Fender Rhodes Piano Bass + VOX Continental Organ - Medley of 15 Doors Songs by ThomasVogt (Keyton)

Hi!
Here you can listen (& watch) to 15 Doors-Songs I played (jammed!) by a 1972 silver sparkle Fender Rhodes Piano Bass and a June 1967 VOX Continental Organ (Italy) which is amplified by 74 Fender Twin Reverp Amp. When you play these instruments thru a bigger amplification + speaker setup or cabinets (with deep/low frequencies transmitting) it blows everything away on- and off-stage - including neighbours ;-) Great Instrument & engineering back those days anyhow...
When i say Jam i mean Jam which means that i dont aim to cover each single note & chord "as it has to be" (and in fact when you listen to many of the live records / bootlegs even Ray did play mostly "differently". To make that clear. This is not a try to copy Ray (which you finally cant btw) There´s only one Master and he´s called RM!
I perform the songs more or less "my way" , my style, because when playing like i do here i mostly even dont need to think of it - it simply comes out of me - i "remember basicly some "structures/chords/notes" coming back to and thats it. i dont have all this single notes conserved in my brain!!! :-) So - improvising is the key on a keyboard! hahahaha
And when recording it now again it would be different - maybe even "better" than this because i got more experienced in doing so over the years tough... and sound would be improved because recording gear & experienced are improved as well... So i should think of recording another video now 10y later :-)
It´s a major honor for me having met Ray & Robbie in 2004 (D21C) opening the european tour.
Note: On my Piano Bass the lowest E Key was signed by Mr.Manzarek himself! :-)
Keep the spirit alive!
A "short" Medley:
00:59 Riders on the Storm
02:12 My Eyes have seen you
03:23 When the Music´s over
04:55 You´re lost little girl
05:57 Love me two times
07:40 People are Strange
08:42 the Soft Parade
10:59 Love Street
12:46 Moonlight Drive
13:58 Back Door Man
15:15 Alabama Song
16:39 Unknown Soldier
17:45 Train Jam
19:20 the End
21:32 Ship of Fools
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[@DrGargani]

Fortunately , with modern synthesizers, you can create these sound nowadays, but , it is a pleasure to hear the original instruments....The Doors had such a unique sound, that it was almost impossible to even categorize it. Between Manzarek's set up, and the Flamenco of Robby, along with Densmore's equally unique drum technique, it just all adds up to a patented sound that is like no other....that, and the incredible voice of Jim....a new generation is always "discovering" this groupl

[@faded4698]

That's the cool thing about The Doors, new generations discover them and so it goes

[@umajunkcollector]

A beautiful tribute to the genius of Ray, he not only played amazingly, he also COMPOSED like no other! Thank you VT, Don

[@VogtThomas]

thank you.

[@Matthewsavant]

A lot of people don’t see it this way but it’s these 2 organs and the lack of a bass guitar that’s what MADE the Doors sound.

[@uleiosu4582]

Richtig Geil Thomas, Danke! Ray schaut herab von da oben und ich denke er stimmt dir zu :)

[@TheRedJokerrr]

Freaking genius. It's pure magic.

[@Emersonlakeorpalmer]

Absolute legend for adding the mystery train song, glad I listened to every single song you played in this video

[@VogtThomas]

thx - here´s another one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5O7oHp7o6ykhdU

[@robertmandak]

Gratulálok!-jobb mint az eredeti,pedig ezt nem sok mindenre lehet mondani!,nagy kedvencem vagy Thomas!

[@beautyqueenX1999]

Klasse, echt beeindruckend was für ein Instrument das ist..

[@rustribbonwizz]

OUTSTANDING! a true tribute and honor to the late / great Ray Manzarek! Amazing how many people don't believe that RAY did all the bass lines on the RHODES---they ask where the "hidden" bass guitarist is!!!??? GREAT JOB!

[@jodeleon8]

My respect dude, nice job this let me enjoy the amazing job of Manzarek. Thanks

[@crazypainter56]

Vox has such a beautiful vibrato--!!!

[@damianocunego2746]

Amazing!!!!!! There are no words !

[@VogtThomas]

thx!!

[@AndrewKozley]

KILLER SOUND!!

[@jordanfaris1929]

Impressive mastery all around. Thank you for sharing this!

[@TheLukeDiamond]

god i wish i could find somewhere where i could get a continental, that would be wonderful

[@victordevjatov3692]

SUPER, THOMAS!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@VogtThomas]

Danke

[@sunbearwizard]

Your channel is absolutely fantastic, more people need to know about your channel man.

[@phillipzx3754]

Speechless. Excellent job!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

In complete agreement with you, I can't say enough about the way a tube does justice for any music going through it. I have many electronic organs now and although I no longer have my Vox Jaguar and Farfisa FAST 4 it was those two organs that opened my ears to the transistor. Tube amps take a transistor organ and softens some of the shrilling overtones, but thickens the even ordered harmonics to fatten the bite and bottom end. A bargain for great sound reinforcement are the old Hammond tone cabs

[@claffertymusic]

I just love the breathy grungy sound of the vox :D

[@VogtThomas]

thx - its hard to cature on tape... you cant imagine the real sound in a room...

[@lisag18]

One word-Magnificent. I admire people with the amount of coordination it takes to do what you (and Ray) did.

[@cosmicchatter1085]

Fantastic video, I watch it often!

[@rufusstewart762]

Does anyone else keep trying to close the ads at the bottom thinking they're youtube ones you can exit? haha

[@funksoulbrother3620]

sounds fantastic

[@MrRDIEHL49]

Hello There, That was brilliant, I love that VOX organ, the sound you got there was fantastic, my hat of to you, good show and best wishes to you ♫ :)

[@sithlord32786]

Fantastic playing. A pleasure to watch!

[@ruggeropoggi6837]

Pure Organ_sm! Great work!

[@Black_Dome]

Amazing!!!!!!!

[@radostinvasilev599]

Just great

[@AlexandrosRaXVIII]

A great lesson about "basso continuo": also J.S. Bach would be proud of you !

[@da1215]

I also thought of Bach and the basso continuo

[@SnoozeIRTL]

So cool! You're lucky to have that set up to play on!

[@VogtThomas]

yes i am - long time searching, repairing and restoring...

[@davidchisesi]

Wow great

[@migscat8757]

So great man I watch🎞️ this daily before I🎹 practice always a high💉 watching

[@stevesalzano942]

may I simply say that this vid is a lot of fun?

[@theironbutterflychannel9400]

Lovely sound you got! Cranked combo organ and playing well is just something else. Also i really loved how you played You're Lost Little Girl. One of my all time favourites of theirs!

[@giuliobalilla1875]

Bravissimo🏆

[@juanpipi8366]

Keyboard's wizard king 🦎👑🎹

[@radio525]

bravissimo!

[@derayu]

Hallo Thomas! Haben euch gestern in Unna gesehen. Super Konzert! Fand ich auch toll, die alten Orgeln mal Live zu hören, insbesondere den Piano Bass! Viele Grüße und ich hoffe, ich kann euch mal wieder irgendwann live erleben.

[@graficaturner]

woooooooooooo la forma de terminar de tocar, wooo master este video me aacompañará siempre bro jajajajajaja es increible tu telento jajajaja y se observa que lo pasas increible tocando

[@herminioli77]

Incredibly beautiful! Thanks man! I'd really like to listen "Soul Kitchen"!

[@1984stef1984]

I raise a joint to this awesomeness!

[@deniszuntine8708]

Brilliant!!!!!!

[@tpnpromotion]

Ich finde das AUSGEZEICHNET. Ich habe selbst ein Continental aber spiele nicht so gut wie Du. Inspirierend.

[@painteat]

Didn't think Riders On The Storm would work on the Vox but you pulled it off nicely

[@ErikD71]

Im sure Ray probably had similiar reasons also for why he used the gibson in concert. I fell in love with the Doors music because of that Vox though. Thats their sound man ! Thats it.

[@Dmdmello]

Watching this makes me regret having picked up guitar as my main instrument

[@kraftmorrison]

good job

[@brigitte231000]

gefallt mir sehr gut,wünsche Dir schöne Weihnachten!

[@thebritpopcollective6968]

Great effort mate 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Yeah su'!! ANALOG LIVES ONE HOT LITTLE ELECTRON AT A TIME! As a guitar player of 20 years before discovering the organ I swore up down and sideways that the almighty vacuum tube is the be all and end all of tone. I still think this in many ways, but when it comes to tone generation- be it a vibrating metal guitar string over a pick-up, or a Hammond tone wheel over a pick-up, or a Wurlitzer electrostatic reed, this is also an element in the chain. And the Transistor in a tone generator is MAJOR!

[@crazyspeedyjoe]

Great effort!!

[@ErikD71]

vogt thomas Excellent job ! I always wondered why Ray Manzarek didnt use this keyboard in concert. All The Doors conerts I have on dc are with some other keyboard, except for the two Aquarius theater show Cd's.

[@sadvs2]

you're a genius!!

[@VogtThomas]

think more crazy ;-) thx

[@bijakovici15]

Viaggi parecchio con quelle tastiere!

[@communycat13]

ohhh man. i´m your fan

[@ElHijoDelViejon]

Greatness!

[@JaninasTrendwelt]

Danke für den Share.. Echt cool gespielt, klingt sehr nach Tetris xD

[@VogtThomas]

Tetris forever... do you remember: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmapoWVsp7uLfJI

[@joe-bro_11]

rock on dude!

[@ferdinandstrat]

Seriously dude, watching you play is like watching Ray play. Plus you can see the amount of sheer fun you get from playing. There arent many keyboard players that you can see that on them. It looks as though the stand that's holding the VOX is gonna break.

[@VogtThomas]

ferdinandstrat you´ve recognized in detail ;-) yes, one screw is broken which i have to refit for proper stand...

[@ferdinandstrat]

VogtThomas Oh, I was talking about the fact that you were playing with such energy that it looks like either the keyboards or the stand is about to break.

[@VogtThomas]

ferdinandstrat thats true and gonna happen soon when i dont restore the screw! :-) Thx for the good words.

[@johnbazy]

+ferdinandstrat I'd look pretty damn happy too if I had a Rhodes Piano Bass and a Vox Continental in front of me.

[@ferdinandstrat]

Very good point.

[@PhaedraandHelios]

cool shirt, as well.

[@VogtThomas]

I eventually got a Gibson Kalamazoo. It had a little more versatility than the Vox; it could make the sort of piano-ish sound I used on "Back Door Man" (from The Doors (album)); plus, it had a little knob sticking up on the volume pedal which could bend the note a half-step down. We used it on "Not to Touch the Earth". Even synthesizers don't really do that."

[@schladenjules-francois2190]

You learned your lessons well,but don't forget this emotionnal vector that makes the music this bomb that makes us shiver.Good job my dear..Keep going.Greetings, Jules

[@VogtThomas]

The other Organ was a Gibson G-101. The first was Ray Manzarek of The Doors, who told Contemporary Keyboard magazine (September, 1977 issue) that he began using it (switching from the Vox Continental used on the first two albums) during the recording of the Waiting for the Sun album, in 1968: RM: "I used a Vox for about two-and-a-half albums. Then Vox was sold to somebody and the organs started falling apart. I'd go out on a gig and in half a set I'd break about six or seven keys.

[@giuseppmetallic8872]

you rock bro

[@VogtThomas]

my personal experience using both instruments live are: G101:it seems to have more density - sound fills more the "room" - more warmth depending which amp you use - you dont recognize that easy wrong pressed notes; VOX: you need to play fully different because the keys reaction is different (G101 has only 1 keycontact; the VOX has several more); more brilliance in sound, you hear every wrong pressed note; best sound for light my fire anyway; for recording purposes VOX is better

[@2evil2jam]

man, the continental sounds sooo evil!

[@VogtThomas]

right, Fender Bassman100 or Fender Twin Reverb. The Sound is being "created" by the warmth of entire tube´s (try a little by changing Volume of Input-Gain from build in pre-amplification) and not forget to say that you need a classic spring reverb... (these amps are automatically equipt with spring reverb)

[@tommygonzalez603]

Hey man i'm from Ecuador and i admire your job, it would be great if you decide to do some tutorials, who scared you, when the music is over, crawling king snake, or people are strange maybe. Hope you consider my comment, blessings.

[@ErikD71]

VogtThomas, Thats interesting, I assumed that maybee Ray was going for a different sound on Waiting For The sun. Funny though, dont we hear the vox on ship of fools from Morrison Hotel and LA Merica on LA Woman ? Its intersting to hear you play Riders on The Storm with the vox, that made me smile, also People are strange with the vox I thought was cool that you did. Yeah the Gibson was the one he used in Concert, I seem to remmeber him saying that now.

[@dannieldf]

Se você cantasse dava um show fantástico

[@sakamotoo.o5170]

HERMOSO

[@VogtThomas]

Köszönöm a bókot osztály

[@olivierobea7241]

Beautiful boy :)

[@leinadfar]

cool

[@davejohnson-yi2rk]

I was a big Doors fan from their first LP in '67 and thought that the keyboard bass Ray used live was only 2 octaves. Was this a later model? Can you talk about anything about this bass keyboard? Many Thanks! - DJ

[@VogtThomas]

this is the same Model Ray used live (was 65-69) but build ´72 with updated components out of other pianos manufactured at the same time; 32 keys (bottom 32 notes from the 73-key Electric Piano) check this: www.fenderrhodes.com/models/ Piano Bass information from pre-CBS until Mark I ´79 talking on the Bass keyboard is pretty simple: this baby driven by an specific tube amplification and 15" speacker is incredible - blows everything away :-)

[@yolomacswaggers4355]

Hey nice video. I have a question. I love the doors and only play bass, and love rhodes bass, so i wanna hear how to get rhodes bass Sound on bass guitar, with pedals, effects or just settings. Please help me, ty all! Nice video. Greetings Caspar. :)

[@mcswing2001]

Hi. Congrats con the playing! the reverb on the Vox is from the fender amps? also the "overdrive" from the Vox is from the fender amps too or that is the sound from the Vox?

[@VogtThomas]

+Felipe Garrido hi, distortion und reverb is from the fender twin reverb-amp. (pure vox sound is clean only). depending on the amp-settings the vox sound varies in many ways... and a recording is differently to that what you here in a room

[@mcswing2001]

thanks for the answer.. i guess i´ll try running it through a Marshall JCM guitar amp then!

[@mharth6594]

I wish there was a bar where you would just play for hours while I drink and listen for hours. P.s. No "Soul Kitchen" ?

[@jennycalabrano]

Manzarek, is that you?

[@Admill15]

Light my fire - 9:58

[@fernandolopez5610]

You are phenomenal! Were you playing Doors songs on stage before COVID?

[@Wonka275]

How do you get that ever-so-subtle grit on your Connie? I've been trying for a year on my Connie, and it's not the same! You using a tube amp?

[@VogtThomas]

yes - if you compare to the Jordan "TheBOSS" amp www.morrisonhotel.de/single-post/2015/05/06/Backstage-with-The-Toxic-Void it isnot possible to add the grain/dirt! But its upmost a clean cool sound with spring reverb - i like it as well the crunchy sound with gain/overdrive coming out of the fender twin reverb...

[@claffertymusic]

Can you please teach me the secret ways of the Manzarek? He died before he could pass it onto me

[@VogtThomas]

there´s no secret - you have to get INTO the music - INTO the MOMENT of the SITUATION - INTO the SOUND of the current wave which enters your ears - then you have to ADD your personal FEELINGS to that and you can create & improvisate in realtime - thats what Ray was doing - just listen to live/bootleg recordings. furthermore the whole band does this and so the music awoke ;-)

[@incuriainre01]

Great gear, great to hear :-)... Of the current digital piano's which models do you think has the closest to the VOX Connie and Fender Rhodes sound (ie Roland RDxxx, Nord 2 etc)

[@VogtThomas]

hard to say - depends on your preferred sound - i assume as emulation on software: www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/Vox-Continental-V/intro.html try typing fender rhodes or vox emulation

[@ErikD71]

another great one to do would be LAmerica, or how about A LITTLE GAME and THE HILL DWELLERS.

[@tab9100]

THE WAR IS OVER

[@VogtThomas]

would be coool

[@graficaturner]

HERMANO, thank you for this moment you gave us, your music, your rhythm, your notion of the sound and the journey you provoke to anyone who listens..... excellent, greetings from Chile Fernando GOmez TUrner @francosichile en insta bro

[@schoaskopf2]

THIS is the real sound of an instrument! the sound of the continental and the rhodes bass is just incredibly... dump of all the nowadays-instruments, they're all just crap in comparison to this

[@hobbified]

You forgot to include the time mark for Light My Fire in the description :)

[@Rain777Dog]

Молодец чувак!

[@hutrputr]

my phone speaker cant play this bass low freq. but thats my problem i know. your rig is awesome. that top piano which is smaller is Vox and it is only one octave ?

[@VogtThomas]

+hutrputr its Fender Rhodes´s Piano Bass from 1972; no, 36 keys, similar to rhodes E pianos lower ocatve(s) but little different sounding... stunning "bass" - blows everything away when amplified by a tube amp and e.g. 15" cabinets... www.fenderrhodes.com/pianos/silvertop.html or facebook.com/FenderRhodesPianoBass/?fref=ts

[@austinellison3532]

I really want a Vox Continental and a gold top Fender Rhodes piano bass :( Were did you get yours man. And I like the amp you are using it brings a great sound. What kind of amp are you using for the Vox.

[@VogtThomas]

Vox: Fender Twin Reverb or even better is the JORDAN "the Boss" Amp which the doors used too: www.morrisonhotel.de/single-post/2015/05/06/Backstage-with-The-Toxic-Void

[@lalligatti9979]

Cant understand Y so many dislikes...maybe cuz d video is too short

[@hermannkochendorfer8553]

Very great, vom Original nicht zu unterscheiden

[@austinellison3532]

Man If you don't mind me asking how much does all this run for?

[@crazypainter56]

If you want to do "The Animals -Alan Price -get a Vox AC-30

[@VogtThomas]

no i dont want to ;-)

[@Voskresenskie_Dachniki]

Квентин Тарантино ты ли это?

[@baaron18]

this might be a stupid question, but do fender rhodes basses have the same tone as the bass notes on a regular rhodes? does it go lower or?

[@VogtThomas]

its basically the same tune than e.g. on Rhodes 73 . a 88 has some lower keys more... www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.shopify.com%2Fs%2Ffiles%2F1%2F0666%2F2821%2Ffiles%2FVintage_Vibe_Damper_Felt_Guide_Placement.jpg%3F10921252106437357605&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vintagevibe.com%2Fproducts%2Ffender-rhodes-damper-felt-kit&docid=zD6O4oZAIDblqM&tbnid=PEWzRnT1ii1w2M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwj7uLjJ86rXAhXJoKQKHQNXCDEQMwhDKBQwFA..i&w=4096&h=2523&bih=897&biw=1745&q=rhodes%20tines%2073%2088&ved=0ahUKEwj7uLjJ86rXAhXJoKQKHQNXCDEQMwhDKBQwFA&iact=mrc&uact=8

[@elenanight_310]