Thursday, November 01, 2012

Songwriterobit: Bill Dees

Bill Dees, who co-wrote some of Roy Orbison's keynote songs, has died.

Dees also wrote songs for Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash, but it was with Orbison that he created his best work. This was part of that:

Bill Dees was 73; he died in Arkansas on October 24th. The cause of death does not appear to have been made public.


1 comment:

Robin Carmody said...

One of the songs John Peel would have taken to the fabled desert island. Rightly so.

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