John Twang's photos

Roy Orbison's prescription sunglasses. Many years ago I had the chance to wear these for a few minutes. Powerful is the operative word.

Roy Orbison display featuring his guitar, sunglasses, yearbook page from Wink High School 1953 with Roy's photo third from the left on the bottom and "Blue Bayou" sheet music.

Roy Orbison's etched signature. Yes I have all the singles, albums, compact discs I could lay my hands on along with a few cassettes, 8 tracks and digital discs!

Duane Eddy's etched signature. My first 78 was "Rebel 'Rouser" and first album "Duane Eddy plus two smash hits by Neil Sedaka and Donnie Owens" on the now quite defunct Canadian distributed Reo label. Very proud to say I have everything he's released .... I think.

Duane Eddy's Guild guitar. Duane used others including: Gretsch, Epiphone and Gibson.

Rock and Ro9ll Hall of Fame 2015 inductees: Bill Withers, Ringo Starr, Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble, The 5 Royales, Joan Black and the Blackhearts, The Paul Butterfield Band, Green Day and Lou Reed. This was our fifth visit. It's always changing and always interesting.

The Beatles Ludwig Drum kit. One of the main exhibits during our visit.

The (American) Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton, Ohio and well worth the visit. The exhibits essentially revolve around a magnificent statue of Jim Thorpe. This facility was easy to find and there's plenty of parking.

There are lots of wonderful places to dine in and around the park and plenty of your favourite refreshments also. "The Beer Market" is directly across the street and serves nothing but import brews from around the world. They don't even serve snacks! Great place on a great day!

A great replacement for Three Rivers Stadium PNC Park (Pittsburgh National Corporation Financial Services Group, Inc.) is the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yes, your writer likes this park too! Located on the north shore of the Allegheny River this classic park opened in 2001. Our motel was on the north side of the river so driving to the stadium was a breeze although parking was a bit of a challenge.

The Consol Energy Center is the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins replacing what was the oldest NHL arena, The Pittsburgh Civic Arena, in 2010. Penquins owner Mario Lemieux and Captain Sidney Crosby officially christened the new ice in July. The statue depicts Mario Lemieux breaking through another team's defence. Originally we put the title into our GPS and ended up at the Consul Energy headquarters about a half-hour outside the city in a rather affluent area.

It was once Jacob's Field but since 2008 it's been Progressive (Insurance Company) Field in Cleveland. Another great ball park! Wonderful fans, food and atmosphere. We walked from the third floor of the parking garage straight into the ballpark. Despite a downpour and tornado warnings in nearby communities the game was delayed less than fifteen minutes.

The home of the NBA Cavaliers, Quicken Loans Arena aka "The Q" is in downtown Cleveland and adjacent to Progressive Field and the Cleveland Indians. Together these facilities constitute the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex. FYI Billy Joel opened the Quicken Loans Arena in 1994.

Barb and Jerry Dwyer joined us for dinner one evening. What a pleasure to meet this generous couple. Jerry owned Dwyer Air Services who flew the trio on the "day the music died". Jerry noted that the flight did not leave in a snowstorm and he was the first to find the wreckage the next morning. This couple was responsible for erecting the Roger Peterson memorial.

Missing from this photo is the pilot Roger Peterson memorial. It's sad for those of us at a certain age to see the junk surrounding what means so much to so many.

For many years it was most difficult to find the crash site. This is now at the entrance of the path leading to a familiar picture.

This memorial stands outside the ballroom. It will be familiar to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper fans.

Nature called so a long-time Surf employee pointed to one of the many men's rooms. Standing room only on this side. I had not seen that many urinals in a row until our visit.