Back from Music City!

Just got back from 5 wonderful days in Nashville. We went back into the studio and re-recorded 17 songs from the first cd, So This Is Love. Bucky and I worked hard and I am very pleased to say, I am very happy with the results. Bucky has about 1 month of mixing to do on this and we will be ready to re-issue the very first cd of 5 years ago. We discovered, in the studio that we recorded some of these same songs 5 years to the day ago! Kinda strange.
Couple of great memorable highlights of the trip: Friday night had the pleasure of seeing Raul Malo perform in a small bar called 3rd and Lindsley. Had the chance to chat with him after the show. Incredible voice and super nice guy.
Spent an afternoon with the infamous Scotty Moore. Visiting him at the same time was Billy Swan. Remember "I Can Help" from '73. One and the same. Nicest man! Don Dean, Merle Haggard's lead guitar player joined us and amazed us with a few of his own licks. Of course Bucky Barrett was with us. Stories were flying. It is a surreal experience to think of these guys all sitting around a table and the lives they have touched with their music.
We are racing to get the cd out before the holiday season. We'll do our best. Check out the new pic added to the site. You'll see the "boys" hanging out!

Back to Nashville

Getting ready to go back into the studio and re-record my first cd "So This Is Love". You find some new suprises on it and I am excited about getting back into the studio with the some incredible musicians.

Another Lifelong dream come true

Sara and I were honored by being asked to be the honorary Chairs for Special Care and Career Services fundraiser. After a trip to New York and seeing Jersey Boys on Broadway we called back and convinced our people to go after Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Well June 5 was the day. Frankie and company played to a packed house at the Morton Myerson Symphony Hall. You knew the words to every song he sang. Within 10 minutes he had the house rockin'. It was an incredible experience of seeing one of the greats. It is hard to believe the top 10 hits he had throughout the decades. If you have not seen Jersey Boys you are missing out! Run and see Frankie Valli in person. It will be a night to remember. (Have included a photo of us after the show in my photo gallery). THESE are the good ole days!

Roy is still #1

Roy would have been proud, I am sure of it! January 24 saw the premier of my Orbison collection at the Tempe Center for the Arts, in Tempe Arizona. This incredible 67 million dollar art center recently opened with “Mercy, A Roy Orbison Pilgrimage”. Over 150 pieces of my collection went on display for the first time in this gorgeous arts center.
The opening of the show was part of the tribute to Roy being given by Arizona State University. They gave Roy a lifetime achievement award and Barbara, his wife, a legacy award. Barbara was in attendance at the opening of the exhibit along with singer/songwriter, Bill Dees, Roy K Orbison Jr., Wesley Orbison and Howard Kramer, curator of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. It was a star studded night with family and friends or Roy. Dr. Peter Lehman, author and film professor at ASU, was the brainchild behind the entire weekend.
Photographer, Dave Shoenfelt was asked by ASU to shoot then entire event and many of the photos can be seen on his website at www.shoenfelt.com under the events section. Dave took the, now famous, “last wave” photo of Roy from his very last concert.
We concluded the evening with a showing of the movie Roadie with commentary by producer and director Zelman King and Carolyn Pfeiffer. Both worked with Roy in his cameo appearance in the movie.
Friday evening opened at the Tempe Center for the Arts main theater and saw a sell out crowd of 650 people. Tickets could not be had. It was a standing room only crowd. The show opened with the group Truly Lover Trio doing Roy’s hits from rockabilly to selections from his final album, Mystery Girl. Barbara was given her Life Time Achievement and Legacy awards after the break. A special treat was a string quartet playing a suite of Roy’s music arranged by the genius Kim Shaumberg. This brought the house down with a standing ovation.
Roy’s presence could be felt and I am sure he was smiling. It was a night that will long be remembered.
A special thanks to ASU and Tempe Center for the Arts!
Mercy……what a night!
glen

Arizona State Pays Tribute To Roy Orbison

Jan 24-26 Roy Orbison will receive a lifetime acheivement award from Arizona State University. This is the first time a major university in the US has given a pop singer this type of award. Barbara Orbison will be there to accept the award and she will be receiving a Legacy award as well. As part of the weekend the Tempe Center for the Arts will host my collection in a show entitled "Mercy.....A Roy Orbison Pilgrimage". This will be the first public showing of my collection of artificats of Roy Orbison. I am thrilled to be part of this weekend and great honor. Check out the website at :
http://www.asu.edu/clas/filmcenter/
Going to be a great weekend of music and fun all celebrating the life and music of "The Big O"!