Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for May 02, 2012

He was a great one. Could do the triple – sing, play and write. In our area, “Pretty Woman” with Roy singing was once voted the greatest oldie of all time at Sunny 95 FM by call-in vote. They played a thousand oldies over a 4 day Labor Day weekend, in order of which got the most votes. Roy won.

Roy Orbison was the only singer that Elvis would not followon stage.Elvis said that after they heard Roy sing they would not want to hear him becouse Roy was the best.

One of the local radio stations has been playing a lot of “The Traveling Wilburys”. For a treat, watch the official video of “Handle with Care” on YouTube. Sad, though, because he died soon after.

A good Texas boy.

Elvis may have been King, but Roy was like a Greek leader because of his far reaching voice….call him Octavius

Always liked Roy Orbison. It was said that Pretty Woman was about his wife.

But “Octavius” was a ROMAN!(Later known as Agustus, of course – see “I, Claudius”)

And anyway, he wasn’t a singer – that was NERO.

I think the point was that Octavius, an Emperor, ranked above “the King”.

Carrie Underwood has the same effect on me.

Checkout Google…dear

went to a concert. interesting reactions…me, i got that (about to be eaten alive by a predator) ice-in-the-guts, hair crawling out from under your hat, creeps. some people got stunned looks and urinated themselves. the guy had a really frightening, scary voice. good singer, just creepy.

“It’s not over ‘til it’s over!” – Yogi Berra

“It’s over, it’s over, it’s over, …it’s over!”

I can only assume that they are dreaming of wrapping him in cling-film.

I feel the same way about Roy Orbison – what a magnificent voice!

My wife is the same way when his music is playing! :-)

My wife acts the same way with Elton John

I was alright …for awhile…He was the best. He and Marty Robbins like will not be seen again in our culture and to me that is a rueful thing….

On the “Roy Orbison-Black and White Night” DVD Springsteen, Elvis costello,Bonnie Raitt and many others were all backup to Roy. A great disc. It was an NPR pledge night gift and what a lovely gift it was.

Today’s strip is a really nice tribute to Roy Orbison

How did you know???

Absolutely, any time Roy is singing, I have to stay right there to hear the entire song. I have more Roy on my iPod than anyone else.

Well done!

He was a true great! I got to see him. He was singing at a car convention. It was exciting!

Roy OrbisonCrying

Roy Orbison on the Dukes of HazardPretty Woman