Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars
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| Management number | 201809713 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $18.61 | Model Number | 201809713 | ||
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Benjamin Orr was the co-founder, co-lead singer, and bassist for The Cars, a platinum-selling rock band with over 30 million albums worldwide. This biography, by veteran music journalist Joe Milliken, reveals an intimate portrait of Orr's life, from his first performances as a house-band musician to his creation of The Cars and eventual rebirth with Big People. Orr's music continues to attract new generations of fans, and his legacy as a deeply kind-hearted and exceptionally talented musician who would stop at nothing to live his rock and roll dream is immortalized in this first-ever biography.
\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 248 pages
\n Publication date: 15 January 2019
\n Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
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Benjamin Orr was a co-founder, co-lead singer, and bassist for the platinum-selling rock band The Cars. He was often considered the band's heartthrob, possessing an incredible voice, diverse musical talent, and rare stage presence. The Cars sold over 30 million albums worldwide and had fifteen Billboard Top 40 hits. However, within a decade of the debut album, Orr found himself adrift and without a band.
Veteran music journalist Joe Milliken has compiled an intimate portrait of Orr's life, including interviews with over 120 family members, friends, bandmates, and music associates, as well as unpublished and never-before-seen photos from private collections. The book sheds new light on the history of The Cars and reveals the rollercoaster ride that Orr's life took.
Orr's first performances as a house-band musician for the TV show UpBeat through his creation of The Cars with Ric Ocasek to his eventual rebirth with the supergroup Big People are all covered in the book. It immortalizes his legacy as a deeply kind-hearted and exceptionally talented musician who would stop at nothing to live his rock and roll dream.
Coinciding with the band's 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this first-ever biography of Benjamin Orr immortalizes his legacy as a musician who would stop at nothing to live his rock and roll dream.
\n Weight: 514g\n
Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781538118658\n \n
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