Ray Manzarek’s High School Days
Ray grew up in Chicago and attended St. Rita High School. He loved basketball and if his coach had allowed him to play power forward rather than guard, he could have gone in that direction and we might not be having this conversation. That’s according to Ray. I guess he was pretty good at hoops.
First up, I wanted to share this observation. John Holmes showed up in the late 60s to “audition” for Bill Amerson at his office behind Crossroads of the World in L.A. Meanwhile, the Doors were recording their first couple of albums at Sunset Sound Studios. They are across the street from each other.
Crossroads of the World (circled, middle left) and Sunset Sound Studios (lower right) where the Doors recorded their first couple of albums.
Ray. 1955 Junior photo.
Ray. 1954 Sophomore photo.
Ray. 1953 Freshman photo.
Tori, 
criticextraordinaire 7:15 pm on September 18, 2013 Permalink |
John Holmes was the man. Who knows, if he had crossed the street and checked in on Jim and the guys, he could have become the fifth Door.
localarts 7:42 pm on September 21, 2013 Permalink |
Carrying the banner for john holmes in one hand and your dick in the other. Odyssey is right, you’re one sick mother fucker. Probably Laurie Holmes incognito.
criticextraordinaire 3:23 pm on September 22, 2013 Permalink
Laurie Holmes Incognito? I didn’t know she got remarried. What does Mr. Incognito do, is he in the biz?
Tori 1:41 pm on September 26, 2013 Permalink
In my wonderland movie the second disc it’s the WADD movie about John holmes and Laurie is in it putting in all her two cents. John didn’t love her he was so messed up that he didn’t remember marrying her! Laurie was such a bitch she didn’t even let john god children in the room on his death bed!!
dreamweaverjenn 9:04 am on September 19, 2013 Permalink |
Somehow I doubt that, lol but who knows?
The Odyssey 10:39 pm on September 20, 2013 Permalink |
Forget all that. Prince recorded 1999 and Purple Rain at Sunset Sound and wrote little red corvette in the parking lot.
criticextraordinaire 5:41 pm on September 21, 2013 Permalink
All that stuff that Prince sang about doing… Johnny Wadd actually did.
Tori 1:12 pm on September 27, 2013 Permalink |
It’s in the WADD movie interviewed by Laurie herself 🙂
Bonnie Brae 12:55 pm on September 24, 2013 Permalink |
Hey – Isn’t that also where the Tropicana use to be as well as Dukes coffee shop??? The doors office is where Danny was answering the Doors fan mail.
Jill C. Nelson 3:13 pm on September 26, 2013 Permalink |
“In my wonderland movie the second disc it’s the WADD movie about John holmes and Laurie is in it putting in all her two cents. John didn’t love her he was so messed up that he didn’t remember marrying her! Laurie was such a bitch she didn’t even let john god children in the room on his death bed!!”
Hi Tori, I realize I’m stickler about some of this stuff, but as I’ve posted on this forum before, John did love Laurie and her eight-year old son (John’s stepchild) very much and he proved it in the five years they had together. In the second edition of our book, for the first time Laurie allowed photos of John and her son together to be published. Laurie was approached to be interviewed in WADD just as Sharon and Dawn were interviewed and a whole slew of other people. She had the same right to share her memories as they did.
After completing four plus years of research writing Holmes’s biography, we learned the truth about many aspects of John’s personal life that were not revealed in the WADD documentary or were left out. We had access to all of the material when we wrote the book — as with anything else, when you can see the whole picture, your perception can change.
Sean Amerson, John’s godson, also read our book and afterwards, he wrote to us and thanked us. He said that after completing the book, for the first time in his life he understood why Laurie followed John’s request about not allowing anyone in to see him at the hospital when he was dying. it was hard for him to realize that. The only people who visited John during those last months were John’s mother, his half-brother David, Laurie, and Laurie’s son. After knowing Laurie Holmes for more than six years, we have become friends and I can’t help it, I have to stick up for her when I read something that I know isn’t true. Our objective was that our book would help to clarify a lot of misinformation not only about Holmes, but also about the people in his life, including Bill Amerson. Both Sean and Bill himself told us that Bill Amerson does not tell the truth about a lot of things. He and Holmes had a very strange and complex “friendship”.
Tori 1:14 pm on September 27, 2013 Permalink |
Yes I’ve read your book. And porn king. There’s so many different aspects from everyone. I just thought who is Laurie to say he can’t see his god children, his wife yes? But they were long time friends
Tori 1:16 pm on September 27, 2013 Permalink
And I’m not bashing Laurie. It’s just how WADD made her look . And the Amersons . Not so good.
Jill C. Nelson 3:29 pm on September 27, 2013 Permalink |
I understand what you mean. 🙂 Yes, WADD did paint Laurie in a poor light in certain portions. With respect to John and the Amersons, Laurie was fulfilling John’s wishes at the time of his dying. There is a lot more to most stories than meets the eye, and usually, there are multiple sides. It depends on who is doing the telling.
Tori 1:18 am on September 28, 2013 Permalink |
I also understand that a lot of people lie to get themselves out there and to sell a story u know