Roy Orbison ‘learned the blues before he had pair of shoes’

Singing superstar Roy Orbison had a guitar before he had a pair of shoes, according to his son.

The star, nicknamed The Big O, came from a poor background and achieved success through sheer persistence, his son Alex Orbison said.

The 40-year-old said having Orbison as a father was “very cool” and that he never gets tired of hearing his big hit ‘Oh Pretty Woman’ which was written in less than an hour.