Roy Orbison is great. I hated him as a teen and thought he was so square. They'd play these commercials in the early 70's selling Orbison hits on TV. He wasn't cool like Aerosmith and Led Zepplin. It was only later in life that I realized how skilled he was. His last album, King of Hearts, was outstanding, maybe his best.

It got me paying attention to bands who's first or last albums really stood out, and there are many. Another last album standout is John Prine's last album Tree of Forgiveness. It's a bit heavy on the Christian references for my tastes, but if anybody can get away with that and still appeal to a mass audience it's John Prine.

I mean, you only have to look at the history of his music to realize he's a cool person.

Here's a timely song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVhA01J0Zsg