The quasi-operatic voice is intact, never loses any of its power or grace, and stays that way throughout, as he goes through his most familiar numbers: “In Dreams,” “It’s Over,” “Blue Bayou,” “Candyman,” “Ooby Dooby” - the rockabilly classic that started it all - and, of course, “Oh, Pretty Woman,” which closes the show. Opening with “Only the Lonely,” backed by his regular band and female backing vocalists, Orbison wastes not a second proving that he’s still got it. Anyone who’d seen Orbison in concert during the previous decade or so can consider this Akron, OH show a souvenir, as it undoubtedly echoes what they heard. This concert, his last, took place only two days before he passed, and while there are no surprises on it - his set list had always been comprised of his hit singles and little else - it serves as a fitting farewell. When Roy Orbison died on December 6, 1988, his voice was every bit as strong as it had been since he first emerged more than three decades earlier.
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