In The Studio Archives: Beard’s Blog

Doors Co-Founder Ray Manzarek Dies-L.A. Woman Interview

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 In this classic rock interview with Doors co-founder/ keyboardist Ray Manzarek, we find that the dream of the 1967 Summer of Love, embodied by The Doors’ “Light My Fire”, had by 1971 run headlong into the reality of Richard Nixon‘s America. Lead singer Jim Morrisonhad been arrested for lewdness at a Miami concert;...
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When the Music’s Over-Doors Co-Founder Ray Manzarek Dead at 74

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With a very sad heart, I must notify you that Doors co-founder, keyboard player, and keeper of the Doors legacy, Ray Manzarek, has passed away at age 74. The second Doors  album Strange Days came barely nine months after their ground-breaking debut in 1967, and was uncanny in capturing seismic changes already underway...
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Doors Co-Founder Ray Manzarek Dead-Strange Days 45th anniversary-pt2

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The Doors‘ debut only nine months earlier remains more often written about, mostly because it was so startlingly fully formed and sounding unlike anything else. But Strange Days actually is an even stronger second effort, with eight tracks of fuller arrangements instead of just four, and a wealth of A-list songs including “People...
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ROLLING STONES: CLEARLY VERY COOL

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Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and Hot Rocks 1964-1971, the most celebrated albums in ABKCO’s catalog of Rolling Stones releases, will debut later this month as 180-gram LPs, pressed on clear vinyl, in celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary and ’50 and Counting’ tour.  The launch of a projected series titled “The Rolling Stones Clearly Classic,” featuring these...
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Rod Stewart-Time

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 Blame Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. Before them, Artist and Repertoire execs at a record company chose a songwriter’s tune, then matched it with a separate singer or vocal group in hopes of making a hit (sorry to break it to you, but Elvis did not write the songs. But I...
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Redbeard Hosts Slacker’s 101 Greatest Classic Rock Songs

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Check out a very special ‘Signature Series’ playlist this month, ’101 Greatest CLASSIC ROCK Songs on SLACKER hosted by yours truly REDBEARD. Throughout the countdown you can hear InTheStudio artist interview clips I’ve curated  for this countdown program.  Go to Slacker.com, you can sign-up for FREE, sit back and enjoy. Get more background...
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Cars-The Cars 35th anniversary-Ric Ocasek

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“We made that first record in twelve days,” says The Cars‘ driving force Ric Ocasek in this In the Studio classic rock interview. What is even more remarkable is that The Cars would accelerate from regional Boston appeal in May 1978, to parked on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine by the following...
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Rolling Stones Warm Up at LA Club

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As it turns out, the Rolling Stones were spot on almost fifty years ago when they  sang“Time Is On My Side”. The paradox is that they were equally accurate when, in 1974, an only slightly different Stones line up reminded themselves as much as us that “Time Waits for No One”.   To celebrate...
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