Roy Orbison in concert...Down the line

[compos mentis]

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Plus his last great hit..

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...and some more from the famous Black and White Night concert, one of his last.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison_and_Friends,_A_Black_and_White_Night

[Motown 454]

Thanks I enjoyed those.

[compos mentis]

You're welcome Wayne... glad you enjoyed them.

[bigvegan]

He sure didn't change much. Here he is in 1960, a very old 24 year old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFxbIYF6cmw

[compos mentis]

Here he is in 1960, a very old 24 year old.

Very accurate description.

Nice vid...

[compos mentis]

Here is some cool recent info on Roy...

* Bob Dylan, later a band mate of Orbison's in the Traveling Wilburys, wrote "Orbison … transcended all the genres. … With Roy, you didn't know if you were listening to mariachi or opera. He kept you on your toes. … [He sang] his compositions in three or four octaves that made you want to drive your car over a cliff. He sang like a professional criminal. … His voice could jar a corpse, always leave you muttering to yourself something like, 'Man, I don't believe it'. His songs had songs within songs. Orbison was deadly serious–no pollywog and no fledgling juvenile. There wasn't anything else on the radio like him". Dylan was also quoted as saying "Roy was an opera singer. He had the greatest voice."[9]

* On June 12, 2007, The Traveling Wilburys Collection box set was released worldwide to huge sales topping over one million copies. It was also the first time in more than ten years that the original masters were available.

* A reissue of Orbison's last two studio albums, Mystery Girl and King of Hearts, were released on October 23, 2007. It was the first time in more than fifteen years that King of Hearts was available again to the public.

* On September 30, 2008, "The Soul Of Rock And Roll" box set was released from Sony Records. It contains over one hundred songs spanning Orbison's entire career, including over a dozen unreleased and rare songs including "Precious" (unreleased from 1970) and as well a live performance of "It's Over" from his final concert on December 4, 1988. Also the box set had a book containing pictures and more of Orbison and his personal and career life. The box set on October 6, 2008, charted number one at Amazon.com's charts in Rock, Box Sets, and Oldies categories at the same time for three weeks straight.

* On December 2, 2008, Orbison's final concert from The Front Row Theatre was released on iTunes. The only song missing from the concert is "Running Scared".

* On January 2, 2009, The Orbison estate released a letter to the public that the box set "The Soul Of Rock And Roll" was one of the highest selling sets for the 2008 holiday season, and as well the new website receives daily over 100,000 hits worldwide. The letter also stated that the final concert release is also very huge success, making 2008 the biggest year for Roy Orbison since 1989.

[compos mentis]

One of his last big hits...

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