Billdar

It looks like when Manzarek did use a B3, it didn't help. Those songs are obscure compared to their biggest hits. Manzarek's style isn't exactly "Hammond". Back in the day (I, too, lived through that era and went from Farfisa to Hammond) I thought he played "square". And that's how I played when my band did Doors songs, even after I got the Hammond. I think the square Vox sound was a key component of their music.

I think that this video has an odd kind of anti-music charm. Like it could be in soundtrack of a very campy movie. It really is so consistantly bad that it has a strange evocative quality.

A few weeks ago a guy came up to me at a gig between songs and said, "Wow! Your lead guitarist is awsome! He sounds just like Stevie Ray Vaughan!" (Which, by the way, he does. This is no exaggeration.) Then this guy looked me in the eye and said, "I know you're back there a workin' away on the keys. I want you to know that we hear ya!" Ah well, this is just another day-in-the-life of a keyboard player who gigs with not just one, but two, awesome guitar players.

Evton, You SMOKE buddy! Evsauce McGee??? A stagename no doubt! Cheers, Bill