Another Door is closed. Ray Manzarek died yesterday; the second member of the band, The Doors, to pass through Heaven’s gates. Without Ray, there would have been no Doors. None of that sweet, moody, sometimes psychotic keyboard playing that The Doors relied on to anchor the band. No bass player, just Ray, completing the rhythm section of the band with drummer John Densmore, tangling and untangling notes with guitarist Robbie Krieger, and backing Jim Morrison in some of the most ballsy, thoughtful music that has ever been produced in Rock and Roll.

I miss him already.