THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, March 29, 2012
— GREAT MOMENTS IN — ROCK ‘N ROLL HISTORY
-Voice Of A Thousand Stories-
Orbison had plenty of it. Though he felt
by Bobby Dee “King Of The Golden Oldies”
The fires of love, hate,
kindness, despair, honesty and compassion explode at you from a CD, cassette or plain old hunk of vinyl. Every emotion felt, every experience ever lived flows through a pair of speakers as you struggle to relive old memories. Yes, the man who taught the world how to feel, to care and most of all, how to enjoy a song created from the heart is holding class once again... Roy Orbison is on the ra- dio. Roy Orbison’s musical
career stretches all the way back to his days at North Texas State University where he met none other than Pat Boone. Boone suggested that Orbison write songs which were more commercial in nature and the bespectacled rock- er complied. Success soon followed when country star Johnny Cash heard some of Orbison’s songs and passed them on to Sun Re- cords’ Sam Phillips. “Ooby Dooby” became the first hit in what has become one of the most celebrated careers in rock and roll music history. It’s my sincere belief that
Roy Orbison will go down in the rock and roll annals as one of the most prolific storytellers and songwrit- ers of all time. Every song was a little novel with the proper words, drama and resolution capturing the interest and attention of every listener. The finest examples of these “novel-
Roy Orbison
ette” songs include “Only The Lonely,” “Crying,” “It’s Over,” “The Actress,” “Run- ning Scared,” “Leah,” “Oh Pretty Woman,” “Blue An- gel,” “Mean Women Blues,” the beautiful Christmas song “Pretty Papers,” “I’m Hurting,” “Blue Bayou” and that great album he did with the Traveling Wil- burys which included the hit “Anything You Want.” Elvis Presley once said,
“My friend Roy Orbison is the best singer I’ve ever heard” and many other artists have echoed his thoughts since then! The Orbison vocal range could cover a thundering bari- tone or a sensitive tenor and then mix it with a con- sistent tremolo to create pure musical magic. Now I ask you: How
can a singer become so popular when he only ap- peared in one movie (in a non-singing role), very rarely received national television exposure, always dressed in a rather drab black outfit with dark sun- glasses, and didn’t even make the scandal sheets? The answer is very simple: You don’t need an agent to scream how good you are or to make up stories in an effort to increase your re- cord sales. You need only possess that one magic ingredient- talent- and Roy
great pain in his per- sonal life (His wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle ac- cident and two years later, two of his three children died in a house fire while he was on tour in Eng- land), Orbison never allowed silence to rob the world of his great gift. Roy “The Boy” continued re- cording with Tom Petty, George Har- rison and Jeff Lynne
as part of The Traveling Wilbury’s until 1989 when he was stuck down by a sudden heart attack. But even today, “The
Voice” that told a thou- sand stories always lifts
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