Ringo Starr mistakes Ben for someone else in the recording studio.

Always pick up the phone, because you never know when Dee Dee Sharp will be on the other end.

What do “Elusive Butterfly” and Bat Boy have in common? One man: Bob Lind.

Finally, Ben and Laura discuss their shared obsession with America’s greatest musical genius, Sonny Bono.

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Loitering backstage at the Grand Ole Opry leads to Ben working with America’s favorite musical masked men, Los Straitjackets.

Ben accompanies Johnny Otis to the Capitol Records vault and discovers the secret sauce behind “Willie And The Hand Jive.”

Philly music legend Charlie Gracie inspires a young teenage dishwasher to reach for the brass ring of rock and roll.

Daydreaming while landscaping inspires Ben’s breakthrough hit as a songwriter with Marshall Crenshaw.

Ben joins Willie Nelson on Willie’s tour bus, and discovers a mysterious briefcase with a surprise inside.

A creative force and a true artist’s artist, Ben remembers his friend and collaborator Alan Vega and the years they spent creating music together.

Sometimes even the man who invented rock and roll still needs to do everyday chores, which is when Ben encountered Sam Phillips.

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