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ROY ORBISON PLAYING “UPTOWN” WITH WHITE FALCON GUITAR

November 13, 2012 by admin

From Roy Orbison’s first national television appearance in 1960!

“UPTOWN” , his first single for Monument Records was recorded September 18th, 1959.

This video shows Roy without glasses and with his Gretsch White Falcon guitar. ( Orbison’s favorite guitar was a unique creation which he built himself by modifying a White Falcon painting it black and changing the fretboard to a Gibson neck. )

 

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: "Uptown", 1959, Gretsch, guitar, television, White Falcon

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