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appalachiablue

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Wed Jan 31, 2024, 08:17 PM Jan 31

Roy Orbison, Friends - Only the Lonely - Black & White Night Concert ⭐


- (Wiki, Ed). Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on Jan. 3, 1988, starring triple Hall of Fame inductee rock/pop singer/songwriter Roy Orbison and backing band TCB Band with special guests including Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, and others. The special was filmed entirely in black and white. A live album was released in 1989.

Other celebrity admirers of Orbison were in the audience - David Lynch, Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Billy Bob Thornton, Sandra Bernhard and Kris Kristofferson. The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen Hardin on piano, James Burton on lead guitar, Jerry Scheff on bass, and Ronnie Tutt on drums.

Male background vocalists, some of whom also joined in on guitar, electric organ and keyboards were Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Steven Soles. The female background vocalists were k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt. During the end credits, several of the band members are shown talking about how Orbison influenced them...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison_and_Friends:_A_Black_and_White_Night
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Roy Orbison, Friends - Only the Lonely - Black & White Night Concert ⭐ (Original Post) appalachiablue Jan 31 OP
Thank you! emulatorloo Jan 31 #1
YW, what a wonderful performance. appalachiablue Jan 31 #2
Have seen the PBS broadcast in the past and bought the CD Raven123 Jan 31 #3
35 years ago today DJ Porkchop Jan 31 #4
Interesting, & great. TY, DJ. appalachiablue Jan 31 #5
TY DJ Porkchop Jan 31 #6

DJ Porkchop

(452 posts)
4. 35 years ago today
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:44 PM
Jan 31

Two months after his death, Roy Orbison's album Mystery Girl is released January 31, 1989.
Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Bono and George Harrison all contributed to the album.
The lead single, "You Got It," gives Orbison his first US Top 10 hit since 1964 with " (Oh) Pretty Woman."

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