#roy orbison

[vertigoartgore]

Dean Stockwell (alongside Dennis Hopper) in Lynch's Blue Velvet.

[coolthingsguyslike]

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

decenber 6

1988

Roy Orbison, in the midst of a career resurgence thanks to his supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, dies of heart failure at age 52. His album Mystery Girl, completed at the time of his death, is released in January 1989.

[lisamarie-vee]

[thewizardofschnoz]

The Travelling Goobers

[harrisonarchive]

Photo by Neal Preston.

“I loved End Of The Line. I remember the day [George] wrote it. He had started it off on the piano. And we all kind of sat in a group. His enthusiasm was very contagious.” - Tom Petty, Rolling Stone, January 17, 2002 “[Roy Orbison’s] funeral was only about a day before the [End Of The Line] video. But we just tried to go on and hope that we did him justice. And it turned out to be a curious song for the next single, you know, 'the end of the line.’ But I think it - you write these songs and then it’s funny how events come down and later on when you hear the song it can mean so much more than when you were writing it.” - Tom Petty, BBC Radio 2  “Sort of like Carl Perkins says on a lot of his songs, ‘Well, it’s alright.’ If you’re gonna be an optimist then it’s gotta be alright. If you happen to be a peg-legged old pirate who’s trying to make a Wilbury album, it’s still alright.” - George Harrison, Genesis Publications

[bayareabadboy]

The Travelling Wilburys were NEVER a bunch of old farts.

Bob Dylan – 47

Jeff Lynne – 41

Tom Petty – 37

Roy Orbison – 52

George Harrison – 45

[boxwright]

Roy Orbison

[applescruffing]

i havent drawn anything in forever here's furry wilbury sketches because i have free will i think

[musickickztoo]

Roy Orbison † December 6, 1988

[kingandqueenofswords]

she traveling on my wilbury til i'm the greatest musical supergroup ever formed

[thefab4archive]

Extra photos: The Traveling Wilburys filming ‘Handle With Care’ video-clip, Los Angeles, USA. Early October, 1988.

[onemorecupofcoffee]

WOKE traveling wilburys!

tom PANSEXUAL

jeff THEY/THEMne

bob dylan

GAYORGY harrison

roy orbiNON-BINARY CHILD

[envelopandkissme]

MARIANNE FAITHFULL SUNGLASSES INSPO

[nowherelaney]

Appreciation post to the supergroup of all supergroups

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Roy Orbison - You Got It