From Texas Standard: In West Texas, it’s not just the landscape that's long and lonely – the days and nights are too.The late musician Roy Orbison once described his youth in Wink, Texas, as football, ...

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I came late to Roy Orbison, first hearing his name when Bruce Springsteen used it in his classic “Thunder Road.” It wasn’t until later that I equated that name ...