This rocker (almost) named Eric Kaminkowitz had a thing for edible berries and inspired Bruce Springsteen and 'Dirty Dancing'

JL;DR SUMMARY Eric Carmen, a talented musician who recently passed away at 74, was best known as the frontman for Raspberries, a group recognized for pioneering the power pop rock genre in the 1970s. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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