- Pop music legend's new website discusses addiction, Elvis, Ed Sullivan and Sinatra -

NEW YORK, New York, October 5, 2000 - Today, Dusty Carr announced he would end his well-documented, forty-year battle with drugs and alcohol.

"I'm damn lucky to be alive, especially after last night's party," said a shaken Carr, speaking from a detention center in Brooklyn Heights, New York. "I did a really stupid thing involving gasoline and shaving cream, and thank god nobody was seriously hurt."

Earlier today, Carr claimed his behavior stemmed from a chronic addiction to painkillers to ease an unspecified "back injury". Carr later recanted this statement and announced that he would "never, ever take recreational drugs again, beginning sometime next week."

On further questioning, Carr expressed misgivings about his newfound lifestyle. "I think I'm going to really miss being toasted every night. In fact, I can now confidently predict a total relapse. Listen, there are worse things in the world than taking a few toots."

Carr, whose singing career spans fifty years, began as a regular guest on the Jack Benny radio program. He became a singing sensation with his self-penned 1953 hit 'You Are My Angel'. He later sang with the Jefferson Airplane, and was an intimate of Elton John, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. He also had well-publicized, bizarre encounters with Frank Sinatra and Ed Sullivan. During the 1960's, Carr became renowned for his drug-dependent lifestyle, to the point where Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, commented, "He's a dark, frightening man, and he scared me into temporary sobriety."

With the recent launch of a website dedicated to his career (www.dustycarr.com), Dusty Carr is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, especially among the campus crowd. Carr commented, "People who attend college tend to be smart, so it comes as no surprise to me that it's smart people who like me the most. A pinhead can not appreciate talent."

For further information on Dusty Carr, including his discography, filmography, sound clips, and a full-length interview, visit www.dustycarr.com