Roy Orbison, the Man, & his Music.
I am a Roy Orbison fan. I already had his DVD "A Black & White Night", this was a 2 CD set (DVD + CD) & I wanted the CD. This was a great Singer & a gentle soul. I have heard dozen's of Folk's in the Music industry say what a wonderful & gentle person Roy Orbison was. The performer's he played with almost goes on without end. I will list a FEW of the group's and people Roy Orbison toured with & was Friend's with. For example, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brother's, The Beatles, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, & The Beach Boys, were among a few in his early year's. Roy Orbison was close friend's with Elvis Presley who stated that "Roy Orbison is the greatest singer in the world". Roy had to deal with a lot of tradegy during his life. He lost his 1st Wife Claudette in a Motorcycle accident, and not to long after that while he was performing in England, His "dream" house burned to the ground killing two of his Children, & He had to endure Triple ByPass Heart Surgery . There was a pause in his singing, though, that did not last for long. In the later year's of Roys life I believe He made the best music He had ever written. He had such a voice that even when singing previous song's he had written, they have a way of drawing a person in, He was just that good. He remarried to Barbara Orbison, and I feel all of Roys fan's owe Her a real debt of gratitude for keeping his work going so all of us could, and can, enjoy the vast collection of music that He wrote and sang. The later part of Roy Orbison life, I feel, that was really when HE came into his own. The list of the people that Roy worked with is huge, and very impressive. To name a few Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bob Dillon, k.d. Lang, Bonnie Raitt, U2 (Bono, wrote Mystery Girl), Elvis Costello, & this just touch's the surface. He was part of the "Traveling Wilburys" & his last album "Mystery Girl" released after his death, was his best selling ever. Sadly, Roy Orbison, passed away from a massive heart attack in Dec. of 1988. It was a great loss not only to the music world, but I am sure to the folk's around him. As many have said he had "A Voice from the Angel's". I wish we could of had Roy for a longer period of time on this earth. It would of been great to see him in person. Thankfully, his Wife, Barbara Orbison has made sure all of his Fan's were able to hear the body of His work and that wonderful style of singing that only Roy Orbison could do. To this day, if I need to relax or need a bit of a a pick-me-up, the solution is to play a Roy Orbison CD, it does not matter which one (they are all great), and that wonderful voice is so relaxing. In one of his last interview's, Roy was asked how He would like to be remembered. He replied that "He would just like to be remembered. Roy Orbison was such a talent, He will always be remembered.
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