137. - Joe Milliken - Author of "Lets Go! Benjamin Orr And The Cars"

Author Joe Milliken joins us on the show to talk about his fantastic book entitled "Lets Go" Benjamin Orr and The Cars", a biography of Benjamin Orr's career, which started in the early 60's in Cleveland Ohio and ended tragically at the age of 53 due to a losing battle with cancer. The book and the interview tell us a lot about the lifelong musicians journey. We also play a track from the outstanding 2019 Avoid One Thing album "Right Here Where You Left Me"... Music The Charms "So Pretty"(opening theme song) Avoid One Thing "Right Here Where You Left Me" The interview portion of the show was recorded on zoom and all additional content was recorded and edited by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA. on February 21, 2022 This episode was sponsored by Baby Loves Tacos, Pittsburgh PA Support the podcast www.patreon.com/twistedrico

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blowingsmoketr/subscribe Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/blowingsmoketr/subscribe Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico starring music industry veteran Steev Riccardo features weekly guests mostly from the world of music including musicians, songwriters, record producers, label managers, roadies, publicists etc. There are also new music segments, new songs, reviews, and other lively rock n roll road stories. Follow Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico on Instagram @blowingsmokewithTR contact Steev at twistedrico@gmail.com