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I just saw parts of the Roy Orbison Hologram concert. It hit a personal note with me and I’m going to make an effort to see it in person. When I was 14, my next door friend’s mom ((who I had a major crush on, the mom, not the friend) gave me a stack of old 45 rpm records. The first one I listened to was ‘Blue Angel’ by Roy. I fell in love with oldies after that. I can’t even remember any one of the other records in the stack. Ten years later, I was working in Toronto and...

Three little Injuns out on a canoe, One tumbled overboard and then there were two… Sadly, it turned out to be true after all. After a full day of misinformation and premature rumors of death it appears that Tom Petty did indeed reach the end of the line last night. There have undoubtedly been weeks that have gotten off to a worse start than this one has, but I’m hard pressed to recall one right off hand. And so we remember Tom…I know he offered up dozens of great songs, with and without his Heartbreakers, but I was always...

You've hear this song. Not one of Orbison's biggest hits but a great song. and a quintessential 60's love song or love's lost song.

An American from Wink, Texas: From the 1966 MGM album "The Orbison Way" The sun on the rim of the hill Overlooking all that I love Lights up every leaf and blade Birds circling high above With trembling hand I reach down and say This is my land This land will pass on to my child When he's grown To love it as much as I For all the sons gone by And when he's a man He'll do what he can For this my land This is my land When young men die in glory And for freedom take...

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Roy Orbison,Bruce Springsteen,Jackson Browne,Elvis Costello,Tom Waits, T Bone Burnett & JD Souther-Oh Pretty Woman (Live, 1987)

Orbison You Got It video.

BOOK REVIEW & DISCUSSION: Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller By Lyle E Style "It's an endless story about Roger. He was one of the cleverest people I've ever met in my life." (Waylon Jennings) This is my own review of Ain't Got No Cigarettes, the first Roger Miller book ever published. My review is based on reading the book (twice) and having several discussions with Lyle E Style, the author. He may stop by later to answer questions (as his schedule allows). This one is a must-read, folks. And for you radio personalities who...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock 'n' roll revolution, died Wednesday. He was 80. Phillips died at St. Francis Hospital, spokeswoman Gwendolyn McClain said. No details were immediately available about the cause of death or how long he had been hospitalized. Phillips founded Sun Records in Memphis in 1952 and helped launch the career of Presley, then a young singer who had moved from Tupelo, Miss. He produced Presley's first record, the 1954 single that featured ``That's All Right, Mama'' and ``Blue Moon of Kentucky.'' ``God only knows that we didn't...