THEREUPON: RAYMOND DANIEL MANZAREK was called as a witness on behalf of the defendant, and being first duly sworn, was examined and testified on his oath as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR FINK Q: Will you state your name, please? Ray: Raymond Daniel Manzarek.     Q: Are you a member of the group known as the Doors? Ray: Yes, I am.     Q: How long have you fellows been together? Ray: About four and a half years now.     Q: When did you start to work professionally? Ray: About four years ago.     Q: Where do you live? Ray: Los Angeles, California.     Q: What instrument do you play? Ray: I play the organ and the bass.     Q: Are you also an author and composer? Ray: Well, I work on the songs, Jim does most of the writing. Robby writes some of the songs, too, but Jim is the main poet in the group.     Q: Do you recall being in Miami performing at Dinner Key Auditorium on March lst of 1969? Ray: Yes, I do.     Q: Do you recall going on stage with your fellow members of the Doors that night? Ray: Yes, sir.     Q: Do you remember the performance that night? Ray: Somewhat.     Q: How long would you say the performance by the Doors lasted? Ray: Approximately an hour.     Q: While you were on stage was James Morrison also on stage? Ray: Yes, he was.     Q: What observation did you make of Mr. Morrison during that hour or so you were on stage with him? Ray: Well, I observed that he was at the microphone singing and doing more or less the show we had planned and the show we usually do. (objection, sustained.) (stricken.)     Q: Did you observe him do a show that night? Ray: Yes, I did.     Q: To what extent was Mr. Morrison within your view and observation as you were on stage? Ray: One hundred per cent of the time. I could see him constantly.     Q: And during the time that you saw him, insofar as his pants or trousers were concerned, was he wearing them? Ray: Yes, he was.     Q: Did he ever, while you were observing him, remove them or any part thereof? Ray: Not his pants or his trousers, certainly not, but he did take his shirt off and I think it was a very wise idea, too. (objection, sustained.) (answer stricken.)     Q: Did you see Mr. Morrison remove his shirt? Ray: Yes, I did.     Q: What were the circumstances? Ray: The circumstances were that in an auditorium that held comfortably 7,000 people, there appeared to be, I suppose, 12 to 15,000 people. It was very hot. The temperature on stage seemed to me to be a hundred and twenty degrees. We were all just boiling, too many people in the place, too crowded, too close and Jim took his shirt off.     Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time in the course of that evening expose any private organs? (objection, sustained.)     Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time during that evening and while you were observing him expose any private organs? Ray: No, he did not, not unless you consider his chest a private organ. (objection, overruled.)     Q: I am speaking of his penis, pubic hair. Ray: No, no, no exposure.     Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time while you were observing him do any acts of masturbation or pretended masturbation? (objection, sustained.)     Q: I show you here Exhibit I. That is Defendant's Exhibit I, and ask you if you remember at any time Mr. Morrison being in that position. Ray: Mr. Morrison was in many positions. If this was taken two seconds, taken a second later his hand would have been somewhere else. It might have been at the top of his head. (objection, sustained.)     Q: Did Mr. Morrison move about? Ray: Constantly.     Q: Can you tell us to what extent? Ray: He moved all across the stage. He came over to the organ where I was, stood by me for a while, went by John, the drummer, went over to Robby's side, back to the center of the stage.     Q: Did he gyrate his hands, body, arms, legs? Ray: Yes. (objection.) Ray: Jim moves about a great deal on stage.     Q: Is Jim what is known as a rock singer? Ray: Yes, he is.     Q: Insofar as body movements are concerned, how do rock singers perform? (objection, overruled.) Ray: Rock singers move about. It is the nature of the music that makes people move. That is why we play the music, to make people move, enjoy themselves. (objection.)     Q: Is that what happened that evening? Ray: Exactly what happened. Everybody moved around. Everybody enjoyed themselves.     Q: Did Jim move? Ray: Certainly.     Q: Constantly? Ray: A large part of the time.     Q: Did you ever see Jim with his hands down in his pants moving them around in his crotch area while you were observing him? Ray: No, not with his hands inside his pants, no.     Q: While you were observing him, insofar as Robby Krieger is concerned, do you recall whether or not there came a time during the performance that night ... I am speaking of Dinner Key March 1, 1969 ... when Robby Krieger took a solo run playing the guitar? Ray: Yes, in just about every song Robby takes a solo. In "Light My Fire" he takes a ... (objection.)     Q: In "Light My Fire" did he take a long solo? Ray: Yes, he did.     Q: At that particular time what did Jim do? Ray: It is customary ... (objection, sustained.)     Q: Have you ever been a witness in court before? Ray: No, I haven't, first time.     Q: Just tell us what Jim did while Robby was taking his long solo. Ray: Well, Jim went over to Robby's side of the stage because the spotlight is on Jim. If Robby is taking a solo most spotlight workers don't know he is taking a solo and it is time to turn it on him. (objection, comment stricken.)     Q: We have to limit ourselves to what happened this particular night of March lst of last year, not what somebody thinks or did, but what happened. (objection, sustained.)     Q: I just want to limit it so we can avoid objections. Tell us, on this particular night at Dinner Key Auditorium, March 1 last year, a year ago, while Robby was doing the long solo in "Light My Fire", what did Jim do? Ray: Jim went over to Robby's side of the stage and stood around Robby for awhile while Robby was playing to direct the attention of the audience to Robby, and was on his knees, was standing, was moving around Robby.     Q: Did he at any time while he was on his knees or any other time stick his tongue out and wag it up and down? (objection, sustained.)     Q: In your observation was Jim's tongue hanging out of his mouth wagging? Ray: I didn't see his tongue out of his mouth.     Q: During the time while the Doors were on stage did the audience tend to move forward, crush down toward the stage? Ray: Yes, they did. It was very crowded and the audience during "Light My Fire" started to surge toward the stage. Many people came on the stage.     Q: At first I take it a few came on, is that correct? Ray: Yes.     Q: Then did more come on? Ray: Yes.     Q: What did you fellows do when the people started coming on stage? Ray: Fortunately it was near the end of the song so we just finished out the song. Our equipment man said, "You better stop." (objection, sustained.) Ray: What did we do?     Q: What did you do? You did have an equipment man with you to set up and protect the equipment? Ray: Yes, right, who was on stage with us.     Q: Where is he now? Ray: He is in Los Angeles.     Q: Then what did you do? Ray: We saw there were too many people on stage and things were starting to get a little violent. There was some fellow I found out later was the promoter who was on stage and who was starting to push and shove and grabbed the microphone away from Jim. We thought, it is time to get out of here, that is enough, better not carry on the performance anymore.     Q: Did you leave? Ray: Yes, we left the stage.     Q: After you left the stage did you go to your dressing room? Ray: Yes, we did, to cool off.     Q: Approximately how long did you remain in the dressing room? Ray: We must have stayed there an hour and a half to two hours.     Q: Were other people there besides the Doors? Ray: A large crowd of people, yes.     Q: Did you see some police officers? Ray: There were a few police officers in there, that brought in some friends, signed some autographs for a lot of people, some people there for interviews, some friends.     Q: In the meantime did the crowd in the auditorium disperse and leave? Ray: Yes, they did.     Q: Did you see any police officers around the place? Ray: There were many police officers. There were police officers even when we left an hour and a half or two hours later.     Q: And while you were in your dressing room after the performance or in that period of time, did an officer come up about a hat? Ray: Yes, he did.     Q: Tell us what happened. Ray: Well, it seems his hat went into the audience and he didn't get his hat back and our manager reimbursed him the expenses on his hat plus some extra for his own trouble.     Q: Was there an argument about it or a quarrel? Ray: No, hardly, just the opposite. He took it in a very good natured way and everyone had a big laugh about it. Since it didn't cost him any money he was able to get his hat back through the money we gave him, he wasn't concerned about it and we all had quite a joke about it. (objection, overruled.) CROSS EXAMINATION MR. McWILLIAMS: Q: Your organ was behind Morrison, isn't that a fact? Ray: To the right of him and about two feet, three feet back, approximately forty-five degree angle to Jim.     Q: Most of the time when he was facing the audience you were looking at the back of Morrison? Ray: No, more to the side.     Q: You weren't able to see the front of him, were you? Ray: No.     Q: That was most of the time during the performance he was back there at that forty-five degree angle? Ray: Yes, all the time. I can't leave the organ.     Q: How much beer did you have in the dressing room? Ray: I had a can or two, probably two cans of beer.     Q: How many did Robby have? Ray: Robby had ... gee, I don't know. Robby is not much of a beer drinker. He had probably two cans.     Q: John didn't have any? Ray: John had some orange juice.     Q: There were two six-packs in the dressing room, right? Ray: I suppose there were. I can't really recall how much there was.     Q: How much did you see Morrison drink? Ray: We were on stage, Jim came late. I didn't see him drink any beer in the dressing room. I didn't know he went into the dressing room.     Q: Did you have some of the champagne on stage? Ray: I wish I did. I know somehow I didn't get any.     Q: You saw a bottle? Ray: I saw a bottle. Jim was holding it. Somehow I couldn't get ahold of it. I suppose he had a drink or two out of it. Before I could get hold of it, it seemed to be poured all over everybody.     Q: You don't remember seeing him drink out of it? Ray: No. I remember him pouring it, or if not him, somebody pouring. Somehow I remember champagne flying all over everybody.     Q: You were watching a hundred per cent of the time, isn't that a fact? Ray: No.     Q: Didn't you testify you were watching Morrison about a hundred per cent of the time, isn't that what you said? Ray: Yes ... I don't know. Did I say that? I will have to take that back if I said it.     Q: You are changing your testimony? Ray: I have to look at the organ sometimes. I see him most of the time. I have to watch him to get the leads, get his cues.     Q: You didn't see him a hundred per cent of the time? Ray: No.     Q: You didn't see him put his hands inside his pants? Ray: No, I didn't.     Q: But you were watching 90 per cent of the time? Ray: A good percent of the time. I have to keep my eyes on him to find out what is going on.     Q: I show you Defendant's Exhibit E and ask you if you can recall seeing that. Ray: I saw many things, saw him move his hands all over the place.     Q: Did you see him put his hands inside his pants all the way down to his crotch, yes or no? Ray: No, I didn't.     Q: But you were watching most of the time. How many times did you see Morrison put his hands inside his pants? Ray: I don't think I saw him put his hands in his pants.     Q: Not once? Ray: No.     Q: But you were watching most of the time? Ray: Yes.     Q: Did you see the lamb on stage? Ray: Yes, I did.     Q: Did you hear Morrison say, "If it weren't so young I would fuck it"? Did you hear that? Ray: Yes, I did.     Q: Now, that particular evening to your knowledge did Morrison have any medical problems before he went on stage? Ray: Not to my knowledge.     Q: Did he have any fungus or any itch, medical ailment? Ray: Don't know. You will have to ask Mr. Morrison.     Q: You say you have been four years with Morrison? Ray: Yes. Even more. We went to school together.     Q: What other occupation do you have other than that of a professional musician? Ray: None.     Q: So it is safe to say your entire future depends on what happens in the courtroom here, isn't that a fact? Ray: No. You are asking me what I will do with the rest of my life. I probably won't be a musician for the rest of my life. There will be other things.     Q: When was it in the performance you heard Morrison say, "Do you want to see my cock" ? Ray: I don't think those words were said. I never heard that.     Q: You never heard those words? Ray: No.     Q: What words did you hear him express to the audience he wanted to see some nakedness; what were the words you heard? Ray: Jim said, "I am not talking about no revolution. I am not talking about no demonstration, I want to see love. I want to see you love your brother. I want to see love, love, love. I want to see some nakedness around here," as he was taking his shirt off. "I want to see some nakedness around here" and I would have done the same if I didn't have to keep my hands on the organ.     Q: You are telling the jury you thought it was proper to remove your clothing on stage? Ray: Under those circumstances, certainly.     Q: Was Morrison drunk that night or was he stoned on something else? Ray: No, he didn't appear to be drunk to me.     Q: His eyes didn't appear to you glassy? Ray: He had just been on a flight from Los Angeles.     Q: His eyes were glassy, isn't that a fact? Ray: His eyes were glassy? I really ... I can't say. I don't know what glassy eyes are.     Q: Isn't it a fact his timing was off that night, that his words were behind the music, lagging? Ray: He was off his timing, sometimes behind, sometimes ahead, sometimes right on the beat. Jim's timing is ... it varies from performance to performance. He plays with the beat so it is really hard to say whether his timing was off.     Q: So that it is safe to say most of the time while you were observing Morrison, you were observing him from a forty-five degree angle and weren't able to see the front of Morrison, is that right? Ray: Right. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. JOSEFSBERG: Q: Did you ever see the side of his pants go down while you were observing? Ray: No, the side stayed right where it belonged.     Q: Mr. Manzarek, you were asked about your economic dependence on Mr. Morrison. Do you have any degrees? Ray: Yes, I do, Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Master's Degree in Motion Picture, Fine Arts from UCLA.     Q: During the last year and a half have you been offered other jobs? Ray: Yes, I have.     Q: Do you know if they pay more or the same amount that you make now? Ray: They didn't really say how much they were paying but it didn't really matter to me because I didn't want another job. I am one of the Doors. We want to keep the Doors together so I don't care about another job.     Q: Before when you said due to the heat you would remove your clothing, were you referring to your shirt? Ray: Certainly, shirt and jacket.     Q: This terminology about nakedness which you heard Mr. Morrison say, what was done physically by Mr. Morrison after saying that? Ray: Well, he took his shirt off. Nakedness is not nudity. He didn't say get nude, take all of your clothes off, although if somebody in the audience had wanted to do that ... (objection, sustained.)

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