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Country Thunder Saskatchewan (formerly the Craven Country Jamboree ) is an annual country music festival , held in the Qu'Appelle Valley , near Craven , Saskatchewan , Canada .

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140-472: The event was first held in 1983 as the Big Valley Jamboree , with Roy Orbison as a headline act. The event was originally founded by Roman Catholic priest Lucien Larré as a fundraiser for his youth housing charity Bosco Homes. A historic feature of the festival has been the "Gopher Run", a rush seating line where up to 3,000 spectators can bring their own chairs for the front row. In the late-1980's,

280-449: A roots rock band and described as "perhaps the biggest supergroup of all time". Originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album Cloud Nine , the band formed in April 1988 after the five members united to record a bonus track for Harrison's next European single. When this collaboration, " Handle with Care ", was deemed too good for such

420-607: A Wilburys tour could be. Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go right on from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys? It's an intriguing thought. We could have a great band up there and the four of us could play acoustic if we wanted to. We could all sing " Blowin' in the Wind " and Bob could sing " Something ". Or we could just sing our individual songs and make them Wilbury tunes, as if we'd recorded them that way. Whatever it was, we could do it. The Wilburys tour never came about. Petty said about

560-513: A ballad singer. Nonetheless, he continued to pitch his ballad Claudette (which he began working on in early 1956) to singers he met on tour and in April 1958 The Everly Brothers recorded it as the B-side of their hit All I Have to Do Is Dream . Claudette reached number 30 in the charts in March 1959. Orbison then left Sun Records, due to a dispute about royalties from the song Claudette (which

700-579: A car that he liked and make the driver an offer on the spot. While on tour again in the UK in 1966, Orbison broke his foot falling off a motorcycle in front of thousands of screaming fans at a race track; he performed his show that evening in a cast. Claudette traveled to Britain to accompany Roy for the remainder of the tour. It was now made public that the couple had happily remarried and were back together (they had remarried in December 1965). Roy and Claudette shared

840-616: A channel through which Harrison and Dylan could escape the restrictions of their serious media images, but also, in its guise as a "phantom band", a development by Harrison of the Rutles ' satirical approach to the Beatles' legacy, in this case by "de-mythologizing" rock history. Inspired by the Traveling Wilburys' success and particularly its benefit to Petty and Orbison as artists, Lenny Waronker encouraged American guitarist Ry Cooder to form

980-594: A critical and box-office failure. While MGM had included five films in his contract, no more were made. He recorded an album dedicated to the songs of Don Gibson and another of Hank Williams covers, but both sold poorly. During the counterculture era, with the charts dominated by artists like Jimi Hendrix , Jefferson Airplane , the Rolling Stones , and the Doors , Orbison lost mainstream appeal, yet seemed confident that this would return, later saying: "[I] didn't hear

1120-489: A date for Presley in his purple Cadillac . In August 1957, Orbison returned to the Sun Recording Studio and recorded several new songs with just his acoustic guitar instead of a backing band. However, none were successful and Roy gave up on becoming a recording artist. Sam Phillips remembered being much more impressed with Orbison's mastery of the guitar than with his voice. Orbison returned to Odessa, Texas in

1260-547: A day. The move was described as Orbison "joining the ranks of fading rock stars fleeing to MGM". Rose also became Orbison's producer. Fred Foster later suggested that Rose's takeover was responsible for the commercial failure of Orbison's work at MGM. Engineer Bill Porter agreed that Orbison's best work could only be achieved with RCA Victor's A-Team in Nashville. Orbison's first collection at MGM, an album titled There Is Only One Roy Orbison , sold fewer than 200,000 copies. With

1400-561: A double Digipak package and a 16-page booklet; a "deluxe" boxed edition with the CDs and DVD and an extensive 40-page booklet, artist postcards, and photographs; or a "deluxe" boxed edition on vinyl. This version omits the DVD, but adds a 12-inch vinyl disc with rare versions of the songs. The release debuted at number 1 in the UK and topped the albums chart in Australia, Ireland and other countries. On

1540-585: A family-oriented event, a more raucous atmosphere also began to develop, to the point that the Ministry of Health distributed free condoms at the Jamboree in 1993, a Regina-based company organized a strip show at the local curling rink in 1994, and an attendee in 1995 was quoted as saying that she was in search of "fast horses, faster men and more beer". After going into receivership, the Big Valley Jamboree

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1680-400: A friend but also an avowed fan of Dylan's, Harrison felt the need to clear the air on the first day by saying to him: "We know that you're Bob Dylan and everything, but we're going to just treat you and talk to you like we would anybody else." Dylan replied: "Well, great. Believe it or not, I'm in awe of you guys, and it's the same for me." While most of the songs had a primary composer, all of

1820-408: A greater prominence for Dylan as a lead singer. Although he ceded his own role as a lead vocalist to Dylan and to Petty, Harrison took over more of the production and contributed more prominently as a lead guitarist than before. Petty described the album as "a little more rough and ready, a bit more raucous" than Vol. 1 , while Dylan said the new songs were more developed as compositions relative to

1960-518: A hovercraft terminal". The album produced two successful singles and went on to achieve triple-platinum certification for sales in the United States. It was nominated for several awards and won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Liner notes on the album cover were written by Monty Python's Michael Palin under a pseudonym. Palin's essay was based on an idea by Derek Taylor , who wrote an extensive fictional history of

2100-513: A letter from one of Orbison's secret girlfriends, his wife Claudette had an affair with the builder of their home in Tennessee. Billy Pat Ellis said "Claudette had the affair because Roy was gone a lot and she got lonely and wanted to prove she was attractive again". When Orbison toured Britain again in the autumn of 1963, she joined him. Later in 1963, Orbison toured England, Ireland and Canada. In 1964, he toured Australia and New Zealand with

2240-492: A limited release, the group agreed to record a full album, titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 . Following Orbison's death in December 1988, the Wilburys continued as a quartet and released a second album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 , in 1990. The release of their debut album was much anticipated because of the stature of the participants. The band members adopted tongue-in-cheek pseudonyms as half-brothers from

2380-450: A line-up that represented four eras of rock music history and included "three indisputable gods" in Dylan, Harrison and Orbison. The editors also recognise the band as "the antithesis of a supergroup", due to the musicians' adoption of fraternal alter egos and the humour inherent in the project. AllMusic managing editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine has similarly written: "It's impossible to picture

2520-602: A lot I could relate to, so I kind of stood there like a tree where the winds blow and the seasons change, and you're still there and you bloom again." Orbison's single Cry Softly Lonely One from March 1967 was his last song to enter the Top 100 until the 1980s. During a tour of Britain and playing Birmingham on Saturday, September 14, 1968, he received the news that his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, had burned down, and his two eldest sons had died. This occurred two years after

2660-495: A love for motorcycles after Roy had been introduced to them by Elvis Presley. Orbison was a daredevil driver, blasting around on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and owning a Ferrari car, which he used to challenge other drivers to race him on the highway. On June 6, 1966, when Orbison and Claudette were both riding their motorcycles home from Bristol, Tennessee , she was struck by a pickup truck in Gallatin, Tennessee and thrown into

2800-404: A non-album single, a cover of " Nobody's Child ", which the band recorded for Olivia Harrison 's Romanian Angel Appeal charity project. The duration of the main album sessions was again dictated by Dylan's touring schedule and limited availability. Having asked Dylan to record a lead vocal for all the songs before his departure, Harrison was then loath to replace many of the parts, resulting in

2940-407: A number-one hit in the UK and Orbison's most successful song. When Claudette walked in the room where Dees and Orbison were writing to say she was heading for Nashville, Orbison asked if she had any money. Dees said, "A pretty woman never needs any money". Just 40 minutes later, " Oh, Pretty Woman " was completed. A riff-laden masterpiece that employed a playful growl he got from a Bob Hope movie,

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3080-502: A one-album deal. Although the peak of his success was over, his single Penny Arcade was number one in Australia for many weeks and Too Soon to Know reached number 3 in England. His fortunes sank so low in America that his concerts were mostly empty, such as the concert at Cincinnati Gardens that he played on his fortieth birthday in April 1976 . Peter Lehman observed that Orbison's absence

3220-414: A particular lead vocal part. The two producers then flew back to England; Lynne recalls that, throughout the flight, he and Harrison enthused about how to turn the sparse, acoustic-based tracks into completed recordings. Overdubs and further recording took place at Harrison's studio, FPSHOT , with "Sideburys" Jim Keltner (drums), Jim Horn (saxophones) and Ray Cooper (percussion). Harrison described

3360-686: A plan to rename the band Roy Orbison and The Teen Kings . The band broke up in December 1956 and Sam Phillips said they were arguing about money but the basic problem was that Orbison was too much of a loner and driven egoist. The lack of a band was a serious problem for Orbison's contract at Sun Records, since the label had no use for a singer who didn't have a band. After The Teen Kings split, Orbison stayed in Memphis with his girlfriend Claudette. They stayed in Phillips' home, and Phillips stated that they didn't sleep together in his house. However, Orbison

3500-462: A polio scare in 1944 prompted his parents to send Roy (then aged 8) and his brother Grady Lee to Vernon to live with their grandmother. As World War II wound down, Roy's parents returned to Vernon. The Orbison family moved again in 1946, to Wink, Texas in search of employment. Orbison described life in Wink as "football, oil fields, oil, grease, and sand" and expressed relief that he was able to leave

3640-845: A pseudonym for Dhani Harrison . The name Ayrton was used in honour of F1 driver Ayrton Senna . Jim Horn and Ray Cooper played saxophones and percussion, respectively, on both albums. The lead guitar part on the Vol. 3 track "She's My Baby" was played by rock guitarist Gary Moore , who received the credit "Ken Wilbury". Harrison appeared as Nelson Wilbury on Warner Bros. Records ' Christmas 1988 promotional album Winter Warnerland (which also included Paul Reubens as " Pee Wee Wilbury "). In 1992, in his capacity as producer, Harrison credited himself as "Spike and Nelson Wilbury" on his live album Live in Japan . During that Japanese tour, in December 1991, Harrison credited himself as Nakihama Wilbury. The Tom Petty and

3780-433: A recording artist". Orbison has said that when he did this, Sam Phillips (the owner of Sun Records ) told him "Johnny Cash doesn't run my record company!". However, both Sam Philips and Billy Pat Ellis (the band's drummer) have disputed that Johnny Cash was involved. Three of The Teen Kings band members have said that their relationship with Sun Records began when Odessa record store owner Poppa Holifield played it over

3920-463: A simple, catchy rockabilly song called "Ooby Dooby", which impressed Orbison and he started looking into how he could make a recording of it. Orbison continued performing with the Wink Westerners after his first year. He then heard that his schoolmate Pat Boone had signed a record deal, and it further strengthened his resolve to become a professional musician. At a New Year's Eve dance in 1954,

4060-585: A spy who stole and had to protect and deliver a cache of gold to the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and was supplied with a guitar that turned into a rifle. The prop allowed him to deliver the line "I could kill you with this and play your funeral march at the same time", with, according to biographer Colin Escott , "zero conviction". Orbison was pleased with the film, although it proved to be

4200-491: A supergroup with a stronger pedigree than that (all that's missing is a Rolling Stone ), but in another sense it's hard to call the Wilburys a true supergroup, since they arrived nearly two decades after the all-star craze of the '70s peaked, and they never had the self-important air of nearly all the other supergroups. That, of course, was the key to their charm …" Speaking to music journalist Paul Zollo in 2004, Petty agreed that humour and self-effacement had been key factors in

4340-979: A time when Dylan was experiencing an artistic and commercial low point in his career. Harrison and Lynne became friends with Tom Petty in October 1987, when Petty and his band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , toured Europe as Dylan's backing group on the Temples in Flames Tour . The friendship continued in Los Angeles later that year. There, Harrison struck up a musical rapport with Petty based on their shared love of 1950s rock 'n' roll , and Lynne began collaborating with Petty on what became Petty's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever , and writing songs with Orbison, Lynne's longtime musical hero, for Orbison's comeback album, Mystery Girl . According to Petty, Harrison's dream for

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4480-536: A tiny apartment, Orbison often took his guitar to his car to write songs. The songwriter Joe Melson , an acquaintance of Orbison's, tapped on his car window one day in Texas in 1958, and the two decided to write some songs together. In three recording sessions in 1958 and 1959, Orbison recorded seven songs for RCA Victor at their Nashville studios ; only two singles ( Paper Boy and With the Bug ) were judged worthy of release by

4620-482: A weekly morning radio show on KERB in Kermit, Texas . Their first performance was at a school assembly in 1953. They were offered $ 400 to play at a dance, and Orbison realized that he could make a living in music. Orbison was also part of a marching band and singing octet . At the age of 15, Orbison decided that instead of becoming a guitar player, he would use the guitar as an accompaniment to his singing. In 1953

4760-441: Is shown, rocking in a chair, whenever his vocals are heard. Lynne recalled that Orbison's death in the wake of Vol. 1 ' s success was "the most sickening thing to me". He added: "I was devastated for ages ... Me and Roy had had plans to do much more together, and his voice was in really good shape. It was just so sad for that to happen." Although there was speculation in the press that Del Shannon or Roger McGuinn might join

4900-732: The Beach Boys and returned again to Britain and Ireland, where he was so besieged by teenaged girls that the Irish police had to halt his performances to pull the girls off him. He traveled to Australia again in 1965, this time with the Rolling Stones . Mick Jagger later remarked, referring to a snapshot he took of Orbison in New Zealand, "a fine figure of a man in the hot springs, he was." Orbison also began collaborating with Bill Dees , whom he had known in Texas. With Dees, he wrote " It's Over ",

5040-608: The Billboard Hot 100 chart and it reached number 9 in the UK. The composition of Orbison's following hits reflected "Running Scared": a story about an emotionally vulnerable man facing loss or grief, with a crescendo culminating in a surprise climax that employed Orbison's dynamic voice. The B-side Crying followed soon after and reached the top 5 singles in August 1961. Crying was coupled with an up-tempo R&B song, Candy Man , written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached

5180-497: The Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months. By the end of 1961, Orbison had recorded six hit singles in a row over the past two years. While Orbison was touring Australia in 1962, an Australian DJ referred to him affectionately as "The Big O" , partly based on the big finishes to his dramatic ballads, and the moniker stuck with him thereafter. Orbison's second son was born the same year, and Orbison hit number four in

5320-507: The Billboard Top 40. He wrote or co-wrote almost all of his own Top 10 hits, including " Only the Lonely " (1960), " Running Scared " (1961), " Crying " (1961), " In Dreams " (1963), and " Oh, Pretty Woman " (1964). After the mid-1960s Orbison suffered a number of personal tragedies, and his career faltered. He experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 1980s, following the success of several cover versions of his songs. In 1988, he co-founded

5460-633: The Billboard charts and remaining in the charts for 24 weeks. Orbison credited this cover in particular for reviving his memory in the popular mind, if not his career. He signed again with Monument in 1976 and recorded Regeneration with Fred Foster, but it proved no more successful than before. Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys were a British-American supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 1988, consisting of Bob Dylan , George Harrison , Jeff Lynne , Roy Orbison and Tom Petty . They were

5600-551: The Cloud Nine sessions. Referring to recording errors created by faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, " We'll bury 'em in the mix." Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance. Harrison first suggested "the Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name; at Lynne's suggestion, they amended it to "Traveling Wilburys". During his Rockline interview, Harrison voiced his support for Dylan, at

5740-477: The JE-WEL 101 single. The A-side of the single was Tryin' to Get to You , a song previously recorded by Elvis Presley. After Ooby Dooby was published by Je-Wel Records, Orbison became convinced that a larger record company would be able to sell more copies of the record, and he spoke to a lawyer about breaking the contract with Je-Wel. Initially, Orbison obtained an injunction to prevent Je-Wel from distributing

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5880-492: The Province of Pennsylvania in the middle of the century. According to The Authorized Roy Orbison , a biography written by Roy's son Alex, the family moved to Fort Worth in 1942 to find work in the aircraft factories. Due to eyesight problems, Roy wore thick glasses from the age of four. Orbison's father gave him a guitar on his sixth birthday and Roy was taught how to play it by his father and older brother. Roy recalled, "I

6020-468: The RCA Victor record label. One of these songs was Seems to Me , by Boudleaux Bryant . Bryant's impression of Orbison was of "a timid, shy kid who seemed to be rather befuddled by the whole music scene. I remember the way he sang then—softly, prettily but almost bashfully, as if someone might be disturbed by his efforts and reprimand him." Playing shows at night and living with his wife and young child in

6160-535: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , although the band itself has not been inducted. Orbison and Dylan were inducted as solo artists, Harrison was inducted as a member of the Beatles and, posthumously, as a solo artist, Petty as the leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Lynne as a member of the Electric Light Orchestra . The whole experience was some of the best days of my life, really, and I think it probably

6300-516: The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and five other Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone placed him at number 37 on its list of the "Greatest Artists of All Time" and number 13 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In 2002, Billboard magazine listed him at number 74 on its list of

6440-547: The Traveling Wilburys supergroup with George Harrison , Bob Dylan , Tom Petty , and Jeff Lynne . Orbison died of a heart attack that December at age 52. One month later, his song " You Got It " (1989) was released as a solo single, becoming his first hit to reach both the US and UK Top 10 in nearly 25 years. Orbison's honors include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987,

6580-408: The "scraped up from jam tapes" approach to the band's debut. Vol. 3 was released on 29 October 1990. It was dedicated to Orbison, as "Lefty Wilbury", the pseudonym that Orbison had used in 1988 in honour of his hero Lefty Frizzell . The album met with less success than the previous one. According to Mo Ostin, the choice of album title came about through "George being George"; apparently Harrison

6720-529: The Anita Kerr doo-wop backing singers. It also featured a note hit by Orbison in falsetto that showcased a powerful voice which, according to biographer Clayson, "came not from his throat but deeper within". The song was " Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) ". Orbison was passing through Memphis when he tried to pitch the song to Elvis Presley (along with several other songs) in order to make some money quickly, but it

6860-571: The Billboard charts and sold 200,000 copies, however the follow-up singles didn't reach the charts. The Teen Kings played alongside Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Warren Smith and Eddie Bond at the Overton Park Shell on June 1, 1956, but Orbison's relationship with the rest of the band was deteriorating at this stage. Elvis Presley was in the audience for this show and Orbison claimed that Elvis praised Orbison, but another band member says that it

7000-563: The Celebrity Theatre and recruited him for the group shortly before he went on stage. In Petty's description, Orbison performed an "unbelievable show", during which "we'd punch each other and go, 'He's in our band, too.' ... We were all so excited." From my point of view, I just tried to preserve our relationship. I worked so hard to make sure that all the guys who were in that band, and consequently on record and film, that their friendship wasn't abused. Just to preserve our friendship – that

7140-689: The Heartbreakers 1992 single " Christmas All Over Again " contained a greeting that read "Merry Christmas from Nelson and Pee Wee Wilbury". Additionally, at Tom Petty Celebration in 2019, Roy Orbison Jr. was dubbed "Lefty Wilbury Jr." and Alex Orbison as "Ginger Wilbury". The Harrison-made film promoting the Traveling Wilburys, Whatever Wilbury Wilbury , lists the following credits: "Cecil Bidet Wilbury" (directed by), "Lenny W. Wilbury" (sound), "Chopper Wilbury" (editor), "Edison Wilbury" (lighting), "Evelyn Wilbury" (wardrobe), "Clyde B. Wilbury" (special effects), "Big Mac Wilbury" (catering), "Zsa Zsa Wilbury" (make-up) and "Tell M. Wilbury" (production manager). A squirrel

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7280-560: The Jamboree came under government oversight due to an abuse scandal involving Larré. In 1993, the Jamboree was sold to the Alberta-based Vinco Foods, who began to hold a sister event in Camrose, Alberta . By then, the event had begun to see declines in ticket sales and revenue, leading to changes such as a cap on ticket sales, and replacement of the "Gopher Run" with reserved "VIP" seats in 1995. Contrasting its earlier reputation as

7420-486: The Lonely" for the first time, he bought a box of copies to pass to his friends. Soon after recording an early version of his next hit Blue Angel , Orbison and his wife and son (Roy DeWayne, born in 1958) moved from Wink to the suburb of Hendersonville in Nashville . Orbison's second son, Anthony King, would follow in 1962. Melson also moved to Hendersonville soon after, and began working on Blue Angel together, which

7560-574: The Lonely" reached number one on the country music charts. Bruce Springsteen ended his concerts with Orbison songs, and Glen Campbell had a minor hit with a remake of "Dream Baby". A compilation of Orbison's greatest hits reached number one in the UK in January 1976, and Orbison began to open concerts that year for the Eagles , who had started as Linda Ronstadt 's backup band. Ronstadt herself covered " Blue Bayou " in 1977, her version reaching number three on

7700-447: The Lonely" shot to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number one in the UK and Australia. According to Orbison, the subsequent songs he wrote with Melson during this period were constructed with his voice in mind, specifically to showcase its range and power. He told Rolling Stone in 1988, "I liked the sound of [my voice]. I liked making it sing, making the voice ring, and I just kept doing it. And I think that somewhere between

7840-610: The Man", which he wrote about working one summer in the oil fields near Wink. Orbison's relationship with Joe Melson, however, was deteriorating, over Melson's growing concerns that his own solo career would never get off the ground. Orbison first met Bob Dylan at Dylan's 21st birthday party in May 1962. From 1959–1963, Orbison was the top selling American artist and one of the world’s biggest names. Orbison eventually developed an image that did not reflect his personality. He had no publicist in

7980-650: The Notting Hillbillies' album and the self-titled debut by Hindu Love Gods – a band consisting of Warren Zevon and members of R.E.M. – as examples of a trend whereby, following the Wilburys' Vol. 1 , "more and more albums seem to be the rock-and-roll equivalents of bowling night." Writing in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music , Colin Larkin cites the Wilburys' contemporary skiffle as evidence of Lonnie Donegan 's continued influence on popular music long after

8120-563: The Top 600 recording artists. Orbison was born on April 23, 1936, in Vernon, Texas . He was the second of three sons born to Orbie Lee Orbison (1913–1984) and Nadine Vesta Shults (1914–1992). Orbie was an oil-field driller who struggled to find work after the Great Depression and Nadine enjoyed painting and writing poetry. Orbison’s direct paternal ancestry was traced to Thomas Orbison (born 1715) from Lurgan , Northern Ireland, who settled in

8260-483: The Traveling Wilburys, I'd like to do an album with them and then later we can all do our own albums again." According to Jeff Lynne , who co-produced Cloud Nine , Harrison introduced the idea of the two of them starting a band together around two months into the sessions for his album, which began in early January 1987. When discussing who the other members might be, Harrison chose Bob Dylan and Lynne opted for Roy Orbison . The term "Wilbury" also originated during

8400-477: The US Billboard 200 it reached number 9. The collection sold 500,000 copies worldwide during the first three weeks and remained in the UK top 5 for seven weeks after its release. In November 2009, Genesis Publications , a company with which Harrison had been associated since the late 1970s, announced the release of a limited edition fine-bound book titled The Traveling Wilburys . Compiled by Olivia Harrison,

8540-497: The United States and number two in the UK with " Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) ", an upbeat song by country songwriter Cindy Walker . Orbison enlisted The Webbs, from Dothan, Alabama, as his backing band. The band changed their names to The Candy Men (in reference to Roy's hit) and played with Orbison from 1962 to 1967. They later went on to have their own career, releasing a few singles and two albums on their own. Also in 1962, he charted with "The Crowd", "Leah", and "Workin' for

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8680-455: The Wilburys family that otherwise went unused. Harrison planned a feature film about the band, to be produced by HandMade and directed by David Leland , but contractual problems ended the project. Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988. In tribute to him, the music video for the band's second single, " End of the Line ", shows a black-and-white framed photo of Orbison, and his guitar

8820-462: The Wilburys in Peter Bogdanovich 's 2007 documentary Runnin' Down a Dream , Petty said that one of the strengths behind the concept was that it was free of any intervention from record company, management or marketing concerns, and instead developed naturally from a spirit of co-operation and mutual admiration among five established artists. Author Simon Leng recognises the venture as primarily

8960-407: The Wilburys touring: I think it would work, if we wanted to do it. I don't think we ever considered it, really. There were a lot of nights when the conversation would roll around to that. But I don't think anybody ever took it seriously. I think it would ruin it in a way. Then you're obligated to be responsible and it's not in the character of that group. It would make it very formal and that would be

9100-560: The Wilburys was to handpick the participants and create "the perfect little band", but the criteria for inclusion were governed most by "who you could hang out with". The five musicians also bonded over a shared appreciation of the English comedy troupe Monty Python . Harrison, who had worked with the members of Monty Python on various productions by his company HandMade Films since the late 1970s, particularly appreciated Orbison's gift for impersonation and his ability to recite entire sketches by

9240-405: The Wilburys' success, adding: "We wanted to make something good in a world that seemed to get uglier and uglier and meaner and meaner … And I'm really proud that I was part of it. Because I do think that it brought a little sunshine into the world." Harrison said the project was an opportunity to "put a finger up to the rules" by challenging the norms associated with the music industry. Discussing

9380-431: The Wilburys, the remaining members never considered replacing Orbison. Lynne later said: "We'd become this unit, we were all good pals … We always knew we were going to do another one, and now it's just the four of us." Harrison was the most active in promoting the Wilburys, carrying out interviews well into 1989. He said he was "wait[ing] for all the other Wilburys to finish being solo artists" so that they could renew

9520-490: The Wink Westerners entered a talent contest on KMID-TV in Midland, Texas . The group won the contest, resulting in a 30-minute spot on a local television show. After the show, Orbison asked the owner of the company sponsoring the show if he could sponsor the group for ongoing shows, which led to the Wink Westerners playing weekly shows on KMID-TV on Friday nights and on Odessa television station KOSA-TV on Saturday nights. It

9660-455: The Wink Westerners had mostly played country and western swing music throughout the night, but ended the night by playing Bill Haley & the Comets ’ hit song Shake, Rattle and Roll repeatedly, which became the catalyst for the band switching to rock and roll music. Also, Orbison had seen Elvis Presley perform back during his days at North Texas State College in 1954 and was impressed by

9800-401: The air. She was taken by ambulance to hospital, but her liver was seriously injured and she died, aged 25. A grieving Orbison threw himself into his work, collaborating with Bill Dees to write music for The Fastest Guitar Alive , a film that MGM had scheduled for him to star in as well. It was initially planned as a dramatic Western but was rewritten as a comedy. Orbison's character was

9940-461: The album, Orbison played along with the mock history, saying: "Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder, but I remember him as a Baptist minister." Vol. 1 was a critical and commercial success, and revitalised the careers of Dylan, Orbison and Petty. As Harrison had intended, the album defied contemporary musical trends such as hip hop , acid house and synthesised pop; author Alan Clayson likens its release to "a Viking longship docking in

10080-545: The band Little Village and record for Warner Bros. The group – comprising Cooder, Keltner, John Hiatt and Nick Lowe – released a self-titled album in 1992. Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune described the Notting Hillbillies ' Missing ... Presumed Having a Good Time as a Traveling Wilburys-type side project for Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits . Writing in New York magazine in late 1990, Elizabeth Wurtzel cited

10220-413: The band members were creative equals. Petty later described Harrison as the Wilburys' "leader and manager", and credited him with being a bandleader and producer that had a natural instinct for bringing out the best in people and keeping a recording session productive. As the group's producers, Harrison and Lynne directed the sessions, with Harrison often auditioning each member to decide who should sing

10360-468: The band's sound as " skiffle for the 1990s". The album was released on 18 October 1988. Distributed by Warner Bros., it appeared on the new Wilbury record label rather than on Harrison's Dark Horse label, in the interests of maintaining the group identity. Over the months following the end of recording in the summer, contractual issues had been successfully negotiated between Warner and the record companies representing Dylan, Petty, Lynne and Orbison. As

10500-461: The book includes rare photographs, recording notes, handwritten lyrics, sketches, and first-hand commentary on the band's history, together with a foreword by Lynne. Petty, Lynne, Olivia Harrison, Barbara Orbison , Keltner and Idle were among those who attended the US launch at a Beverly Hills bookshop in March 2010. In an interview to publicise the book, Lynne expressed his sadness at the deaths of Harrison and Orbison, and reflected: "The Wilburys

10640-461: The builder Braxton Dixon, who had built Orbison's house. After Roy became aware of the affair, he fired Dixon and finished building the house himself (with the help of a hired carpenter). In early 1965, Roy confirmed that he and Claudette were divorced. Later in 1965, Claudette gave birth to Roy's third child, and Roy and Claudette re-united several months later. Orbison's singles in early 1965 had been unsuccessful and his contract with Monument

10780-411: The collaboration. By contrast, according to author Clinton Heylin , Dylan appeared to give the band little attention as he focused on re-establishing himself as a live performer before recording his 1989 album Oh Mercy . In March 1990, Harrison, Lynne, Petty and Dylan reunited to work on a second Wilburys album, which they intentionally misnumbered Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 . It was preceded by

10920-424: The concerts were not covering their costs and that life as a touring band was a demoralizing experience. The band's contract didn't include any royalty payments ("BMI") when their songs were played on the radio and Orbison had run out of money by late 1956. Orbison was encouraged by Norman Petty to record a single without The Teen Kings and the rest of the band walked on Roy during a recording session when told of

11060-516: The course of two months, and used a calendar on the wall to track when each girl was arriving and leaving their rented apartment in Upper Brook Street in London. During this time, Orbison met the sixteen year-old German girl Barbara Wellhonen , with whom he became fascinated, although Orbison continued to see other girls in the meantime. On May 25, 1969, Orbison and Wellhonen got married. Roy

11200-410: The death of his wife Claudette and Orbison's grief meant he couldn't write songs. Fire officials stated that the cause of the fire may have been an aerosol can, which possibly contained lacquer . The property was sold to Johnny Cash , whose house at the same location also burned down later. During the 1968 tour of England, Orbison and his childhood friend Bobby Blackburn slept with many girls over

11340-440: The decision on the group's future after Vol. 3 lay with Harrison. Keltner said that from his conversations with Lynne, Petty and Dylan, they were all keen to reunite, whereas Harrison wavered in his enthusiasm. After his 1991 tour of Japan – his first series of concerts since 1974 – Harrison spoke of a possible Traveling Wilburys tour: That would be something I'd like to experience. I've always played around in my own mind what

11480-401: The desolate town. Roy was self-conscious about his appearance and began dyeing his nearly-white hair black when he was still young. He was quiet, self-effacing, and remarkably polite and obliging. During recess at school, he played guitar by himself while the other kids were playing physical games. As a teenager, Roy's lack of sporting ability left him with shyness and low self-esteem. Roy

11620-653: The discography in The Authorized Roy Orbison , a rare alternative version of "Blue Bayou" was released in Italy. Orbison finished 1963 with a Christmas song written by Willie Nelson , " Pretty Paper " (US number 15 in 1963, UK number six in 1964). As "In Dreams" was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing with the Beatles . The tour sold out in one afternoon. When Orbison arrived in Britain, however, he realized he

11760-410: The early 1960s and the late 1980s. He was nicknamed "The Caruso of Rock" and "The Big O". Many of Orbison's songs conveyed vulnerability at a time when most male rock-and-roll performers projected strength. He performed with minimal motion and in black clothes, matching his dyed black hair and dark sunglasses . Born in Texas, Orbison began singing in a country-and-western band as a teenager. He

11900-433: The early 1960s, and therefore had little presence in fan magazines, and his single sleeves did not feature his picture. Life called him an "anonymous celebrity". After leaving his thick eyeglasses on an airplane in 1963, Orbison was forced to wear his prescription Faosa sunglasses on stage and found that he preferred them. The sunglasses led some people to assume he was blind. His black clothes and song lyrics emphasized

12040-471: The early 1960s. In his book Lonnie Donegan and the Birth of British Rock & Roll , Patrick Humphries describes the Wilburys as "a makeshift quintet whose roots were firmly and joyously planted in low-key, low-tech skiffle music". He credits the band with inspiring a brief revival of Donegan's "DIY skiffle", which included Knopfler's Notting Hillbillies. Each member of the Traveling Wilburys has been inducted into

12180-439: The epithet mercy Orbison uttered when he was unable to hit a note, it rose to number one in the autumn of 1964 in the United States and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks. It rose to number one in the UK, as well, spending a total of 18 weeks on the charts. The single sold over seven million copies. Orbison's success was greater in Britain; as Billboard magazine noted, "In a 68-week period that began on August 8, 1963, Roy Orbison

12320-451: The fall of 1957 to be together with his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Claudette. The two began to talk about getting married. On a professional level, Orbison met singer Joe Melson while in Memphis, who would collaborate with Orbison on his biggest hit songs in the early 1960s. A ballad Orbison wrote, The Clown , met with a lukewarm response; after hearing it, Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison that he would never make it as

12460-470: The festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The festival returned in 2022. Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's music is mostly in the rock music genre and his most successful periods were in

12600-658: The festival, and relaunched it with a return to country music as the Craven Country Jamboree. The Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose has continued to be held. On October 27, 2016, it was announced that the event had been rebranded as part of the Country Thunder series of festivals (which are run by Vollhoffer via his company Premier Global Productions), with organizers stating that the integration gave it more "buying power" in terms of attracting larger acts. In 2020 and 2021,

12740-490: The fictional Wilbury family of travelling musicians. Vol. 1 was a critical and commercial success, helping to revitalise Dylan's and Petty's careers. In 1990, the album won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group . Although Harrison envisioned a series of Wilburys albums and a film about the band, to be produced through his company HandMade , the group became dormant after 1991 and never officially reunited, though

12880-526: The first musicians that he heard in person was Ernest Tubb , playing on the back of a truck in Fort Worth. Orbison also said that a formative experience was the regular singing sessions at Fort Worth, where he was surrounded by soldiers who were intensely emotional because they were about to be sent to the front line in World War II. In West Texas, he was exposed to rhythm and blues , western swing , Tex-Mex ,

13020-457: The first two takes. In the third, however, he abandoned the idea of using falsetto and sang the final high 'A' naturally, so astonishing everyone present that the accompanying musicians stopped playing. On that third take, "Running Scared" was completed. Fred Foster later recalled, "He did it, and everybody looked around in amazement. Nobody had heard anything like it before." Just weeks later "Running Scared" became Orbison's first number one hit on

13160-583: The image of mystery and introversion. Orbison later recalled that he "wasn't trying to be weird ... I didn't have a manager who told me to dress or how to present myself or anything, but the image developed of a man of mystery and a quiet man in black somewhat of a recluse, although I never was, really." Orbison's string of top-40 hits continued with " In Dreams " (US number 7 in January 1963, UK number 6), "Falling" (US number 22, UK number 9), and " Mean Woman Blues " (US number 5, UK number 3) coupled with " Blue Bayou " (US number 29, UK number 3). According to

13300-463: The individual members continued to collaborate on each other's solo projects at various times. Harrison died in 2001, followed by Petty in 2017, leaving Dylan and Lynne as the only surviving members. After being unavailable for several years, the two Wilburys albums were reissued by the Harrison estate in the 2007 box set The Traveling Wilburys Collection . None of this would've happened without him. It

13440-475: The label. Wesley Rose brought Orbison to the attention of the producer Fred Foster at Monument Records , the record label that Orbison would soon switch to. In his first session for Monument in Nashville, Orbison recorded a song that RCA Victor had refused, "Paper Boy". It was accompanied by the B-side sing "With the Bug", but neither song charted. Orbison's own style, the sound created at RCA Victor Studio B in Nashville with pioneer engineer Bill Porter ,

13580-470: The onset of the British Invasion in 1964–65, the direction of popular music shifted dramatically, and most performers of Orbison's generation (Orbison was 28 in 1964) were driven from the charts. The contractual requirement to release a certain amount of singles and albums per year for MGM also took its toll on the quality of Orbison's songs. Orbison was fascinated with machines. He was known to follow

13720-447: The orchestral arrangements of Mantovani , and Cajun music. The cajun favorite " Jole Blon " was one of the first songs that he sang in public. He began singing on a local radio show at age 8, and he became the show's host by the late 1940s. At the age of 9, Orbison won a contest on radio station KVWC , which led to his own radio show where he sang the same songs every week. He attended Denver Avenue Elementary School in Fort Worth until

13860-472: The period of 1958–1959, Orbison made his living at Acuff-Rose Music , a songwriting firm concentrating mainly on country music. After spending an entire day writing a song, he would make several demonstration tapes at a time and send them to Wesley Rose , who would try to find musical acts to record them. Orbison then worked with, and was in awe of, Chet Atkins (who had played guitar with Presley) and attempted to sell his recordings of songs by other writers to

14000-415: The production by Foster, and the accompanying musicians gave Orbison's music a "polished, professional sound... finally allowing Orbison's stylistic inclinations free rein". Orbison requested to use string instruments instead of fiddles , which was unusual for the time. He recorded three new songs, the most notable of which was "Uptown", written with Joe Melson and released in late 1959. Impressed with

14140-406: The record, before they reached an agreement that the band would pay back the label the costs of producing the records. Orbison was now free to find a new label to market Ooby Dooby; however, a further setback was that he cut a demo of the song for Columbia Records which they turned down but had one of their contract artists ( Sid King ) release a recording of Ooby Dooby before Orbison could offer

14280-417: The results, Melson later recalled, "We stood in the studio, listening to the playbacks, and thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world." The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll states that the music Orbison made in Nashville "brought a new splendour to rock", and compared the melodramatic effects of the orchestral accompaniment to the musical productions of Phil Spector . "Uptown"

14420-418: The rights, did not reissue them before his death. In June 2007, the two albums were reissued as The Traveling Wilburys Collection , a box set including both albums on CD (with bonus tracks) and a DVD featuring a 25-minute documentary entitled The True History of the Traveling Wilburys and a collection of music videos. The box set was released in three editions; the standard edition, with both CDs and DVD in

14560-460: The rockabilly songs demanded by Sam Phillips, and Phillips's goal for a successor to Elvis Presley had moved on from Orbison to Carl Perkins . The Teen Kings were granted a reprieve when Carl Perkins was badly injured in a car crash, resulting in Ooby Dooby being released (along with Go Go Go ) as Sun Single 242 in May 1956. The Teen Kings began an experimental tour of drive-in theaters in

14700-440: The shocking gyrations that Elvis exhibited on stage. At the end of the spring semester of 1955, Orbison dropped out of North Texas State College, switching to Odessa Junior College. The Wink Westerners were disbanded in the fall of 1955 and Orbison formed a new band called The Teen Kings . The band was made of Orbison, Billy Pat Ellis and James Morrow from the Wink Westerners, plus Jack Kennelly on bass and Johnny Wilson. It

14840-410: The song's highest note without his voice breaking. He was backed by an orchestra in the studio, and Porter told him he would have to sing louder than his accompaniment because the orchestra was unable to be softer than his voice. Fred Foster then put Orbison in the corner of the studio and surrounded him with coat racks forming an improvised isolation booth to emphasize his voice. Orbison was unhappy with

14980-466: The southern U.S. states (playing on top of projection house roofs between drive-in film showings) with Sonny James , Johnny Horton , Carl Perkins , and Johnny Cash. Much influenced by Elvis Presley, Orbison performed frenetically, doing "everything we could to get applause because we had only one hit record". Orbison also began writing songs in a rockabilly style, including Go! Go! Go! and Rockhouse . In June 1956, Ooby Dooby peaked at number 59 in

15120-543: The start of what became known as his Never Ending Tour and for Orbison's tour schedule. These sessions were held in the house of Eurythmics member Dave Stewart , in Los Angeles. The five band members sat in a circle playing acoustic guitars in Stewart's kitchen; once each song's basic track had been written and recorded there (with accompaniment from a drum machine ), the group recorded their vocals in another room, usually after dinner each night. Petty recalled that, as

15260-492: The tape to another record company. Eventually, Sun Records would sign up to record Ooby Dooby , but the events that led to this are disputed. Some claim that Johnny Cash toured the Odessa area in 1955 and 1956, appearing on the same local TV show as the Wink Westerners, Cash stated that "in late '55 or early '56, I was touring with Elvis when I met Roy in Texas... I told him to get in touch with Sun Records if he wanted to be

15400-509: The telephone for Sam Phillips in April 1956, and Phillips offered the Teen Kings a contract. The Teen Kings went to Sun Studio in Memphis , in order to re-record Ooby Dooby for publication by Sun Records . After an audition of the song, Sam Phillips signed the band up for "a year or two". However, the band's career soon slumped, since Orbison wanted to record emotional ballads rather than

15540-544: The time of "Ooby Dooby" and "Only the Lonely", it kind of turned into a good voice." But at the time of its recording, Orbison was struggling to earn a living, because he was only working as a singer at local dances. Also the days of his working with Melson were numbered, due to disagreements such as who came up with the title for Only the Lonely . The success of Only The Lonely transformed Orbison into an overnight star and he appeared on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show out of New York City. When Presley heard "Only

15680-456: The track and invited Orbison to attend the session, which he then arranged to take place at Dylan's garage studio in Malibu since no professional studios were available at such short notice. Petty's involvement came about when Harrison went to retrieve his guitar from Petty's house and invited him to attend also. Working on a song that Harrison had recently started writing, the ensemble completed

15820-527: The track, which they titled " Handle with Care " after a label on a box in Dylan's garage. When Harrison presented the recording to Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker of Warner Bros., the executives insisted that the song was too good to be used as a B-side. In Petty's recollection, Harrison and Lynne then decided to realise their idea of forming a Wilburys band, and first invited him to join before phoning Dylan, who also agreed to join. That night, Harrison, Lynne and Petty drove to Anaheim to see Orbison perform at

15960-427: The tremendous applause he was getting. He was just standing there, not moving or anything." Through the tour, however, the two acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work. Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but it was George Harrison with whom he would later form a strong friendship. In 1963, touring took a toll on Orbison's personal life. After discovering

16100-457: The troupe. The band came together in April 1988, when Harrison was in Los Angeles to oversee the filming of his HandMade production Checking Out . At that time, Warner Bros. Records asked Harrison for a new song to serve as the B-side for the European release of his third single from Cloud Nine , " This Is Love ". During a meal with Lynne and Orbison, Harrison asked Lynne to help him record

16240-493: The wrong spirit. One of the most amazing things ever about the Wilburys was this poles-apart thing of Roy [Orbison] and Bob Dylan. That's what I thought was wonderful – the best singer and the best lyricist, and they're both in the same group. – Jeff Lynne In the Rolling Stone Press book The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll , the Traveling Wilburys are described as "the ultimate supergroup", with

16380-446: Was 33 years old at the time, and sources vary regarding whether Wellhonen was either 17, 18 or 19. Wesley (born 1965), his youngest son with Claudette, was raised by Orbison's parents. Orbison and Wellhonen had a son (Roy Kelton) in 1970 and another ( Alexander ) in 1975. Orbison continued recording albums in the 1970s, but his career went nowhere during this decade . In 1974 he switched record labels from MGM to Mercury Records for

16520-553: Was George's band – it was always George's band and it was a dream he had for a long time. – Tom Petty George Harrison first mentioned the Traveling Wilburys publicly during a radio interview with Bob Coburn on the show Rockline in February 1988. When asked how he planned to follow up the success of his Cloud Nine album, Harrison replied: "What I'd really like to do next is ... to do an album with me and some of my mates ... It's this new group I got [in mind]: it's called

16660-509: Was a modest hit and the first song by Orbison and Melson to reach the Billboard Top 100. His initial success came just as the 1950s rock-and-roll era was winding down. Starting in 1960, the charts in the United States came to be dominated by teen idols, novelty acts, and Motown girl groups. Experimenting with a new sound, Orbison and Joe Melson wrote a song in early 1960 which, using elements from "Uptown", and another song they had written called "Come Back to Me (My Love)", employed strings and

16800-435: Was a part of the mystery of his persona: "Since it was never clear where he had come from, no one seemed to pay much mind to where he had gone; he was just gone." His influence was apparent, however, as several artists released popular covers of his songs. Orbison's version of " Love Hurts " was remade by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris , again by hard rock band Nazareth , and by Jim Capaldi . Sonny James ' version of "Only

16940-426: Was actually Jack Kennelly (the band's bass player) that Presley praised. Kennelly said that "Roy's dream was to be a star, and once Sam (Phillips) inflated his ego he couldn't be a part of a unit. Roy became egomaniacal". In the summer of 1956, Orbison purchased a brand-new purple Cadillac and a diamond ring with his first royalty cheque from Ooby Dooby ; however, the band soon found out that their pay cheques from

17080-417: Was always keen to sing, however, and considered his voice memorable, but not great. In 1949, Orbison (then 13 years old) formed the band Wink Westerners with school friends Billy Pat Ellis on drums, Slob Evans on bass fiddle, Richard West on piano, and James Morrow on electric mandolin. They played country and western swing standards and Glenn Miller jazz swing songs at local honky-tonk bars and had

17220-593: Was around this time that Orbison began dyeing his hair (naturally a "dishwater grey color") to jet black. After graduating from high school in 1954, Orbison enrolled at North Texas State College in Denton . His plan was to study geology so that he could secure work in the oil fields if music did not pay; however, he became bored with the course in its first year and switched to History and English. But Orbison preferred to play music with fellow students Billy Pat Ellis, Dick Penner and Wade Moore. Penner and Moore had written

17360-450: Was at a dance event where The Teen Kings performed that Orbison met his future wife Claudette Frady. Claudette was fourteen at the time, five years younger than Orbison. The Teen Kings' s first recording was the song Ooby Dooby , which was recorded at Norman Petty 's studio in Clovis, New Mexico in March 1956. It was published by Odessa-based start-up label Je–Wel as the B-side of

17500-434: Was broke and realized that he couldn't survive as a recording artist, so after several weeks he returned to the road. He toured with Johnny Cash, Sonny Burgess, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, playing mostly songs from other artists before finishing the set with a song of his own. At the time, Orbison was addicted to sleeping pills and speed. Orbison was introduced to Elvis Presley's social circle, and at some stage picked up

17640-474: Was early in the morning and Presley did not want to see Orbison at that time. Orbison and Melson instead recorded the song at RCA Victor's Nashville studio, with sound engineer Bill Porter trying a completely new strategy, building the mix from the top down rather than from the bottom up, beginning with close-miked backing vocals in the foreground, and ending with the rhythm section soft in the background. This combination became Orbison's trademark sound. "Only

17780-480: Was expiring soon. Wesley Rose, at this time acting as Orbison's agent, moved him from Monument Records to MGM Records (though in Europe he remained with Decca's London Records ) for $ 1 million and with the understanding that he would expand into television and films, as Elvis Presley had done. Orbison was a film enthusiast, and when not touring, writing, or recording, he dedicated time to seeing up to three films

17920-463: Was finished, you know, for anything else" by the time he was 7, and music became the focus of his life. His major musical influence as a youth was country and western swing music. He was particularly moved by Lefty Frizzell 's singing, with its slurred syllables, leading Orbison to adopt the stage name "Lefty Wilbury" during his time with the Traveling Wilburys . He also enjoyed Hank Williams , Bob Wills , Moon Mullican and Jimmie Rodgers . One of

18060-616: Was for us all ... The thing I guess would be hardest for people to understand is what good friends we were. It really had very little to do with combining a bunch of famous people. It was a bunch of friends that just happened to be really good at making music. – Tom Petty in The True History of the Traveling Wilburys In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the two Traveling Wilburys albums had limited availability and were out of print in most areas. Harrison, as primary holder of

18200-415: Was lonely and unhappy, and some people said that Orbison was unfaithful to her while he was on tour. Back in the studio, seeking a change from the pop sound of "Only the Lonely", "Blue Angel", and "I'm Hurtin'", Orbison worked on a new song, " Running Scared ", about a man worried that his girlfriend is about to leave him for another man. Orbison encountered difficulty when he found himself unable to hit

18340-475: Was making a wry reference to the appearance of a bootleg that served as a sort of Volume 2 . The album's liner notes were written by Eric Idle , another Python member, who again adopted a pseudonym. For the band's final single, " Wilbury Twist ", they filmed a video in which Idle, John Candy and other comedic actors attempt to master the song's eponymous dance style. The clip was filmed in Los Angeles and completed on 28 February 1991. According to Jim Keltner,

18480-578: Was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of the Beatles, and annoyed, asked rhetorically, "What's a Beatle, anyway?" to which John Lennon replied, after tapping his shoulder, "I am". On the opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first, although he was the more established act. The Beatles stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison simply played through 14 encores. Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and Paul McCartney physically held Orbison back. Ringo Starr later said, "In Glasgow , we were all backstage listening to

18620-547: Was recorded by Nashville Records). Orbison and Claudette had married in 1957 and their first child was born on September 16, 1958. Using the royalty payments from The Everly Brothers hit Claudette , Orbison bought the most expensive new pink Cadillac available. However, Roy and Claudette spent the money lavishly and were soon broke and living with Roy's parents in Wink. Increasingly frustrated at Sun, he gradually stopped recording. He toured music circuits around Texas and then quit performing for seven months in 1958. During

18760-513: Was recorded in August 1960. This hit was a more complex song, yet it still peaked at number nine in the USA. The follow-up single I'm Hurtin' (with I Can't Stop Loving You as the B-side) rose to number 27 in the US, but failed to chart in the UK. After the success of Blue Angel , Orbison undertook a hectic touring schedule, often performing with his neighbor Patsy Cline . During this time, Claudette

18900-410: Was signed by Sam Phillips of Sun Records in 1956 after Johnny Cash urged him to go to Sun . Elvis was leaving Sun and Phillips was looking to replace him. His first Sun recording, Ooby Dooby was a direct musical sound-a-like of Elvis's early Sun recordings. He had some success at Sun but enjoyed his greatest success with Monument Records . From 1960 to 1966, 22 of Orbison's singles reached

19040-523: Was sold to the Queen City Kinsmen in February 1996, who ran the festival with a "back to the basics" approach with less commercialization. Unable to return the event to profitability, the Kinsmen relaunched the Jamboree as a classic rock festival in 2000, known as Rock 'N The Valley . In 2005, promoter Troy Vollhoffer (who had previously worked as a stagehand for early editions of the event) took over

19180-435: Was such a wonderful band, such a marvellous thing to be part of. They were the best people I could ever wish to work with. Every day was like, 'Wow!' ... it was fun from day one." Jim Keltner , the session drummer and percussionist, was not officially listed as a Wilbury on either album, but was given the nickname "Buster Sidebury". Overdubs on the 2007 bonus tracks "Maxine" and "Like a Ship" were credited to "Ayrton Wilbury",

19320-500: Was the only American artist to have a number-one single in Britain. He did it twice, with 'It's Over' on June 25, 1964, and 'Oh, Pretty Woman' on October 8, 1964. The latter song also went to number one in America, making Orbison impervious to the current chart dominance of British artists on both sides of the Atlantic." By late 1964, Orbison had "occasionally treated himself to a groupie " and his wife Claudette had had an affair with

19460-465: Was the case in 1971 when EMI prepared Harrison's multi-artist live album from the Concert for Bangladesh for release, Dylan's label, Columbia , presented the main stumbling block. In the album credits, the "Wilburys" joke was extended further, with the band members listed under various pseudonyms and pretending to be half-brothers – sons of a fictional Charles Truscott Wilbury Sr. During promotion for

19600-466: Was the underlying contribution, I think, that I was trying to do. – George Harrison The band members decided to create a full album together, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 . Video footage of the creative process was later edited by Harrison into a promotional film for Warner Bros. staff, titled Whatever Wilbury Wilbury . The album was recorded primarily over a ten-day period in May 1988, to allow for Dylan's limited availability as he prepared for

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