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Blues rock, modern electric blues ray manzarek roy rogers translucent blues 2011, cd discogs. Doors keyboardist ray manzarek finished his third collaboration with slide guitarist roy rogers shortly before he died. Get ray manzarek and roy rogers setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other ray manzarek and roy rogers fans for free on. As with his most famous band, manzarek has sought out poets for a few of the tunes, beginning with the album opener, hurricane, with the lyrics supplied by the late jim carroll. Song by ray manzarek and roy rogers from the translucent blues cd. Slide guitarist and blues partisan roy rogers began playing at age twelve and has continued to do so religiously for nearly fifty years. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ray manzarek at the discogs marketplace. Ray manzarek roy rogers translucent blues 2011, cd.

Manzarek founded the doors after meeting thenpoet jim morrison in. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. This is the album of a lifetime, the distillation of everything that has made roy rogers such an important blues artist over the years. Translucent blues, which album was the touchstone for the documentary film on which billy and ray were collaborating at the time of ray s death.

The slide work is superb and the band rocks with white hot intensity. Ray also later contributed to scotts 1992 release, tornado souvenirs. May 21, 20 in 2011 he released his last album, translucent blues, a collaboration with the slide guitarist roy rogers. Translucent blues by ray manzarek and roy rogers on amazon. He ended up recording a new version of this song on the 2011 manzarekrogers release translucent blues. The unlikely musical duo of manzarek and roy rogers, manzarek rogers band, for eight years substantiated the. The seemingly odd pairing just clicked, rogers said, and both had. Discography translucent blues ray manzarek of the doors. In 2011 he released his last album, translucent blues, a collaboration with the slide guitarist roy rogers. Ray manzarek and roy rogers blind pig records 2011. 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. 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. 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 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.

Publicist heidi robinsonfitzgerald says manzarek died on may 20, 20 at the romed clinic in rosenheim, germany, surrounded by his family. Live from san francisco, was released last year as a collaboration with poet michael mcclure. Ruler of the world the wheel of fortune, i, riders on the storm, light my fire, hurricane, biography. 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.

The collaboration of rogers and manzarek produced 3 releases ballads before the rain 2008, translucent blues 2011 and twisted tales 20 manzareks last recording. The legendary doors keyboardist and the worldrenowned slideguitar master teamed for this harddriving new album of blues, jazz and rock. Light my fire instrumental, dance to the music single, top tracks. Sep 09, 2011 song by ray manzarek and roy rogers from the translucent blues cd. One of the most influential keyboard players in the history of rock music, doors member ray manzarek was born on february 12, 1939. Despite being released on the blind pig label and including the word blues in its. 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. The greatest guitar classics of all time, the golden scarab, and carmina burana.

Translucent blues is a hard driving, blues, rock and jazz inflected effort. 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. He freely admitted that the doors legacy had left him comfortably set up for life. In may 2010, manzarek recorded with slide guitarist roy rogers in studio d in sausalito, california. Albums include the ultimate collection 19481990, translucent blues, and richland woman blues. For his last studio album, translucent blues, manzarek teamed up with blues slide guitarist roy rogers.

The doors keyboardist ray manzarek performs on stage at the miller rock. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists. The music here is a masterful and lively 5 star production, a beautiful synthesis of keyboards and slide guitar. Born to polish immigrants in chicago, illinois, he grew up admiring the boogiewoogie piano players that became popular in the 50s. The spoken word history, twisted tales, the piano poems. 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. 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. Translucent blues in 2011 with bluesrock guitarist roy rogers. Rogers plays a variety of guitar styles related to the delta blues, but is most often recognized for his virtuoso slide work. Translucent blues with ray manzarek 2011, blind pig records.

Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Born to polish immigrants in chicago, illinois, he grew up admiring read full biography. 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, cofounder and keyboardist of the doors and member of the rock and roll. Sep 09, 2019 a brilliant collaboration from ray manzarek, cofounder and keyboardist of the doors, and roy rogers, world renowned slide guitar master and grammy winning producer.

Ray and roy alternate taking lead vocals with ray singing lead on five tunes and roy on five. Roy rogers is an american blues rock slide guitarist and record producer. Ray manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of the doors, has died. One of rays favorite songs from revelation blues was new dodge city blues. Roy came on as a special guest and played a few blues numbers with ray. After the bands break up, manzarek released two albums with the rock band nite city in the late 1970s and six solo albums, most recently translucent blues in 2011 with bluesrock guitarist. Translucent blues brings these two musicians together with steve evans on bass and kevin hayes on drums. The remaining two tunes are instrumentals, one written by ray and one by roy. Ray manzarek roy rogers translucent blues 2011, cd discogs. Their album, translucent blues, released in mid2011, was ranked no.

This is the first release of the manzarek rogers band and contains a great crosssection of blues, rock and instrumentals. Check out translucent blues by ray manzarek and roy rogers on amazon music. Raymond daniel manzarek jr was an american musician, singer, producer, film director, and. Billy created the moodydeserthighway cover art for ray s 2011 album with roy rogers. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Translucent blues hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding. Twisted tales by ray manzarek and roy rogers on amazon.

Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Ray manzarek lays down the grooves on the solid backbone of kevin hayes drumming, along with george brooks tasteful sultry tenor sax, but its roy rogers who steals the show with his slide wizardry. Ray manzarek biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. American musician, producer, movie director, and writer. John swenson, author, rolling stone, elmore, stereophile. 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. Ray manzarek project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.