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Claudette & Barbara Orbison

1966 год стал тяжелым периодом для Орбисона. В автокатастрофе погибла его жена Клодетт, с которой они прожили девять лет. Через два года погибли двое из трех детей Орбисона, а его дом сгорел дотла. Несколько лет музыкант был не в силах писать музыку, но поддерживал себя в форме, гастролировал и снимался в кино, главная роль в фильме «The Fastest Guitar Alive». Знакомство с молодой немкой Барбарой Анн Мари Уилоннен Джейкобс помогло артисту выбраться из шока. В мае 1969 года они поженились.

Рой в Австралии 1964

Roy Orbison arrives at Melbourne's Essendon Airport with support act The Beach Boys (at rear), January 1964

Roy Orbison meets a group of enthusiastic fans at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, January 1964

Roy

Traweling George

Homer Wilbury

From left, Jeff Lynne, Matt Hurwitz (aka Homer Wilbury) and Tom Petty. Notice the shirt Petty is wearing. (Photo courtesy of Matt Hurwitz.)


Monday's (6/11/07) USA Today features a piece on the reissue and history of the 1980s supergroup, The Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison), my first for USA Today. I was fortunate to get to spend some time talking with Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty a few weeks ago (May 10), as well as Olivia Harrison and Barbara Orbison (by phone). All of them were really, really nice folks and had wonderful stories to tell.
When we finished the interview, I asked Tom and Jeff if we could take a photograph, and they said, "Sure." We had just been talking about how, on the original album, their real names didn't appear on the sleeve, but instead appeared as pseudonyms - Nelson Wilbury, Otis Wilbury, etc. So we were standing there, and I said, "Oh, you guys have to give me a Wilbury name." Tom thought for about 1/4 of a second, and said, "Homer."

Том Петти с моделью IC400 Iceman 1978 года

Том Петти с моделью IC400 Iceman 1978 года