Monday, May 20, 2013

Ray Manzarek Dies

I don't have much to add to what everyone else will say, except to note a radio interview I heard with him years ago.  That long organ riff in the middle of "Light My Fire," where he plays 4 against 3 so powerfully, he credited to John Coltrane.  I never heard that until he said it, but once you know it, you listen to the track and say "How did I ever miss it?"



A lot of life is that way, isn't it? Completely opaque, and then embarrassingly obvious.

Our first few minutes in heaven will be like that, I suspect; eyes darting sideways a little sheepishly and saying "Yeah, I shoulda seen that."

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