I attended The Manzarek - Rogers Band last night at the Iao theater in Wailuku. The show was fantastic. Very Raw and the songs are based on Poets words, Famous poets and not so famous poets. (this spoke to me) In the beginning the MIC stand fell over on Ray and he got up and quit the song went to Rogers MIC and made fun of the whole scene. He continued to talk to the crowd like it was a rehearsal. It was a very intimate show and well received. Maui folks are very Hippie-ish and loving.
Hearing Manzareks scales and chords rang tones of the DOORS and Rogers was fantastic, what a player that man is. I loved his stance, left need crouched over, right leg behind him like he was about to pounce and fly away with every riff.
I was happy when Manzarek played a solo of Crystal Ship and Dedicated it to Jim and Pam the American Rome and Juliet. They ended the show with Riders on the the Storm. I noticed that Manzarek changed the words in Riders on the Storm. The original words or recorded words are If you give this man a ride sweet memories will die, this night he changed them to if you give this man a ride sweet families will die. Maybe those are the original words and the record company said NO and they changed them? mmm Only they know.
It was a fun night with Randy Morgan. I saw so many friends. Also Wailuku is such a small town we ate at the Wailuku Cafe and sat right next to the band and earlier that afternoon the band were drinking coffee in the Wailuku Coffee shop.
My only complaint is that all 4 players had the same tone and the only instrument that cut through was the guitar. How can a Bass be so mid range? The drums sounded like toy drums.
I didn't get any photos, but did get a few recordings. And I had a long distance phone call that listened to 25 minutes of the show 6000 miles away. Yes Maui is wonderful and we get privileged shows like this, the older aging Baby Boomers coming out to relax and share their gift with us. Aloha Jeff
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