The Doors' versatile keyboardist and founding member, Ray Manzarek, passed away Monday of cancer. He was 74. Fluent in blues, rock, and jazz styles, Manzarek was one of the most influential rock keyboardists of his era. His keyboard literally introduced The Doors to the world with the opening bars of their first hit, "Light My Fire," and added a far-away, melancholy tone to their last hit, "Riders on the Storm." NPR, among many, had this remembrance of him. RIP.
