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=== Later career and influence === [[File:Ray Manzarek.JPG|thumb|right|225px|Manzarek in March 2006, performing in the Netherlands]] After recording two solo albums on [[Mercury Records]] to a muted reception in 1974, Manzarek played in several groups, most notably [[Nite City]].<ref name="Goldstein" /> He recorded a rock adaptation of [[Carl Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'' (1983; co-produced by [[Philip Glass]]), briefly played with [[Iggy Pop]], sat in on [[Bedbugs and Ballyhoo|one track]] on the eponymous 1987 album ''[[Echo & the Bunnymen (album)|Echo & the Bunnymen]]'', backed San Francisco poet [[Michael McClure]]'s poetry readings and worked on improvisational compositions with poet [[Michael C. Ford]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8i90y_ray-manzarek-and-michael-c-ford-at_music|title=Ray Manzarek and Michael C. Ford at Hen House Studios|website=[[Dailymotion.com]]|access-date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> He also worked extensively with ''[[Hearts of Fire]]'' screenwriter and former [[SRC (band)|SRC]] frontman Scott Richardson on a series of spoken word and blues recordings entitled "Tornado Souvenirs".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://raymanzarek.com/biography/ |title=Ray Manzarek Biography |website=Raymanzarek.com |access-date=March 16, 2021}}</ref> Manzarek produced the first four albums of the seminal [[Punk music#North America|punk band]] [[X (U.S. band)|X]],<ref name="Lewis" /> also contributing occasionally on keyboards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/los-angeles-mw0000319061/credits |title=X: ''Los Angeles'' – Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref> Two of those have also been included on [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/ |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |date=May 31, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> His memoir, ''Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors,'' was published in 1998. ''The Poet in Exile'' (2001) is a novel exploring the [[urban legend]] that Jim Morrison may have faked his death. Manzarek's second novel, ''Snake Moon'', released in April 2006, is a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] ghost story. In 2000, a collaboration poetry album entitled ''Freshly Dug'' was released with British singer, poet, actor, and pioneer punk rocker [[Darryl Read]]. Read had previously worked with Manzarek on the ''Beat Existentialist'' album in 1994, and their last poetical and musical collaboration was in 2007 with the album ''Bleeding Paradise''.<ref name="Torreano" /> Also in 2000, he co-wrote and directed the film ''Love Her Madly'', which was credited to a story idea by Morrison.<ref name="Torreano" /> The film was shown at the closing night of the 2004 Santa Cruz Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web |first=Sarah |last=Phelan |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/05.19.04/manzarek-0421.html |title=Truly, 'Madly', Deeply |work=[[Metro Santa Cruz]]|access-date=December 21, 2013}}</ref> but otherwise received limited distribution and critical review. [[File:Ray Manzarek - picture by Simone van den Boom.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Manzarek at the Bospop festival, Weert 2010, the Netherlands]] In 2006, he collaborated with composer and trumpeter Bal. The album that resulted, ''Atonal Head'' explores the realm of electronica. The two musicians integrated jazz, rock, ethnic, and classical music into their computer-based creations. {{citation needed|date=September 2020}} On August 4, 2007, Manzarek hosted a program on [[BBC Radio 2]] about the 40th anniversary of the recording of "[[Light My Fire]]" and the group's musical and spiritual influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/60sseason/documentaries/manzarek.shtml |title=Radio 2 – 60s Season – BBC |website=[[BBC Radio 2]] |date=August 4, 2007}}</ref> In April 2009, Manzarek and Robby Krieger appeared as special guests for [[Daryl Hall]]'s monthly concert webcast ''[[Live From Daryl's House]]''. They performed several Doors tunes ("[[People Are Strange]]", "[[The Crystal Ship]]", "[[Roadhouse Blues]]" and "[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]") with Hall providing lead vocals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://raymanzarek.com/television-live-from-daryls-house/ |title=Live From Daryl's House |date=April 15, 2009 |website=Raymanzarek.com |access-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref> In his last years, he often sat in with local bands in the [[Napa County, California|Napa County]] area, where he relocated in the early 2000s. In 2009, Manzarek collaborated with [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] by playing keyboards on the single "[[Craigslist (song)|Craigslist]]", which is a [[pastiche]] of the Doors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002146889/credits|title=Weird Al Yankovic: ''Alpocalypse''{{snd}}Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date = May 24, 2013}}</ref> On the day of Manzarek's death, Yankovic published a personal video of this studio session which he said had been an "extreme honor" and "one of the absolute high points of my life".<ref name="Craigslist with Ray Manzarek">{{Cite AV media|title=Ray Manzarek Plays "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Craigslist"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5x88C0yQY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Ra5x88C0yQY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]]|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In May 2010, Manzarek recorded with [[slide guitar]]ist [[Roy Rogers (guitarist)|Roy Rogers]]. A collaborative album between the two, entitled ''Translucent Blues'', was released in mid-2011; its lyrical content is primarily penned by songwriter/poets [[Jim Carroll]] and [[Michael McClure]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Hal |last=Horowitz |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/translucent-blues-mw0002134532 |title=''Translucent Blues'' – Review |website=AllMusic |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> During June through August 2011, Manzarek recorded "[[Breakn' a Sweat]]" with DJ [[Skrillex]] and his fellow former Doors members [[Robby Krieger]] and [[John Densmore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bangarang-r2381342/review|title='' Bangarang'' – Review|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 26, 2020|first1=Jon|last1=O'Brien}}</ref> In August 2013, ''Twisted Tales'', another Manzarek–Rogers collaboration, was released and dedicated to Manzarek after his passing.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Here |first1=Classic Rock |last2=Now |title=Slide Guitarist Roy Rogers talks 'Twisted Tales' Final Album with Ray Manzarek |url=https://www.classicrockhereandnow.com/2013/08/slide-guitarist-roy-rogers-talks_23.html |access-date=2022-08-28 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |title=RAY MANZAREK & ROY ROGERS - Twisted Tales CD Now Available; Audio Samples Streaming |url=https://bravewords.com/news/ray-manzarek-roy-rogers-twisted-tales-cd-now-available-audio-samples-streaming |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers - Twisted Tales |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6867568-Ray-Manzarek-Roy-Rogers-Twisted-Tales |language=en |access-date=2022-08-28}}</ref>
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