Ode to Roy: why Orbison is one of the rock’n’roll greats

His prodigious musical output no longer receives the acclaim it deserves, but it is time to reappraise the tragic life and extraordinary work of Roy OrbisonI’ve spent the first week of 2016 listening to three albums on rotation: There Is Only One Roy Orbison, The Orbison Way, and The Classic Roy Orbison, all of which are part of a box set chronicling his years at MGM Records in the late 60s and early 70s. You’d be forgiven for never having heard of them. They all sound like they coul