This is a very special episode of the Paperback Rocker Podcast. I talked to Randy Schmidt, author of “Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter”. Coincidentally, we are both from the tiny Oklahoma town of Cordell. We talk about that among many other subjects connected to the Carpenters, including the many controversies and periphery players like Paul Williams, Steve Martin, and others.
Randy’s other books are “Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader” and “Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters”. You can find his books wherever fine books are sold, as well as on his website www.randylschmidt.com.
In case you are new to the show, you can find my books of rock and roll fiction at www.PaperbackRocker.com. My mom even has a new book called “Wildflowers and Broken Gods”, which is a memoir about living in a remote Greek village in 1971. It has lots of wonderful pictures and is getting great feedback. Search for that title or her name, Linda Syverson, on Amazon for a beautiful hardback or Kindle version.
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