167. Ben Jurisich

About this episode

Danny and Ben reflect on their forty-year friendship and shared experiences in music and life.

Next year, Danny and Ben will have known each other for forty years. Their friendship as has been quite the adventure, that’s included the Masters Of The Universe, G.I. Joe, skateboarding, fist fights, forming their first band together at the age of twelve, both dropping out of school, scratching out a living as professional musicians, supporting the likes of Bryan Ferry, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton and these days, both finding more perspective and calm in their lives. On this epis...

People in this episode

Host: Danny McCrum

Guest: Ben Jurisich

Topics covered

• friendship
• music career
• adventures
• professional musicians
• perspective

Keywords

• friendship
• music
• adventure
• professional musicians
• G.I. Joe
• Masters Of The Universe
• Bryan Ferry
• Jeff Beck
• Eric Clapton

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Masters Of The Universe, G.I. Joe

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