Roy Jr Orbison

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American musician and record producer, the cofounder of the record label Roy’s Boys, and co-president of Still Working Music. Among his work, he co-produced the album Roy Orbison: The Ultimate Collection, which reached #10 on the UK Album charts. Roy Orbison Jr. was born to Roy Orbison and Barbara Orbison. His godparents were Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. He first learned to play the guitar at age five, and learned to play the bass at age 11. At age 17 he co-wrote a song for U2 with Bono, before becoming a professional musician himself. Beginning in 2016, Orbison served as a co-produced for the biopic The Big O: Roy Orbison, written by Ray Gideon and Bruce Evans. He was also the co-writer and co-executive producer of the documentary Mystery Girl: Unraveled. In 2017 Orbison co-authored the book The Authorized Roy Orbison with music journalist Jeff Slate, his two brothers and with research by Marcel Riesco. Orbison became a father on March 2016 with the birth of his first son Roy Orbison III, with his wife Asa, whom he married in September 2017. His son was featured playing on a toy guitar and tambourine with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during a rendition of his grandfather's song Pretty Woman in May 2017, at the age of 10 months. Their second son, Bo Alexander Orbison, was born at 9:29pm on 9 Febuary 2018. Link to Wikipedia biography