“Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring The Orbison Brothers & Roy Orbison 3!

Roy Orbison covered Children Go Where I Send Thee, Silent Night, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Bridge over Troubled Water and other songs. Roy Orbison originally did Devil Doll, Children Go Where I Send Thee, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night and other songs. Roy Orbison wrote A Love So Beautiful, Running Scared and You Got It. 'Wicked Game' is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak, released from his third studio album Heart Shaped World (1989). Despite being released as a single in 1989, it did not become a hit until it was featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart.Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who loved David Lynch films, began playing the song, and it quickly became an. I have been a fan of Chris Isaak since as with a lot of people, his song “Wicked Games” in the David Lynch movie of the same name. Chris Isaak has an amazing voice. He has been compared to a few of my favorite artists of all times, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley. I love the beautiful, yet eerie at times voice of Roy Orbison.

'Wicked Game' is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak, released from his third studio album Heart Shaped World (1989). Despite being released as a single in 1989, it did not become a hit until it was featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart. His latest single, the dreamy “Wicked Game,” is an international hit; his album Heart Shaped World has sold about a million copies worldwide. He’s been on The Tonight Show recently and plays a cop.

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Chris Isaak has been lighting up concert stages for many decades. I recall fondly his LA debut in the early 1980s at the Roxy on Sunset, replete with tiki lights adorning the stage. He is still able to deliver the same blend of excellent musicianship with a sterling between song patter that is unattained by anyone.

Isaak has released a long series of albums, that weave many of his influences while still adding his own mark. On stage, these influences are even more evident. The tasty mix of Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly are worthy. Although Isaak assayed songs by a few of these artists (including Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper”), Isaak never stooped to cloying mimicry.

Instead, Isaak made the sound all his own. He opened the night with “All American Boy,” the theme song to his excellent (and criminally unavailable) TV show, and as usual tore through another pair of songs before stopping with the first installment of his humorous between song patter.

Roy Orbison Crying

While mostly self-deprecating and appreciative of his audience, Isaak kept us smiling whether he was singing or bantering. Unlike a few prior Christmas visits to The Belly Up, this time Isaak sprinkled many holiday tunes into his repertoire. He did a great introduction to his sad sack “Christmas on TV.” After the Hawaiian holiday tune “Mele Kalikimaka” Isaak confessed it made him want to go surfing and eat poi. Invariably, he did a superb version of “Wicked Game,” with the same liquid and seductive guitar lines.

Isaak welcoming my daughter and her date to their first visit to The Belly Up and their first Chris Isaak show.

At about the halfway point, the band moved to the front of the stage for an essentially unplugged set. From the beginning of his career, Isaak has relied on the superb engine room of Rowland Salley (bass) and Kenney Dale Johnson (drums). The entire band is well-oiled, able to pivot at Isaak’s direction.

Roy Orbison Last Song

Isaak seems to have hit a plateau. It is a very lofty plateau, but long-time fans like me want more success for him. That of course, comes at the risk that he won’t return next year to the warm intimacy of The Belly Up.

Did Roy Orbison Sing Wicked Game

(photos by Brad Auerbach)