RIP Sonny James Country legend Sonny James passed away earlier this week. Scoring hit after hit for decades, James had an incredibly successful career as one of the earliest artists to enjoy crossover success from country to pop. Here’s Sonny…
RIP B. B. King The world has lost another legend. When Roy Orbison and the rest of The Class of ’55 (Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins) arrived at Sun Studios to begin recording with Sam Phillips, B….
Legendary musician Bobby Emmons passed away last week. Emmons’ songwriting credits include cuts by artists like George Strait, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash, not to mention a mile-long list of records on which Emmons played keyboards. Emmons can be heard…
On this day last year Roy Orbison’s dear friend, sometimes band member, and frequent co-writer Bill Dees passed away. Here is Bill Dees performing “CRAWLING BACK,” one of the many songs he wrote for or with Roy Orbison-
“It was a particularly close friendship too. We became like brothers right from the start… and we stayed that way until the end.” -Johnny Cash talking about Roy Orbison Roy Orbison’s dear friend Johnny Cash passed away ten years ago…
