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Music

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

- Roy Orbison performs in a 1940s-type nightclub setting

Recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock and roll superstars including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett, J.D. Souther, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits.

Release Date : 1988-01-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Virgin VideoCinemaxHBODelliah Films Inc

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Black and White Night 30

Cast

Roy Orbison

Character Name : Self - Lead Vocals/Guitar

Original Name : Roy Orbison

Gender : Male

Jackson Browne

Character Name : Self - Backing Vocals

Original Name : Jackson Browne

Gender : Male

T Bone Burnett

Character Name : Self - Guitar

Original Name : T Bone Burnett

Gender : Male

Elvis Costello

Character Name : Self - Guitar/Electric Organ/Harmonica

Original Name : Elvis Costello

Gender : Male

J. Steven Soles

Character Name : Self - Backing Vocals

Original Name : J. Steven Soles

Gender : Male

Bonnie Raitt

Character Name : Self - Backing Vocals

Original Name : Bonnie Raitt

Gender : Female

Bruce Springsteen

Character Name : Self - Vocals/Guitar

Original Name : Bruce Springsteen

Gender : Male

Tom Waits

Character Name : Self - Organ/Guitar

Original Name : Tom Waits

Gender : Male

JD Souther

Character Name : Self - Backing Vocals/Guitar

Original Name : JD Souther

Gender : Male

Jennifer Warnes

Character Name : Self - Backing Vocals

Original Name : Jennifer Warnes

Gender : Female

Alex Acuna

Character Name : Self - Percussion

Original Name : Alex Acuna

Gender : Male

Glen D. Hardin

Character Name : Self - Piano

Original Name : Glen D. Hardin

Gender : Male

James Burton

Character Name : Self - Guitar

Original Name : James Burton

Gender : Male

Jerry Scheff

Character Name : Self - Upright Bass

Original Name : Jerry Scheff

Gender : Male

Ronnie Tutt

Character Name : Self - Drums

Original Name : Ronnie Tutt

Gender : Male

Mike Utley

Character Name : Self - Keyboard

Original Name : Mike Utley

Gender : Male

K.D. Lang

Character Name : Self - Backing Vocals

Original Name : K.D. Lang

Gender : Female

Billy Idol

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Billy Idol

Gender : Male

Harry Dean Stanton

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Harry Dean Stanton

Gender : Male

Sidney Poitier

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Sidney Poitier

Gender : Male

Kris Kristofferson

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Kris Kristofferson

Gender : Male

David Lynch

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : David Lynch

Gender : Male

Patrick Swayze

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Patrick Swayze

Gender : Male

Billy Bob Thornton

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Billy Bob Thornton

Gender : Male

Jim Jarmusch

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Jim Jarmusch

Gender : Male

Carey Lowell

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Carey Lowell

Gender : Female

Stacy Widelitz

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Stacy Widelitz

Gender : Male

Wayne Newton

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Wayne Newton

Gender : Male

Lisa Niemi

Character Name : Self - Audience Member

Original Name : Lisa Niemi

Gender : Female

Reviews

B

BornKnight

@BornKnight

2023-11-26

This show was filmed on September 30, 1987, approximately fourteen months before his death, at 52yo of heart attack while returning from a tour with the The Traveling Wilburys a supergroup formed by George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. This show of the documentary is a collection of Orbison's hits at the then Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, with the backing band being the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen Hardin on piano, James Burton on lead guitar, Jerry Scheff on bass, and Ronnie Tutt on drums. Male background vocalists, some of whom also joined in on guitar, electric organ and keyboards were Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Steven Soles. The female background vocalists were k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt. During the end credits, several of the band members are shown talking about how Orbison influenced them. Other celebrity admirers of Orbison were in the audience, including David Lynch, Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Billy Bob Thornton, Sandra Bernhard and Kris Kristofferson. Some curiosities about Orbision that I always admired while being a reclused personality and one of the most incredible male voices after Elvis Presley: he always used black tinted eyeglasses because of poor eyesight since infancy that had extremely thick lenses, and his wife Barbara (that produced this video was his wife when they meet with 17 and 32yol respectively). Barbara Orbison died at 62yo of pancreatic cancer. While the video has only one of his most know musics (LA Woman) it was a huge event with lost of famous people at the public. Score of 8,0 out of 10,0 / A -.