This page is not endorsed or promoted by any entity related to Benjamin Orr and is not used for profit or financial gain,
it is simply a tribute page to a rock and roll hero who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2000.
I have put this together to honor the memory of a talented musician and by many accounts, a very kind soul and a gentleman.
Benjamin was the bass player and co-singer of THE CARS and the voice of 70's and 80's hits including DRIVE, LET'S GO, CANDY-O,
JUST WHAT I NEEDED, BYE BYE LOVE, and MOVIN' IN STEREO.
Benjamin Orr's 1986 album THE LACE featured pop hit Stay The Night
He continued his career after The Cars playing with The Orr Band,
Big People and The Voices of Classic Rock.
 I created this wax and dye "batik" art project back in high school in the early 1980's. |  Ben performing at Boston Garden in the mid-nineties. Photo courtesy of Dave Tedeschi. |  Ben would have turned 61 on Sept 8th, 2008. |  Benjamin Orr and John Kalishes (middle) play in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in the mid-nineties as part of the Orr Band. I sure wish I would have made it to this show right in my "back yard" |  This was around 1982...wearing my hand made CARS shirt |
 These memorial shirts were made for a few fans who ventured east in the summer of 2009 for a trip to Boston to explore some of the Cars former stomping grounds.
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