In 1988, fate brought George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison together to make music. They called their accidental supergroup The Traveling Wilburys after George’s slang ...
In 1963, The Beatles were on the same tour as the “Crying” singer. George and Orbison didn’t get close, but Orbison’s influence on him and The Beatles is undeniable. In 1988, George and Orbison became ...
In the grand scheme of things, there are those once-in-a-lifetime singers who, even in death, never fade away. They are the special artists whose voice has that rare indefinable something that can ...
Born April 23rd, 1936, in Vernon, Texas, rock & roll icon Roy Orbison would have celebrated his 84th birthday today. A pioneering artist in the Fifties whose distinctive look and operatic voice gave ...
Roy Orbison died of a heart attack at age 52 in 1988, while Buddy Holly was killed in a tragic plane crash at age 22 on “The Day the Music Died” in 1959. But you can still watch them perform live in ...
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John and Patty Ryburn made the drive from Canton into Boston this past Saturday night. Although Patty knew they were seeing a show that would feature music by Roy Orbison, John, 68, didn’t tell his ...