Traveling Wilburys

The Traveling Wilburys - My "New" Favorite Band
Where Was I When the Wilburys were Traveling?
One evening I caught the end of a PBS show about Bob Dylan. That inspired me to watch the DVD of one of my new favorite bands. It is not a new band, in fact, two of its members are deceased. But the band was new to me not long ago. I am talking about The Traveling Wilburys. If you've never heard of them, don't feel alone. I don't know where I was in 1988 (well yes I do, I was raising children and watching Sesame Street), but I had no idea what this group was all about. I discovered that form...

The Traveling Wilburys - The Last Great Supergroup
George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & Roy Orbison - The Traveling Wilburys
When George Harrison recruited a group of his friends to help him record a B-Side for his 1988 single, "This Is Love", he inadvertantly formed the last great supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys. The song they recorded, "Handle With Care" was considered far too good to waste on a mere B-side and what started as a fun project spawned a whole album and a musical legend. My interest in the Traveling Wilburys stems mainly from my love of Tom Petty's music, (although I would also confess to being ...

The Traveling Wilburys Supergroup: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty
Best of the Traveling Wilburys Supergroup
Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty formed a super-group called the Travelling Wilburys in 1988 and recorded two albums - 'Traveling Wilburys Vol.1' in 1988 and 'Traveling Wilburys Vol.3' in 1990. The first of their two albums was a critical success and featured classic songs such as 'End of the Line' and 'Handle with Care'. I had no idea who the Traveling Wilburys were until I chanced upon the music video of 'End of the Line' on MTV and spotted Bob Dylan strumm...

Traveling Wilburys
The Traveling Wilburys
The Traveling Wilburys were an ad hoc supergroup. Starting at a meal between Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, the group came together at Bob Dylan's home studio in Malibu, California, to record an additional track as a B-side for the single release of Harrison's "This Is Love". Tom Petty's involvement came by chance, as George Harrison had left his guitar at Petty's house and Petty came back with Harrison. The record label, however, decided that the song that resulted, "Handle wi...