December 26
On the outskirts of Wink, Texas, the home of Roy Orbison. His first band, in fact, was called the Wink Westerners. You’ve probably heard of them.
You can see a couple of other views of Wink here and here. (These are the same buildings, taken about a year and half apart. Time has not been kind to Wink.)
Wink, Texas
photographed 9.4.2009
Posted on December 26, 2012, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, downtown, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photo a day, photography, roy orbison, texas, the wink westerners, Wink, Wink texas. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
One Day | One Image 
Skid marks on pavement
show the one entertainment
left to residents.
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“You’ve probably heard of them”. 🙂
The word Wink in a band name could lead to all kinds of verbal mishaps. Wise man (boy?) to drop that name.
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The Roy Orbison Museum – right there in downtown Wink – has the scariest damn mural I’ve ever seen. Th larger than life painting gives him these creepy claw-hands and his face looks all mashed in. I have pictures of it! Which I am guessing you already knew. I bet if he’d known how the mural was going to turn out he’d have dropped the Wink from the name even sooner!
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