We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold.

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known as Ray Manzarek (born February 12 1939) is an American musician singer producer film director writer and co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973 Nite City from 1977–1978 and Manzarek-Krieger since 2001. Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr.