Browsing through my collection, I noticed that on the cover of Roy's 1967 album "Cry Softly Lonely One", The Man is riding in a spiffy new Excalibur roadster 
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Neato! Roy Orbison is one of the truly great talents of rock music...unfortunately little known among the younger crowd today. His influence was profound...just ask Springsteen and he'll tell you. He had a life full of tragedies and died far too soon.Poet...Mystic...Soldier of Fortune. As always...self-absorbed, adversarial, cocky and in general a malcontent. -
I agree with Gunslinger! I had every one of his records.Last edited by redbox; 04-09-2015, 02:42 AM.Never raise your hands to your children, it leaves your groin unprotected.- Red Buttons
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I wonder if the car was Roy's - he certainly looks at home behind the wheel!Comment
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If you don't have Roy Orbison: Black & White Night CD/DVD, get it!Comment
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That is one outstanding show! A lot of rock celebrities were there to play with Roy as well as in the audience. At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebration for their 25th Anniversary several years back, Bruce Springsteen gave Orbison much deserved credit and recognition.Originally posted by GinettaG12P View PostPoet...Mystic...Soldier of Fortune. As always...self-absorbed, adversarial, cocky and in general a malcontent.Comment
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We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge. 
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.Comment
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Or "Only the Lonely" and "Blue Bayou" and "Leah" but you get the picture.Originally posted by BobPalma View Post
Who can forget, "Pretty Woman?" 
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Jeff Lynne (Of ELO fame) produced a couple of Roy's last albums and brought his career out of the doldrums.
Roy was also an active member of the Traveling Wilburys.
That lil' group had Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison.
HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)
Jeff
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....................HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)
Jeff
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain
Note: SDC# 070190 (and earlier...)Comment
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Don't forget, he also did "I Drove All Night"...long before Cyndi Lauper or Celene Dion. A great driving song.63 Avanti R1 2788
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don't forget his "later" work with the "Traveling Wilburys" with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU
EDIT: slow at typing/posting again!
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Roy owned at least one Excalibur, along with Adam West, Phyllis Diller and many other celebrities.
Chris.Comment
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My favorite singer. I have read two biographies about Roy.
One of his biographies said his wife bought him a 1926 Studebaker for his 26th birthday. I have often wondered if it was lost in his home fire when he lost his sons.
Anyone know?Gary Sanders
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Roy Orbison is amazing. Listened to him while assembling my Avanti in the 70's. Still listening while assembling the Avanti I have now.sigpic 1963 Studebaker Avanti: LS1 motor and T-56 transmission have been moved rearward, set up as a two seat coupe with independent rear suspension. Complex solutions for nonexistant problems.Comment
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