BBC Four Music Specials

BBC Four Music Specials

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (2008x8)

Season finale

Air date: Dec 16, 2008

First broadcast in 1988 and filmed in black and white, this TV concert filmed at the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles features Roy Orbison performing his classic songs with friends like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, kd lang, Jennifer Warnes and Bonnie Raitt. The TCB Band which backs all featured artists was Elvis Presley's band till his death in 1977 and includes James Burton, Glen D Hardin, Jerry Scheff and Ronnie Tutt with musical director T-Bone Burnett.

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  • Premiered: Jul 1981
  • Episodes: 404
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  • BBC Four
  • Sunday at 21