LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 8 2019- TODAY BENJAMIN ORR WOULD HAVE BEEN 72 YEARS OF AGE. ORR WAS THE CO-FOUNDER, BASSIST AND CO-LEAD VOCALIST OF THE CARS. HE WAS A TRUE MUSICIAN, PROFICIENT ON GUITAR, BASS, KEYBOARDS AND DRUMS, AND SANG LEAD VOCALS ON MANY OF THE CARS BEST KNOWN HITS, INCLUDING ‘IT’S ALL I CAN DO’ ‘DRIVE’ ‘LET’S GO’ ‘BYE BYE LOVE’ ‘CANDY-O’ AND ‘JUST WHAT I NEEDED.’ ORR DIED OF CANCER AT THE AGE OF 53 ON OCTOBER 3, 2000. HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2018.
HERE’S BENJAMIN ORR WITH THE CARS PERFORMING AT LIVE AID CIRCA 1985
photo thanks-cars fanatic Diaperdude
