and blues recordings. Manzarek rogers band to play ridgefield playhouse interviewing slide blues guitar great roy rogers and ray manzarek, legendary cofounder and. Choose from ray manzarek sheet music for such popular songs as riders on the storm, light my fire, and riders on the storm pro. Roy rogers biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Sep 02, 2019 ray manzarek born raymond daniel manczarek, jr. Ray manzarek, cofounder and keyboardist of the doors and member of the rock and roll hall of fame, and roy rogers, world renowned slide guitar master and grammy winning producer, have collaborated on a new cd entitled translucent blues.
As the rock music scene exploded in popularity in the 1960s, a band had to have something special to really shine a unique twist on. Ray and roy had come back out for an encore, but ray s keyboard had already been disconnected from the sound system. Manzarek and krieger became locked in a legal battle with drummer john densmore in 2003 after the two reunited under the doors name and later the doors of the 21st century, but were finally forced to tour as manzarek krieger. As evidenced by their second album translucent blues. My booking agent steve keyser asked my band and i to be the opener. Another duet album with norton buffalo appeared later that year called roots of our nature.
In may of this year 2011, roy has released a collaboration with the doors keyboardist, ray manzarek entitled translucent blues doors open at 7pm. All in all, translucent blues is a good effort by these two artists. For the last eight years, rogers collaborated with titanic rock and roll figure ray manzarek of the doors. Ray manzarek, keyboardist and songwriter for american rock band the doors, died monday from bile duct cancer in a clinic at. In may 2010, manzarek recorded with slide guitarist roy rogers in studio d in sausalito, california. The greatest guitar classics of all time, the golden scarab, and carmina burana. Ray manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of the doors, has died. There are some rockin blues tunes as well as jazzier cuts. Despite being released on the blind pig label and including the word blues in its. That was the start of their collaboration, which over time grew into an actual band the manzarek rogers band that released two albums and toured the country for many years.
Despite being released on the blind pig label and including the word blues in its title, this is a rootsy rock album with a strong. He ended up recording a new version of this song on the 2011 manzarekrogers release translucent blues. Ray manzarek and roy rogers blind pig records 2011. Slide guitarist and blues partisan roy rogers began playing at age twelve and has continued to do so religiously for nearly fifty years. Ray manzarek roy rogers translucent blues 2011, cd discogs. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. I felt roy was obscured to a degree in this disc, but i have to say the songs are really interesting and although not what i expected, quite enjoyable.
Manzarek and rogers recently played wanee 2012 as part of a southeast run. Discography translucent blues ray manzarek of the doors. Ray manzarek and robby krieger of the doors rayandrobby on. Also available for download on nook or kindle edition for just. Compra vinili, cd e altro di ray manzarek nel marketplace di discogs. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Provided to youtube by atrain entertainment new dodge city blues ray manzarek and roy rogers translucent blues. Riders on the storm riders on the storm into this house were born into this world were thrown like a dog without a bone an actor out alone riders on the. One of rays favorite songs from revelation blues was new dodge city blues. May 21, 20 ray manzarek at a doors concert in costa mesa, california, in aug 2011. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination.
Music profile for ray manzarek, born 12 february 1939. One of the most influential keyboard players in the history of rock music, doors member ray manzarek was born on february 12, 1939. I bought this because i love roy rogers and i wanted to see how he would mesh with ray manzarek. He and rogers had just signed off on cover art when manzarek left for germany, where he succumbed to bile duct cancer may 20 at the romed clinic in rosenheim.
A track recently hit the internet titled, be ok, on michaels universal records debut. Ray manzarek roy rogers translucent blues 2011, cd. He went on to tell me that rogers had worked for a number of years with john lee hooker, and that rogers and manzarek s project grew out of a common love for the blues. It would prove to be a successful and creatively rewarding pairing which the duo repeated again in 2011 on translucent blues. The remaining two tunes are instrumentals, one written by ray and one by roy. That was the start of their collaboration, which over time grew into an actual band the manzarekrogers band that released two albums and toured the country for many years. In 2008, rogers collaborated with legendary doors keyboardist ray manzarek on the album ballads before the rain. His mostrecent album, 2011s translucent blues, was a collaboration with slide guitarist roy rogers.
While this album is a collaboration between manzarek and blues guitarist roy rogers it could also be remembered as a lot of other things, a posthumous release of jim carrolls almost half the songs on the album were written by carroll, or a dueling collection of. Manzarek was a coproducer on a few tracks for universal recording artist, michael barber. American musician, producer, movie director, and writer. Game of skill from the ray manzarek roy rogers cd translucent blues. Manzarek became one of the most influential keyboardists in rock and later was a bestselling author and grammynominated recording artist in his own right. Twisted tales by ray manzarek and roy rogers on amazon. It was one of the best rock n roll events of my life. Our mystic night with ray manzarek by gentry bronson on december 2, 2011, i opened for the manzarek rogers band at the mystic theatre in petaluma, california. A member of john lee hookers 80s coast to coast band, read full biography. Twisted tales will probably be remembered as ray manzarek s last album, released just days short of one month since his death. Roy rogers born july 28, 1950, redding, california, united states is an american blues rock slide guitarist and record producer.
May 20, 20 one of the most influential keyboard players in the history of rock music, doors member ray manzarek was born on february 12, 1939. In may 2010, manzarek was recording with slide guitarist roy rogers in studio d in sausalito. A brilliant collaboration from ray manzarek, cofounder and keyboardist of the doors, and roy rogers, world renowned slide guitar master and grammy winning producer. A northern californiabased blues guitarist, roy rogers works firmly out of a delta blues acoustic style and is particularly good with a slide. He was cofounder and the keyboardist of the doors, from 1965 to 1973, and in the doors of the 21st century from 2001, who subsequently changed their name to riders on the storm. Ray manzarek biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Twisted tales draws from some of those same writers to tell very different. A brilliant new collaboration from ray manzarek, cofounder and keyboardist of the doors, and member of the rock and roll hall of fame and roy rogers, world renowned slide guitar master and grammy winning producer. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Our mystic night with ray manzarek by gentry bronson. Song by ray manzarek and roy rogers from the translucent blues cd.