Ray Manzarek, Bonus 1 | Break It Down | L/Studio created by Lexus

[@FCCZJ1903]

What a cool man he was. Instead of saying "and the rest was history" he says "and the rest was- [plays Light My Fire]".

[@Benny-ye7ro]

Cornelius Dieckmann don’t you love his modesty!? 😊😊😊

[@denissesaludymas]

​@@Benny-ye7roa mí sí.

[@straightgeorgestraight]

RIP THE GREATEST ORGANIST EVER

[@zloyman1]

Он был уникален.

[@Coowallsky]

Jon Lord was his better.

[@beforetheending1537]

@@Coowallsky FUCK MANZAREK IS THE ONLY BEST!!

[@phillipargall3654]

Insert *Angry Bach sounds*

[@philmann3476]

Not only a great keyboardist but a great story teller as well. Ray, you were the best.

[@spicecrop]

Ray did a perfect German accent. Hilarious.

[@ChristopherTrott]

I agree. He did!

[@chrisridenhour]

The Doors were the perfect band. They split all the loot four ways and never made a decision unless they all agreed.

[@shatnerhasselhoff]

Boy did Densmore make out like a bandit!

[@bejamin9210]

Not true, one time all but Morrison agreed to let an ad use one of their songs and Morrison was a very cranky boy

[@alanberickson]

Not quite perfect. Morrison's drug and alcohol use and abuse challenged things at times.

[@thelordofdarkness141]

Any one band member had Vito the decisions had to have all 4 say yes

[@TryTheBLT]

It's so weird, I was just watching this video last week and thinking about Ray and The Doors, and now a week later he's gone. Ray and Jim are once again best buds rocking out for the first time in over 40 years.

[@HalfLifer81]

and now it's been more than 10 years since his death, time sure does fly, but The Doors will live forever.

[@BackwoodsRunner-oj2hx]

A gift to mortal men was Ray . Hope to know You another day.May we Ride the wisp of wind searching for our brethren kind. RIP RAY MISS YOU

[@davidmuse1351]

He really had superior coordination and dexterity -- extraordinarily precise fingering -- also incredible independence of fingers 3, 4 and 5.

[@davidestrada2326]

He gives me inspiration. Just pure peace in his heart.

[@Timd92]

i still cant believe me and him went to the same high school. hes too cool to be an alum.

[@jojojorik123]

This man is a true genius.

[@W7RSON]

Celebration of the Lizard is a masterpiece, and that bass line is so simple and kickass

[@andrejspornieks]

You see, that lyric is long and all ambitious but as Zeppelin kicked in with Rock And Roll, everybody just heard what that was meant to be. They really shouldn't have... And now they do something like Rammstein. Forget it.

[@MobstahLobstah]

Ray Manzarek is like the coolest member of the doors, jim passed away before the internet could comprehend him, I think ray always made up for that, so cool

[@psyckusrisin5545]

2:45 "The Hill Dwellers", from "Celebration to the Lizard"

[@astersarte1282]

Reptiles abounding!

[@yashamaga13]

Thank you! This was killing me trying to remember the name

[@mr.shankly]

One of my favorite pieces of music of all time... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXeYfWyhltuHY8U

[@CottinTewis]

he is my cosmic grandpa that teaches me piano tunes

[@alejandrofaust6973]

3:23 to 3:38 epic musical moment!!! Ray was the best keyboard player!!! i love his style!!

[@cristian.ilie.018]

There should have been a " Ray Manzarek " Show ...I mean .....WOW...this man can do anything !!!!!

[@OTTERMANN2]

What an awesome story ;) we miss U Ray!!

[@edwardszzz]

A spirit of Bach for the 1960's.

[@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302]

What a brilliant gem of a person Ray was. The world misses you! RIP Ray RIP Jim

[@Peacefrog35]

Ray is like the hippest guy...he even still dresses smooth... Ray sold the Doors sound to me when I was in high school around 1990....and I've been hooked mostly because of him ever since!

[@dynjarren8355]

The best music instructor ever! And the coolest! I love how he explains his creative process. And where he got his inspiration from. RIP Ray and Jim

[@ferdinandstrat]

Rest in peace Ray.

[@KarmicOmen]

Everyone loves Ray -- he is so cool, friendly ... just an overall seemingly nice man.

[@pedrocarvalho2789]

There are people in the world we should never let them go. RIP Ray. Cheers from Portugal and take care of you.

[@musicman2569]

I know the song he is playing at 2:18 to 2:20 it's Celebration Of The Lizard. It's a bonus track of the 40th anniversary remastered edition of The Doors: Waiting For The Sun

[@britty1969up]

I love Ray Manzarek videos. He's so infectious. One of the best things on T'internet.🙂

[@cooking_withvince]

Amazing how he takes a simple bass line and make something that sounds so awesome.

[@gaspo2180]

This guy has more talent in his little pinky finger than 99 % of today's wannabe SUPERSTARS !!

[@azloungelizard]

Love you Ray!!! You are THE MAN! You are truly an inspiration to us all, as I am a HUGE DOORS FAN and think you guys are the Best Rock N Roll Band EVER! I am a budding keyboard player and have learned a lot from you in more ways than one. Take care and someday we will all be together in the Lizard Kingdom.

[@joe6096]

Man I still miss Ray. Can't believe he's gone. He was the coolest dude. I mean, when you look up the word "cool" in the dictionary all it shows is Ray at his keyboard talking about how they came up with a song.

[@davidgrigg3505]

What an amazing man! Great stories, seems such a genuine nice guy, shame he is no longer with us. RIP

[@stefannyberg3203]

How the hell can there be dislikes on this??

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

Totally !!! What a guy

[@BlitzHopB]

Someone accidentaly clicked and forgot his acc password XD

[@TitoLukason]

J.Bieber followers....

[@OriginalPuro]

What a stupid question.

[@Benny-ye7ro]

Haters gonna hate..losers.

[@nickrenzo6285]

Ray was something else. He is truly missed!

[@Peacefrog35]

Man... I love seeing this... Ray is teaching us how to play this part of Celebration of the lizard...you can see his fingers so well. The Vox and Fender Rhodes piano bass never go outta style.

[@ozzyosbourne8389]

love it at 1:48 when he hits the wrong note ,so he pretends he's slowing down and changing the intro of LMF, a legend

[@samwod488]

This man is a legend

[@stevem2497]

This man could make his Fender Bass keyboard and his Vox Continental organ speak. Privileged are we to have heard his music.

[@rocktober1327]

I glad his teacher gave Ray a good song book, that's one of my favorite Doors pieces.

[@alcantara06]

Talented and down-to-earth. How often can you see that?

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Ray was fantastic. Still hard to believe he has gone.

[@ModeloLoveMeLongTime]

Ray was the best story teller ever.

[@acortes7771]

Ohhh, Nohhh, I can't believe he passed on!! RIP Love his music, and he seemed like such a chill person.

[@corova2010]

One of the best piano master!!!You will be missed,Sir!!!

[@BlitzHopB]

Anyone can easily say that he is one of the best organist if not the best, its facts!

[@RastaSaiyaman]

He was such a character, so much energy and fun.

[@areliaguilar8843]

Para mi el mejor músico y fundador de The Doors , tuve la oportunidad de verlo en vivo, y la magia y el talento que transmitía es único. Pero, "Nadie sale vivo de aquí "

[@kdobaggins3410]

"Not to touch the earth" is the song Ray talking about.. I alwayed liked that bass-line,in fact the whole song is a doors classic... I regard Ray (rip) as an accomplished and the backbone of the doors.. Very talented man.. "A groovy cat" as he would say..

[@alejandrofaust6973]

A part of "The celebration of the Lizard" so niceeee!!! great piece!!!

[@dustoff85]

Great Story Ray. I hope he is still living. They were from Venice Beach Calif. My daughter lives in Venice and has for 7 years. I can so relate. I use to be a Los Angeles County Emergency Paramedic in the 1970s. My partner and I hit it off and the rest was history. Been married 42 years. We qquit the County and I joined the US Military and became a Combat Pilot x 26 years.

[@BudFunOne]

OMG, how beautiful of a piece!

[@STRANGDAYS1751]

You are Greatly missed. God Bless!

[@damannoa]

Thank you God for giving us the Doors.

[@eaplvsprsly]

I am a horrible musician but this mans ability influenced me many years ago......He will be missed!

[@phlppnc]

awesome! thanks for sharing.

[@arturomedinahernandez3069]

Wooooo que emoción da escucharlo . Afortunadamente lo pude ver en Aguascalientes México años antes de su muerte... The Doors por siempre.

[@rafapatron]

You are the best, always in my mind Ray, love you.

[@cachiruleta]

Such a talented man and with that charisma.

[@jjohnsn1220]

god i could listen to videos like this (interview w/ music) all the live long day

[@dasheight]

Thank you for your music, Ray. Be at peace.

[@MaxTerrazos]

I used that book too! RIP Ray.

[@EdwardGutierrez90]

well do you know the name of it??

[@MaxTerrazos]

Teaching little fingers to play by John Thompson

[@EdwardGutierrez90]

Nice, Thanks!

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

John Thompson Teaching little fingers to play That song is From a Wigwam (last song in the book) I played it for my first ever recital !! 😀😀😀

[@chrisgodlaproductions3106]

Guy knows how to tell a story man!

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Brilliant!

[@markfrost2579]

The only guy who makes organ sound awesome

[@TheTango1263]

Rock on up there Ray!

[@hammondtalent1]

RIP Ray. You will be missed.

[@WillowFilmz]

The song he's recalling is called "The Hill Dwellers." Its on the absolutely live album.

[@aortega1409]

Thank you for jammin💪💪 RIP 🙏🙏

[@swannoir]

I so hope that Ray's piano teacher got to see how his pupil lit the world on fire.

[@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104]

Ray...ur the fkn best...without u there is no doors...u r the messiah ...well.missed...peace...doors 4 ever

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

R.I.P Ray Manzarek :( QC

[@Bluestomiv]

The song he references at 2:05 is The Celebration of the Lizard - The Hill Dwellers Section I believe.

[@lillian-cyradeaville1061]

12th February, 2023. Remembering Ray on his 84th Birthday. RIP. Cyra xxxx

[@lqdreality]

"And he said 'These are notes, this is music' and I send 'God this is insane!'" hahaha, oh ray.

[@Posijax]

That is one cool story...

[@PJToxophilus]

Fantastic

[@ucfkid67]

Strauses backery. Sounds good

[@kevincarey2467]

Too cool....for words...play on...

[@Wonka275]

@glenlanding I have a Rhodes bass myself and I run it with my Vox Continental through a huge 300 watt Behringer amp. It gets this real mellow bass sound but with sharp attacks. I love it.

[@Peacefrog35]

@Hgclaw It's funny you mention that. The sharps and flats on my Italian and US are bright white... the ones I've seen on the UK Continentals are almost always yellow. It's funny how many nuances these vintage instruments have.

[@wreckim]

Some of the Thumbs Down have got to be accidental clicks...no? How can you give this a negative click? Awesome.

[@RogerMurdock]

Wow. How cool. Thanks for this

[@Wonka275]

Hey we're going to Strauss' bakery! This is going to be great! Sorry, son we gotta go and give you training to be a legend. Friggin' awesome, love Ray!

[@JK4ManC]

The man was brilliant.

[@glengholizadeh4831]

He really has a Jeff Goldblum vibe to him!! Or the other way around. What a character!

[@Peacefrog35]

When Ray says he doens't know what the song was, he means he doesn't know what the name of the song was in that music book that he got the bass line from.

[@jenkins80526]

I just love this.Yes, the greatest key man ever.

[@frankhernandez4069]

CLASSIC!

[@Peacefrog35]

@Hgclaw Very good eye. I didn't notice that D trane. Actually I think it's definitely worth pointing out. I think all the hoopla around the Italians having breakable keys really give them a bad name. Personally I actually like a plastic key continental in good shape with good key bushings and no key clack. Wood keys actually have a mushier action to me. Very good point you are making!

[@avieda]

he has a beautiful jacket on (1:51) anyone know the make?

[@joegould8774]

Avi Eda no

[@In-Astris]

Dude is absolutely legend, fcking awesome

[@pouillepro8047]

RIP, he was a happy man

[@Mae77]

I still can't believe I could touch those legendaries and creative fingers of his hands

[@terrywalleser7360]

Nothing will ever come close

[@lizard2222]

Rip

[@bradcox8468]

Ray was the Doors sound, RIP

[@glenlanding]

That Rhodes bass is a huge sounding piece that my piano rock band would not be able to perform without. Its ran through a SansAmp Pre DI and a compression pedal then thur a custom cabinet with an 18 inch sub and power amp. Shakes the house like no bass guitar could do. And to add the who plays it is a russian girl with mad skill. Check it out on my page. Cheers. Thanks Ray

[@208stroker1]

FUCK i love this man, what a inspiration for fellow human beings....

[@ephufer1]

This guy was a genius

[@esteban578]

ray your cool and great musician