As I shifted in my chair at the Curtis Park 24th Street Theatre, I thought about when I was 13, back in New York. I’d just put my first order in with Columbia House Records: The Doors, Roadhouse Blues. Now, some 30 years later, I was waiting for the last few stragglers to be seated for an evening performance with slide virtuoso Roy Rogers and Ray Manzarek, known most widely for co-founding and being the keyboardist/bassist for the Doors. I was curious beyond words to hear what Doors stories Manzarek has. After so many books, movies and years have passed, I couldn’t imagine what there was left to tell. Even more so, I was excited to finally hear the new material he and Rogers are now produ

Legendary slide guitarist Roy Rogers and his band The Delta Rhythm Kings are coming to KVIE Public Television in Sacramento, Thursday, June 24 to perform an exclusive benefit concert for this local non-profit PBS member station. The concert, which will be held in the intimate setting of KVIE’s Studio, will feature classic Rogers’ titles and songs from his latest release Split Decision. In a generous show of support to KVIE and concert goers, The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek (who was recently in Studio D in Sausalito recording with Rogers); last musical partner of Woody Guthrie and mentor and model for young Bob Dylan, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott; and world-renowned harpist and violinist Carlos