A Black & White Night Live

A Black & White Night Live is a Roy Orbison music album made posthumously by Virgin Records from the HBO television broadcast, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. The album was released in 1989 and included the songs "Blue Bayou" and "Claudette" that because of time constraints had been deleted from the televised broadcast.

On piano is Glen D. Hardin, who had played piano for Buddy Holly as well as for years for Elvis Presley. Lead guitarist James Burton is also from Presley's group. Male background vocals, with some on guitar, are Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, and Steven Soles. Female background vocals are k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.

The show also had a number of celebrities in the audience such as Kris Kristofferson, Billy Idol and Sandra Bernhard.

Track listing

1. "Only the Lonely"
2. "In Dreams"
3. "Dream Baby"
4. "Leah"
5. "Go Go Go (Down the Line)"
6. "Crying"
7. "Mean Woman Blues"
8. "Running Scared"
9. "Blue Bayou"
10. "Candy Man"
11. "Uptown"
12. "Ooby Dooby"
13. "The Comedians"
14. "Dream You"
15. "Claudette"
16. "It's Over"
17. "Oh, Pretty Woman"

Personnel

• Roy Orbison: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
• Glen D. Hardin: Piano
• James Burton: lead guitar
• Jerry Scheff: Bass Guitar
• Ronnie Tutt: Drums
• Jackson Browne: Backing vocals
• T-Bone Burnette: Acoustic Guitar
• Elvis Costello: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Organ, Harmonica
• K.D. Lang: Backing Vocals
• Bonnie Raitt: Backing Vocals
• J.D. Souther: Backing Vocals
• Steven Soles: Backing Vocals
• Bruce Springsteen: Guitar, Vocals
• Tom Waits: Electric Organ, Acoustic Guitar
• Jennifer Warnes: backing vocals