Ray Manzarek

Raymond Daniel Manzarek (born February 12, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, producer, movie director, writer, and a co-founder and the keyboardist of The Doors, from 1965 to 1973, and in the Doors of the 21st Century (The Doors of the 21st Century now go by the name Riders On The Storm) since 2001. Manzarek also recorded a rock adaptation of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana with Philip Glass, produced Echo and the Bunnymen and Los Angeles band X, and played with Iggy Pop and backed San Francisco poet Michael McClure's poetry readings.