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Roy Orbison

Behind the filter of his thick-rimmed sunglasses, Roy Orbison's otherworldly croon offered a vocal complexity unmatched in early rock & roll. Born in the North Texas town of Vernon before moving with his family to Fort Worth and eventually Wink, Orbison, who had formed the Wink Westerners when he was only 13, quit college in 1956 for Memphis and a recording contract with Sam Phillips' Sun Records. It wasn't until signing to Monument Records in 1959 and teaming with fellow ...

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Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions 1965-1973

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Wayne Scott Farley

Think John McLaughlin, Michael Hedges. Wayne has an extra-wide harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary on 12-string acoustic and electric guitars. Finger-style, original, improv, lava lamp. Wayne has great control over emotional ... more
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