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Ronald Smith has seen Roy Orbison 1 time.

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for his distinctive voice, complex song structures, and emotional ballads. He was active primarily in the early 1960s and experienced a resurgence in the late 1980s. Orbison was recognized for performing with minimal movement, often wearing dark clothing, dark sunglasses, and styling his hair black.

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Sep 22, 1985	All-Time Great Concert Farm Aid I Alabama / John Anderson / The Beach Boys / The Blasters / Jimmy Buffett / Glen Campbell / Johnny Cash / David Allan Coe / John Conlee / Ry Cooder / Lacy J. Dalton / John Denver / Bob Dylan / Foreigner / Vince Gill / Sammy Hagar / Daryl Hall / Don Henley / Waylon Jennings / Billy Joel / George Jones / Rickie Lee Jones / Carole King / Robbie Krieger / Kris Kristofferson / Lone Justice / Loretta Lynn / Delbert McClinton / John Mellencamp / Roger Miller / Joni Mitchell / Randy Newman / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Roy Orbison / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / Bonnie Raitt / Lou Reed / Kenny Rogers / Johnny Rodriguez / John Schneider / Southern Pacific / Tanya Tucker / Eddie Van Halen / Dottie West / Winter Brothers / X / Hoyt Axton / Bon Jovi / The Charlie Daniels Band / John Fogerty / Arlo Guthrie / Merle Haggard / Emmylou Harris / B.B. King / Huey Lewis / Roger McGuinn / Willie Nelson / Brian Setzer / Sissy Spacek / Neil Young / Vern Gosdin / Charley Pride Show all bands Videos Photos Setlists	Memorial Stadium, University of Illinois	Champaign, Illinois, United States

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Farm Aid I
Sep 22, 1985
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Sep 22, 1985
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Kakola Kid

Mar 22, 2023

I saw Roy Orbison at the Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver, Canada in about 1968.

Dean Edward

Nov 18, 2020

I saw Roy perform in summer of 1983 at The Big Valley Jambouree in Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada. Brenda Lee was his back-up he was the headliner. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/s...