In the Summer of 1965, Ray Manzarek had a chance encounter on Venice Beach with Jim Morrison, a young poet whom he knew when they were both students at UCLA’s film school. Jim told Ray he had been living on a friend’s rooftop writing songs. Though he had never intended to be a singer, Jim sat down on the beach and sang the new songs to Ray, who thought they were the best rock and roll lyrics he had ever heard. At that moment, they both agreed to start a rock band and call it The Doors. Guitar player Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore were recruited soon thereafter. The rest, as they say, is history. 2025 will mark the 60th anniversary of that cosmic moment, and all year long, The Doors will be celebrating. The ceremony is about to begin…