Ballads Before the Rain, by Ray Manzarek, Roy Rogers

Ballads Before the Rain

by Ray Manzarek, Roy Rogers

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1.	Gnoissenne, No. 1 06:42	buy track
2.	B.E. in Memorium 06:11	buy track
3.	El Amor Brujo 06:45	buy track
4.	Remembering You 06:17	buy track
5.	Crystal Ship 03:31	buy track
6.	Love is a Dangerous Place 06:01	buy track
7.	Ruby Red Nails 05:14	buy track
8.	Riders on the Storm 08:57	buy track
9.	American Pastoral 06:35	buy track

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The first of three releases from Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers. Contained on this release are nine instrumentals with Ray on classical piano and Roy on slide guitar. Three of the songs are Ray Manzarek originals, two are Roy Rogers originals, two are classic Doors cuts and the last two are covers of other artists. A very “easy listening” type release compared to the bluesy rock albums they would put out later, but well worth a listen.

Ray and Roy’s work together started mostly by accident, due to the fact that they both happened to share the same personal manager, Stephen Gordon. Stephen knew both Ray and Roy well and thought they might hit it off and that their musical styles were a good fit. They first got together on February 14, 2004 at the Raven Theater in Healdsburg, CA during Ray’s solo show “An Evening of Spoken Word”. Roy came on as a special guest and played a few blues numbers with Ray. That was the start of their collaboration, which over time grew into an actual band (“The Manzarek-Rogers Band”) that released two albums and toured the country for many years.

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released May 13, 2008

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Roy Rogers California

A northern California-based blues guitarist, Roy Rogers works firmly out of a Delta blues acoustic style and is particularly good with a slide. A member of John Lee Hooker's '80s Coast to Coast Band, Rogers produced and played on Hooker's Grammy-winning comeback album, The Healer, and its follow-up, Mr. Lucky. During the early '70s, Rogers played with a variety of Bay Area bar bands. ... more

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Oct 11

HopMonk Tavern - Novato

Novato, CA

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