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Doors- Back Door Man medley- Pittsburgh 5-2-70

Just before The Doors withdrew from live concert touring to record the now-iconic LA Woman album, the band performed at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena to "get together one more time..." . The Doors opened with a medley of  Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man", "Love Hides", and their own "Five to One".

Doors- L.A. Woman 55th- the late Ray Manzarek

"L.A. Woman" by The Doors released 55 years ago is one of the greatest albums ever made by an American band, one of the first great albums to usher in the Seventies decade, the last album ever by the incomparable Jim Morrison, and a personal "desert island disc" for me that never ages; with the late Ray Manzarek In the Studio.

More Echoes In the Studio- pt 4

In memoriam : More" Echoes In the Studio", pt 4 with my rare interviews with fallen classic rockers Lou Reed, Bon Scott, Rick Wright, Malcolm Young, George Harrison, David Bowie

The Doors- Strange Days- the late Ray Manzarek

"Strange Days", The Doors' second album in only nine months,  was uncanny in capturing seismic changes already underway in America which would signal the end to the all-too-brief "Summer of Love" in 1967. The Doors’ late co-founder Ray Manzarek In the Studio for "Strange Days".

The Doors- the late Ray Manzarek

In January 1967 when John Densmore's snare drum cracked like a rifle shot before Ray Manzarek's nimble fingers made their intricate run of baroque-sounding notes on that reedy Farfisa organ, all on the introduction to jazz/flamenco guitarist Robbie Krieger's composition "Light My Fire", it clearly and boldly announced a unique approach to rock and roll that really has no peer. And all of that before Jim Morrison stepped up to the microphone to introduce one of the greatest voices and hedonistic personalities in rock history. Not unlike Creedence Clearwater Revival from the same period, no other American bands put out more albums in less time which were more influential in the last 50+ years. And like CCR, no one ever sounded like The Doors ever since. Here is Doors co-founder the late Ray Manzarek with me In the Studio to mark The Doors anniversary. -Redbeard

The Doors- Who Do You Love- 1970

The Doors Absolutely Live performing “Who Do You Love”