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Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors has died at 74 years old. He passed away Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. (Monday, May 20, 2013, 12:31 PM PT). Many sources reported that he struggled with bile duct cancer.
Manzarek was from Chicago and founded The Doors after meeting Jim Morrison in Venice Beach, California. Morrison was a poet then, and the creativity between his lyrics and Manzarek's keys were unmatched. The Doors, with their hip, psychedelic, rock groove, changed the landscape of recorded music and live shows for the rest of rock and progressive music history. Concerts were controversially like parties and sit-ins, where fans often had communal experiences with the words and music.
The Doors sold more than 100-million albums worldwide, and received 19 Gold, 14 Platinum and five multi-Platinum albums in the U.S. alone. "L.A.Woman," "Break On Through to the Other Side," "The End," "Hello, I Love You," and "Light My Fire" were just a few of their most popular songs.
Read more: Ray Manzarek Keyboardist for The Doors Dies at 74
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Dear Readers:
Here is an idea that fans and studio musicians have been talking about for a long time. It is finally coming! GIVE FANS THE CREDIT is a petition that encourages producers and digital outlets to list ALL musicians and artists involved in EACH recording.
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Former US president, Bill Clinton was " ... Gonna Crawl," to get Led Zeppelin to reform in 2012.
From CBS and the AP Press:
"Hots On For Nowhere."
"According to CBS, David Saltzman of the Robin Hood Foundation, which organised the Hurricane Sandy benefit concert in New York, said that he and the film executive Harvey Weinstein had flown to Washington DC to enlist Clinton's help in getting Led Zeppelin on the concert bill alongside The Who, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones."
Clinton agreed to Saltzman and Weinberg's request and approached Led Zepplin band members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones in Washington at the Kennedy Center Honors gala, which took place days prior to the Hurricane Sandy benefit. However, the former President could not get the band up on the stage.
"Hey Hey What Can I Do?"
"Harvey Weinstein had this great idea that we could enlist Bill Clinton to convince Led Zeppelin to reunite," Saltzman said. "The President was terrific – 'I really wanna do this, this will be a fantastic thing, I love Led Zeppelin'. And Bill Clinton himself asked Led Zeppelin to reunite, and they wouldn't do it."
"Hats Off ..." to Mr. Clinton for trying. "How Many More Times" will we seek a Zeppelin reunion answer? It's the "Battle of Evermore". We love our rock heros, "Hot Dog" "I Can't Quit You Baby."
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PRESS RELEASE:
Jason Anderson has an LP coming out on Salinas Records. This will be an actual vinyl album, limited to 500 copies. The first track will be a ripping version of "This Will Never Be Our Town."
The album will be entitled, Omaha.
Mark your calendars, here are his summer tour dates!
Read more: Jason Anderson releases a new LP and Summer Tour dates!
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Record Store Day is a tradition in the music industry that encourages fans to buy physical records, CD's, vinyls and merchandise of their favorite bands and maybe discover new ones.
Many venues have great sales, guest musicians and CD releases just in time for this main event.
Jack White is the ambassador of the Record Store Day this year!
DO WHAT JACK SAYS!
Find a participating record store near your town!
http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues
