Roy Orbison Jr
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Today we’re going to be remembering our great friend Tom Petty. We’ll start with what Tom Petty meant to the Orbison family, how we first met, what my dad had to say about this great man, how they influenced each other, and the Traveling Wilburys of course. This week we got the sad news that...
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Welcome to another blog of Roy Orbison Junior’s Rock and Roll Circus. My name is Roy and I’m glad you’re reading today. We’re going to do an episode called quotations. It’s very interesting stuff and I love all these guys. This is kind of a precursor to where the blog may go in the future. ...
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THE SOUL OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 3 Roy believed God, music, time and love could cure all things. Something had happened to give Roy the hope of love. Just when He needed it most, He met the girl who would become his wife and constant companion. Roy married Barbara Annemarie Wellhoener Jakobs on May...
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THE SOUL OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 INTO THE 1960s TO EXPERIENCE Roy Orbison on the radio during the years 1960-1965 at Monument must have been a thrilling ride as Roy outdid himself again and again. Each time making the song bigger and louder, the notes higher and longer, the arrangements more natural....
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THE SOUL OF ROCK AND ROLL PART 1 INTO THE 1950s THE BIG O. ”The New Teen Sensation.” The Voice. The greatest singer in the world. Lefty Wilbury. The Soul of Rock and Roll. There is only one Roy Orbison. And there are many. Blue-haired Rockabillys, Japanese leather rockers, All-America college girls whose favorite movie...