Ben Fong-Torres and Ray Manzarek talk about "The Doors"
Marking the band's 40th anniversary, Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore - the surviving members of The Doors - invite fans inside their world in Ben Fong-Torres' new book The Doors.
Ray Manzarek is an American musician, producer, movie director, writer, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, and the Doors of the 21st Century (renamed Riders On The Storm) since 2001.
Ben Fong-Torres has published five or six books (he's lost count), including his best-selling memoirs, The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese American, his first collection of articles from his years at Rolling Stone, Not Fade Away, and his latest, a second collection, Becoming Almost Famous. That title comes from the movie, Almost Famous, in which Ben was a real-life character. He is also a broadcaster and the radio columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle.
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Ben Fong-Torres
Ben Fong-Torres has published six books including his best-selling memoirs, The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese American, his first collection of articles from his years at Rolling Stone, Not Fade Away and his latest, a second collection, Becoming Almost Famous.
He is also a broadcaster and the radio columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle.
Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek is an American musician, producer, movie director, writer, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, and the Doors of the 21st Century (renamed Riders On The Storm) since 2001.
Ben Fong-Torres rendition of "Riders on the Storm" is priceless. Jim Morrison for president would also be priceless. One can only imagine what the political climate would be now if that had happened.