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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1975
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By JOHN VANORE
Staff Writer
Second only to the death of Jiini
Hendrix, one of the most significant:
tragedies of rock was the loss of Jim
Morrison. After his death, the
Doors put out two albums and then
dissolved the group to go their sepa
rate ways. The best known of the
remaining Doors was their
keyboard player, Ray Manzarek.
Ever since eighth grade I’ve
thought that Manzarek was great. In
my bubble gum/soul oriented
grammar school, I defended his
keyboard genius against onslaughts
from Vanilla Fudge (barf!) and
Young Rascals (before they dropped
the “Young”) fans. That’s quite a
long time.
Manzarek’s jazz roots and Morri
son’s theatrics and lyrics really held
the Doors together. Robby Krieger
and John Densmore were basically
expendable, but the other two were
essential. When Morrison died,
Manzarek took over the group, and
we then got a glimpse of how strong
his influence was on the Doors’
music.
His first solo release, ‘‘Golden
Scarab,’’ kind of fell flat, but his new
LP, “The Whole Thing Started with
Rock and Roll, Now It’s Out of Con
trol,” (that’s a mouthful) puts Man
zarek up on a level with Keith
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Emerson and Rick Wakeman. Not
that their styles are at all similar;
Manzarek isn’t diddling with
Wakeman’s orchestral rock ego trip,
and Emerson is rather unique. But
take a look at the credits on the
album jacket — Manzarek plays
every keyboard instrument in crea
tion and then some, and plays them
all magnificently to boot.
The instrumentation on this
album is outstanding, but Manzarek
’can’t take all the credit himself. His
back-up band includes guitarist Joe
Walsh (formerly of the James Gang,
now on a solo career), and vocalists
Flo and Eddie.
Let’s look at the songs them
selves. The title cut is a good, fast
number with lots of jazz input,
especially on Manzarek’s piano.
“The Gambler” has to be one of the
best cuts on the album and Man
zarek shares the spotlight on this
number somewhat with Walsh on
guitar, until he opens up a bit on an
organ solo. “Whirling Dervish” is
just that, an instrumental where
Manzarek takes a back seat to the
horn section, especially the saxes,
but it tends to wear thin after a
while. And “Begin the World
Again” is the Doors all over again as
Manzarek’s keyboards come to the
foreground once more. The song
evolves into a sort of “Book of
Genesis according to Manzarek”
with lyrics full of “Let there be . . . ’
and it builds to a fever pitch just
before fading to a close.
Side two opens with Satanic
laughter a la Morrison on “I Wake
up Screaming,” an amusing song
about nightmares. It’s cute, but no
milestone of musical accomplish
ment. It does, however, feature a
bit of poetry written by Morrison.
“Art Deco Fandango” is pure
jazz-blues fusion, with clarinets and
horns complementing Manzarek’s
tack piano for a light-hearted, re
freshing change of pace.
“Bicentennial Blues (Love It or
Leave It)” really fitted the style of
“L. A. Woman,” the last album re
leased by the Doors with Morrison.
The keyboard and guitar riffs are
overly reminiscent of their style for
about the first half, but the
organ/guitar/percussion takes on a
Santana-like sound for a while. But
wait — right in the middle Man
zarek breaks out in the intro to
“Light My Fire, to lead up to his
final vocals.
“Bicentennial Blues” is probably
the best selection, by virtue of
Manzarek’s organ playing, and it,
thus, gains an edge over “The Gam
bler.”
“Perfumed Garden, ” the finale, is
notable for being rather undisting
uished. At any rate, “Art Deco Fan
dango” and “Bicentennial Blues’
offset any disillusionments in the
first and last songs of side two. And
they do it in spades.
All I can say in summation is that
Manzarek is a superbly gifted per
former and that “The Whole Thing
Started with Rock and Roll ...” is
an excellent and varied showcase for
his talents. I’m sure that anyone
who listens to the album will agree.
Well, I’m sorry I broke my prom
ise. Last week, I said I’d write a
good, vicious review, but I felt that
this was far more significant. Next
week, you’ll probably be reading
about Alice Cooper’s latest offering,
unless I find something newer and
more relevant, so you’ll still get
your mudslinging.
Many thanks to Ernie at Music-
land for supplying the copy of the
album used here.
★★★
It looks like Town Hall beat me to
the punch with their questionnaire.
But will somebody please tell them
to take Humble Pie off the list? The
Pie disbanded after their American
tour, which the March 23 perfor
mance in Houston was a part of.
My choices were BTO, Lynyrd
Skynyrd, ELP, Linda Ronstadt and
the Average White Band. But I’m
not going to hold my breath. If any
one of those groups makes it here.
I’ll eat my words and swallow my
pride. And if they get ELP, I’ll eat
my hat too (campaign hat, no less).
For the benefit for you who lis
tened for my radio show Sunday,
apologies are in order.
I arrived at the Student Govern
ment Radio station early that after
noon only to be informed the trans
mitter was down (inoperable).
I hope to be on the air next Sun
day from 1 to 4 p.m.
So for some decent music in the
Capitol of the American Top Forty,
tune in to Sergebutt Serenade at
107.5 FM on Midwest Video.
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