Roy Orbison
I remember when I was a little girl growing up in Colombia my mother having lived through the 50’s and 60’s subjected me to the music of her era even more so than the music from my childhood in the early 80’s. Even though, the traditional music from our country was obviously in Spanish, my mother used to listen to ballads in Spanish as well as English. She used to imitate the singers pretending she knew how to speak English. She sounded convincing to me, that I almost believed that she was bilingual then. Neither one of us understood the meaning of the lyrics of the English songs, but the sound of the melody and sound of the music made every song as enjoyable as the Spanish ones. I learned to appreciate music and carried on a side of an “old soul” appeal to music that has carried on with me even today.
The benefit from this is my appreciation of an era gone by that today’s youth seem to have missed entirely, and even finding …show more content…
His father was involved in the oil industry as well as being a proficient mechanic, the later lending a hand to Roy’s affection for cars, and his mother a nurse. Both parents would have a large impact on who would later become. (Clayson 2-4) He had many ailments as a child including jaundice, poor eyesight, and often contracting the flu; bestowing upon him the glasses that he would later wear and pale skin which would become his trademark throughout his career. His father along with their neighbor Clois Russell, who were good friends, would play the guitar and sing in the evening while sitting outside on the porch and even sometimes play for local country dances. He also had an uncle that sang professionally, and by his 6th birthday received a guitar that his father would show him how to play; so began his love affair with the regional music which was Country. (Amburn