I had such a crush on him He is just as handsome as ever!

Was this the end of the interview? It cuts off suddenly, and I'd love to hear the rest of it.

Ray is a well-spoken man but that interviewer sounds dry, unenthusiastic,not much into the flow of the conversation.Oh well,can't win 'em all.

I am so glad I got to meet him in 2003 in Vancouver B.C. when he, Robby , & Ian Astbury were touring as Doors in the 21st Century. What a gentleman he was . He was so appreciative of his Doors fans . ❤✌

26:09 how fateful when he talks about where he be in 10 years having no clue he would be dead. What a sad sad lost that still stings to this day.

I wish that Justin and John would not become strangers. It would be nice if they would continue with another album or 2 being the BLUE JAYS! It can happen and their music will still be very loved by all of their fans, I guarantee it!!!

12:00 Dan was born in 51 I was born in 61 he was a major generational influence for me. Especially Captured Angel album. It's a masterpiece

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Love Big Sur. I lived in the San Gabriel Valley, always had a radio on, i was the age of the kid in the Memphis TN. I was the youngest, and my sister n cousions would blast Moms Stereo when we were cleaning, while she was at work. Been a fan ever since. In the 90s i had my daughter in the car, radio on KRTH 101and my daughter asked me 'the question' Why is he saying secret ASIAN MAN? I was laughing, had to explain 007and what a spy wasshe loves 60s n 70s music. I always wanted to marry you as a kid, and i am a bit older now and sometimes i live in Historic dist of Boulder COLORADO. Had a f t ien from my teens here when i was married about when this was made, 2001 and did a Fat Tuesday night. She brought me a CD had a guy on the front in a suit with a tape outline of the body. 🫣 had great New Orleans music, i loved that. And i love you! Thanks for putting this out, to both of you. Come visit, and know i did go to school for Multitrack Recording the year it was high time to start digital, so i learned both that year ! ❤ Don't stop what you do!

I never get tired of Johnny River. No matter what mood I'm in he is always spot on

Thank you Ray and Jim! Never forgotten. You were unique! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🎶🎤🎸🎹🎶🎤🎸🎹🎶🎤🎸🎹🎶🎤🎸🎹🎶🎤🎸🎹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Man I'm sorry but a clean shaven Dan is like a clean shaven Bob Seger, it just aint right

Rest in Paradise Ray Manzarek. What a beautiful soul. A fantastically charismatic, pleasant, talented, and inspirational man. He’s one of those people you just wish could have lived forever. He will live forever through everyone who knows and looks up to him. Love you Ray.

❤❤loved you since the sixties never stop gillisn fay ❤❤

Such a smart man. This interview would benefit from a bit of editing....

INCREDIBLE,,!!!, nothing else need be said .

Great interview!

These guys were huge when I was in high school.

It breaks my heart that this man passed on. Yes, we all need to. But why did he have to do it before I got to meet him?

Very informative. However, I do wish we could hear the questions, because I can't always tell what song Ray's referring to if he doesn't say the title. Time to get out the earbuds I guess.

Love these guys so much. Just saw both of their shows last week, they are still fantastic. 2024 even stranger times! They are so humble, their music was the best. No one could do what they did, not even the Beatles.

Love this man!!!! Only one Dan Fogelberg ~everon~

Saw the Raiders twice during their prime in Dayton Ohio. Great shows.

I saw him in the Finger Lakes at an open air venue by a lake and fell in love with him and his music….sadly missed

Dennis is awesome 🎉

Still looking young at 54. He's 82 now. Paul died at 76 in 2014. Smitty in 2001.

A lot of details on how the Doors were formed comes out in this interview that always gets glossed over in more PR sounding interviews. I dont think most people are aware how bad a singer Jim was when he started out, you can hear the original album they made on youtube which the record company wouldnt release. They grew organically as a band, its amazing they saw the potential in Jim and that potential fully flowered into something much more powerful than any other band had made at that time. Im quite sure Jim is still alive, I wish he would finally come out of hiding and give the universe a last goodbye.

Wonderful. Listening to Dan playing Nexus, it struck me how the song might be interesting played on a banjo as well.

Thanks for this, it is gold. DF getting PO'd at the lack of door security was priceless. He was a well-spoken man. Of course, so many songwriters are. It goes with the territory, I guess.

He was just the best, the voice, the words... The best ever.

7:26....then the bubble burst. 😢

A great musician, remarkably intelligent man, great storyteller, legend. But without Jesus Christ he is in hell, like Jim Morrison. Robbie Krieger and John Densmore still have hope to turn to Jesus.

He was the sexy one. Paul was the Daddy. 😊. I was heart broken when he cut that famous ponytail off, out of all the songs, Indian Resavatinion is the only one that I know. I think 😂.

In a vast catalog.....he never wrote a bad song 😊

What a bunch of bullshit. I guess he feels the need to elevate the significance of a 60s rock band that caught lightening in a bottle.

Dan is and forever will be the most prolific and powerful songwriter of my generation. I'm 62 and have been listening to him for 50 years! I saw him do his acoustic shows at Valley Forge every time he came. I think he touches our souls with his lyrics and tunes and they're so relevant! Miss you!❤🎉

Love J.R.

Dan was the only artist of his era who stood against the idea of putting video to music, siting individual images should free flow forever inside each of us and never bind you to one visual thought, limiting the beauty of the art...

I love hearing him talk about his career it is very informative

FUN FACT: Johnny visited ELVIS at GRACELAND. "E" was recording "MEMPHIS" (Tennessee). JR thanked him, went home, recorded & quickly released it, himself. Not surprisingly, was NEVER invited back to GRACELAND again. The music industry, huh?

Was that DDY or Barbara Streisand ?? I always get them confused with each other because they both Rock equally as Hard .

This must be Feb 98, not 97 as Dan mentions John Denver and Jacque Cousteau passing away 'last year'.

Thats my guy love Kenny chesney music ❤❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉

To be honest, Dennis DeYoung pretty much became a scenery chewing front man who quickly turned Styx into an adult contemporary act. Things got even worse when Styx reformed in 1990 and had a hit with Show Me The Way, and DeYoung took up all of the creative control resulting in Styx becoming nothing more than his backing band with little resemblance to the original group.

Dennis for me is Styx.

Met Robbie after his killer show. Wish I could have met Ray. Love the doors.

Paul Revere's real name was Paul Revere Dick..:)

I too had a crush oh Mark Lindsay. Loved the music. Indian Reservation was my favorite song.

I saw him in concert at the Coachhouse in San Juan Capistrano, CA in March 2023. Incredible Band! The show was awesome!

Phenomenal. Simply phenomenal.