George, along with cowriter Jeff Lynne and their friends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison, had been hanging out in Dylan’s studio. The Traveling Wilburys: Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison & George Harrison I have been asked a couple of times already who sings exactly what on the two volumes that The Traveling Wilburys were to issue during their stint together. Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: This page was last edited on 5 December 2020, at 02:26. [63] In tribute to him, the music video for the band's second single, "End of the Line", shows Orbison's guitar rocking in a chair when his vocals are heard. Referring to recording errors created by faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, "We'll bury 'em in the mix. [26] During a meal with Lynne and Orbison, Harrison asked Lynne to help him record the track and invited Orbison to attend the session,[27] which he then arranged to take place at Dylan's garage studio in Malibu[5] since no professional studios were available at such short notice. He was 40 when he was with the Wilburys. The first Traveling Wilburys album was entitled Traveling Wilburys Vol. The clip was filmed in Los Angeles and completed on 28 February 1991. 3 track "She's My Baby" was played by rock guitarist Gary Moore, who received the credit "Ken Wilbury".[103]. With Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jim Keltner, Jeff Lynne. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Vol. Lenny and I loved the song so much we asked Tom and the guys to do it at least three times that evening. The Traveling Wilburys Vol. To the Wilburys, who had only just learnt to cope with wives, roadies and drummers, it was a blow from which many of them never recovered. [54], The album was released on 18 October 1988. The thing is, he was 23 when he was in the Beatles. The Devil's Been Busy the Traveling Wilburys [3:18] 5. 3.Although it didn't match the success of the first Wilburys album, it was another million-selling hit. Dylan replied: "Well, great. "[4][nb 1] According to Jeff Lynne, who co-produced Cloud Nine, Harrison introduced the idea of the two of them starting a band together around two months into the sessions for his album,[6] which began in early January 1987. Of course, they revered Bob Dylan too. Some have even gone on to suggest tenuous links with The Pillsburys, the group who invented Flour Power. Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go right on from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys? 1,[74] while Dylan said the new songs were more developed as compositions relative to the "scraped up from jam tapes" approach to the band's debut. Dim Sun, a Chinese academic, argues that they may be related to “THE STROLLING TILBURYS”, Queen Elizabeth the first’s favourite minstrels, and backs this suspicion with the observation that The Traveling Wilburys is an obvious anagram of “V. As was the case in 1971 when EMI prepared Harrison's multi-artist live album from the Concert for Bangladesh for release, Columbia, Dylan's label, presented the main stumbling block. The thing I guess would be hardest for people to understand is what good friends we were. "[99], Jim Keltner, the session drummer and percussionist, was not officially listed as a Wilbury on either album, but was given the nickname "Buster Sidebury". Reflecting on all this, I recall a few years before when my wife Evelyn and I had been in London. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the two Traveling Wilburys albums had limited availability and were out of print in most areas. [96] On the US Billboard 200 it reached number 9. They thought it would be funny in turn to use nicknames instead. [51][52] The two producers then flew back to England; Lynne recalls that, throughout the flight, he and Harrison enthused about how to turn the sparse, acoustic-based tracks into completed recordings. The band recorded two albums in 1988 and 1990, though Orbison died before the second was recorded. I worked so hard to make sure that all the guys who were in that band, and consequently on record and film, that their friendship wasn't abused. Everybody sang, everybody wrote, everybody produced — and had great fun doing so. [47][66][nb 6] Lynne later said: "We'd become this unit, we were all good pals … We always knew we were going to do another one, and now it's just the four of us. Harrison first suggested "the Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name; at Lynne's suggestion, they amended it to "Traveling Wilburys". Or we could just sing our individual songs and make them Wilbury tunes, as if we'd recorded them that way. One of the record company executives reluctantly agreed, conceding that he did not want to be the person blocking the Wilburys venture and "standing in the way of history being made". To call the Traveling Wilburys a 'Super group' is to go against exactly what they stood for, they were playing a part, ie they didn't use there real names etc, and it was purely for fun, it was fresh and different and they invented there own simple little world that revolved around music free from the Business of the record companys not so sure if that ethos was the same for The Highwaymen. [47] Harrison planned a feature film about the band, to be produced by HandMade and directed by David Leland, but contractual problems ended the project. 1- The Traveling Wilburys recorded two albums, the first in 1988 and the second in 1990, though Roy Orbison died before the second was laid down. After several years of unavailability, the two Wilburys albums were reissued by the Harrison estate in the 2007 box set The Traveling Wilburys Collection. Having asked Dylan to record a lead vocal for all the songs before his departure, Harrison was then loath to replace many of the parts, resulting in a greater prominence for Dylan as a lead singer. BURYING WILL’S THEATRE”, clearly a reference to the closing of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre by Villiers during an outbreak of the plague. The band members adopted tongue-in-cheek pseudonyms as half-brothers from a fictional Wilbury family of travelling musicians. [5] When Harrison presented the recording to Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker of Warner Bros., the executives insisted that the song was too good to be used as a B-side. All five were good friends who admired and respected one another. They consisted of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Roy Orbison and ELO’s Jeff Lynne. Orbison and Dylan were inducted as solo artists, Harrison was inducted as a member of the Beatles and, posthumously, as a solo artist, Petty as the leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Lynne as a member of the Electric Light Orchestra. But I don't think anybody ever took it seriously. The lead guitar part on the Vol. Its riding-on-the-rails rhythm suggests its theme and the on-the-move nature of the group. At the time it was customary to couple an A-side with a never-before-heard track, giving the single extra sales value. Perhaps even then they all were Wilburys. It was they who evolved simple rhythmic forms to describe their adventures. [98] Petty, Lynne, Olivia Harrison, Barbara Orbison, Keltner and Idle were among those who attended the US launch at a Beverly Hills bookshop in March 2010. The Traveling Wilburys would have never referred to themselves as a supergroup. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1992 single "Christmas All Over Again" contained a greeting that read "Merry Christmas from Nelson and Pee Wee Wilbury". "[65] Although there was speculation in the press that Del Shannon or Roger McGuinn might join the Wilburys, the remaining members never considered replacing Orbison. According to Mo Ostin, the choice of album title came about through "George being George";[9] apparently Harrison was making a wry reference to the appearance of a bootleg that served as a sort of Volume 2. 3 album in 1990. Because I do think that it brought a little sunshine into the world. Poor House the Traveling Wilburys [3:17] Tracks of Disc 6; 1. After his 1991 tour of Japan – his first series of concerts since 1974 – Harrison spoke of a possible Traveling Wilburys tour: That would be something I'd like to experience. Roy Orbison died on Dec. 6, 1988. The Traveling Wilburys were a British-American super group consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. [46][nb 3] As the group's producers, Harrison and Lynne directed the sessions, with Harrison often auditioning each member to decide who should sing a particular lead vocal part. Rolling Stone magazine named Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 one of the 100 Best Albums of All Time. [68][nb 7], In March 1990, Harrison, Lynne, Petty and Dylan reunited to work on a second Wilburys album, which they intentionally misnumbered Traveling Wilburys Vol. Indeed, many victims of the plague and St.Vitus’ dance literally danced themselves to death, and it is this dancing theme that resurfaces with The Wilbury Twist. If You Belonged to Me the Traveling Wilburys [3:14] 4. [84], Inspired by the Traveling Wilburys' success and particularly its benefit to Petty and Orbison as artists, Lenny Waronker encouraged American guitarist Ry Cooder to form the band Little Village and record for Warner Bros.[85] The group – comprising Cooder, Keltner, John Hiatt and Nick Lowe – released a self-titled album in 1992. There were a lot of nights when the conversation would roll around to that. In November 2009, Genesis Publications, a company with which Harrison had been associated since the late 1970s,[97] announced the release of a limited edition fine-bound book titled The Traveling Wilburys. Lefty Wilbury - Roy Orbison . It was a group of five singers who came together to make two albums, groups of songs sold together.The Traveling Wilburys were Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne.They made two albums: The Traveling Wilburys: Volume 1 and The Traveling Wilburys: Volume 3. [102] Jim Horn and Ray Cooper played saxophones and percussion, respectively, on both albums. Cloud Nine was just out. [62], Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988. The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963–1965, Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan, Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Songs from the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison, Harrison on Harrison: Jazz Explorations of George Harrison, A Message from the Country – The Jeff Lynne Years 1968/1973, Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traveling_Wilburys&oldid=992401773, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. It was a bunch of friends that just happened to be really good at making music. [70][71] The duration of the main album sessions was again dictated by Dylan's touring schedule and limited availability. A tiny handful survived — the last of the Traveling Wilburys — and the songs gathered here represent the popular laments, the epic and heroic tales, which characterize the apotheosis of the elusive Wilbury sound. Warner Bros. Records’ International Department had asked that George Harrison come up with a B-side for “This Is Love,” a single from his Cloud Nine album. Though comprised of some of the biggest names in modern music, the band was much more nonchalant than that. [35] Palin's essay was based on an idea by Derek Taylor,[57] who wrote an extensive fictional history of the Wilburys family that otherwise went unused. The message of the music travels, as indeed they traveled and as I myself must now travel for further treatment. [49] Over the months following the end of recording in the summer, contractual issues had been successfully negotiated between Warner's and the record companies representing Dylan, Petty, Lynne and Orbison. [24][34] The album was recorded primarily over a ten-day period in May 1988,[35] to allow for Dylan's limited availability as he prepared for the start of what became known as his Never Ending Tour[36][37] and for Orbison's tour schedule. Formed out of friendship, spontaneity (and some would say pure kismet) the Traveling Wilburys were Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and… One thing, however, remains certain. I suppose George figured that as long as his pals were on hand, why not use them to knock off this flipside? Mo Ostin We could all sing "Blowin' in the Wind" and Bob could sing "Something". Believe it or not, I'm in awe of you guys, and it's the same for me. [42] Author Simon Leng recognises the venture as primarily a channel through which Harrison and Dylan could escape the restrictions of their serious media images, but also, in its guise as a "phantom band", a development by Harrison of the Rutles' satirical approach to the Beatles' legacy, in this case by "de-mythologizing" rock history. Two years later, the remaining quartet released a second album, inexplicably titled Vol. From Quiz: The Story of The Traveling Wilburys (click to play it). 3 was released on 29 October 1990. The birth of the Traveling Wilburys was a happy accident. Clayton Wilbury - Jeff Lynne . [87] Writing in New York magazine in late 1990, Elizabeth Wurtzel cited the Notting Hillbillies' album and the self-titled debut by Hindu Love Gods – a band consisting of Warren Zevon and members of R.E.M. [75] It was dedicated to Orbison, as "Lefty Wilbury", the pseudonym that Orbison had used in 1988 in honour of his hero Lefty Frizzell. With the huge international success — over five million copies sold — of Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1, a follow-up was inevitable. George Harrison first mentioned the Traveling Wilburys publicly during a radio interview with Bob Coburn on the show Rockline in February 1988. According to Harrison's neighbour and fellow musician, When commenting on Dylan's absence from promoting, harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFSmax2007 (, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, (1987 – studio re-recordings of earlier hits), "First mention of The Traveling Wilburys", "Jeff Lynne: 'Bob Dylan Wanted To Call Us Roy & The Boys, "You've Seen 'em Before, but Now Meet These Wild Wilburys", "The Traveling Wilburys – Limited Edition Book", "Classic Tracks: The Traveling Wilbury's 'Handle With Care, "Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys Collection", "Wilburys Streaming Event Honors Father's Day", "Jeff Lynne Looks Back On Traveling Wilburys & the 30th Anniversary of 'Vol. Lucky, Lefty, Nelson, Otis and Charlie T, Jr – together, they were known as The Traveling Wilburys, but who was really behind the curly hair and shades? Roy Orbison’s vocal was tremendous. . I think it would ruin it in a way. [67] By contrast, according to author Clinton Heylin, Dylan appeared to give the band little attention as he focused on re-establishing himself as a live performer before recording his 1989 album Oh Mercy. A couple of days later George came by my office to play the new “B-side.” We went next door to A&R head Lenny Waronker’s office so he could hear it too. Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup formed by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne. We urged him on. [70] It was preceded by a non-album single, a cover of "Nobody's Child",[57] which the band recorded for Olivia Harrison's Romanian Angel Appeal charity project. Throughout the '90s, there were rumors of another Traveling Wilburys record in the works, but no new albums from the group surfaced. [35] He said he was "wait[ing] for all the other Wilburys to finish being solo artists" so that they could renew the collaboration. In June 2007, the two albums were reissued as The Traveling Wilburys Collection, a box set including both albums on CD (with bonus tracks) and a DVD featuring a 25-minute documentary entitled The True History of the Traveling Wilburys and a collection of music videos. "[32], The band members decided to create a full album together, Traveling Wilburys Vol. George and Jeff had been calling studio equipment (limiters, equalizers) “wilburys.” So first they named their fivesome The Trembling Wilburys. The five frontmen (Harrison, Lynne, Petty, Dylan, and Orbison) decided not to use their own names. "[58][35], Vol. [98] Compiled by Olivia Harrison,[99] the book includes rare photographs, recording notes, handwritten lyrics, sketches,[21][100] and first-hand commentary on the band's history, together with a foreword by Lynne. [70] Although he ceded his own role as a lead vocalist to Dylan and to Petty,[72] Harrison took over more of the production and contributed more prominently as a lead guitarist than before. Video footage of the creative process was later edited by Harrison into a promotional film for Warner Bros. staff, titled Whatever Wilbury Wilbury. Catalogue reissue and Genesis Publications book, Harrison also stated his intention to form such a band in March 1988, in response to a suggestion from television show host, When promoting the Wilburys in October 1988, Harrison joked that the inspiration for the band's formation and their name came originally from. It really had very little to do with combining a bunch of famous people. 18 Which song includes "'Sha la la's?" None of this would've happened without him. . I found only five they were Bob Dylan (Lucky), George Harrison (Nelson), Jeff Lynne (Otis), Roy Orbison (Lefty), and Tom Petty (Charles T. Jr.). Think about The Concert For Bangladesh — only George Harrison could have made that happen. [32] That night, Harrison, Lynne and Petty drove to Anaheim to see Orbison perform at the Celebrity Theatre and recruited him for the group shortly before he went on stage. You can hear George’s humility and good nature reflected in the Wilburys and their music. The Traveling Wilburys would have never referred to themselves as a supergroup. The box set included a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary on the band's formation. "[66], Harrison was the most active in promoting the Wilburys, carrying out interviews well into 1989. It's an intriguing thought. I don't think we ever considered it, really. [21] Harrison, who had worked with the members of Monty Python on various productions by his company HandMade Films since the late 1970s, particularly appreciated Orbison's gift for impersonation and his ability to recite entire sketches by the troupe. They just didn’t know their last name yet. "[44] While most of the songs had a primary composer,[45] all of the band members were creative equals. Petty said about the Wilburys touring: I think it would work, if we wanted to do it. The Traveling Wilburys was an American and English rock music band. [11] Petty's involvement came about when Harrison went to retrieve his guitar from Petty's house and invited him to attend also. Presumed Having a Good Time as a Traveling Wilburys-type side project for Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. The project's work received much anticipation given the diverse nature of the singer-songwriters. The Wilburys tour never came about. It's this new group I got [in mind]: it's called the Traveling Wilburys, I'd like to do an album with them and then later we can all do our own albums again. Roy was a houseguest there at the time, so perhaps this could have been an early hint leading to the Wilburys. [24][nb 4] In the album credits, the "Wilburys" joke was extended further, with the band members listed under various pseudonyms and pretending to be half-brothers – sons of a fictional Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr.[56][57] During promotion for the album, Orbison played along with the mock history, saying: "Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder, but I remember him as a Baptist minister. From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in L.A. This was mid-1988. 1 as (The Traveling Wilbury) using fake names. When this collaboration, "Handle with Care", was deemed too good for such a limited release, the group agreed to record a full album, titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. Although Harrison had long planned to start such a band, the project came about through happenstance. Roy Orbison was somebody they all idolized. Whatever it was, we could do it. [6][8] The term "Wilbury" also originated during the Cloud Nine sessions. The birth of the Traveling Wilburys was a happy accident. He always had great instincts. This would account for the constant traveling. Hugh Jampton, E.F. Norti-Bitz Reader in Applied Jacket, University of Krakatoa (East of Java), “Be careful where you’re walking, You might step in something rough, Be careful where you’re talking, Any saying all that stuff”. Dr. Arthur Noseputty of Cambridge believes they were closely related to the Strangling Dingleberries, which is not a group but a disease. He added: "I was devastated for ages ... Me and Roy had had plans to do much more together, and his voice was in really good shape. He credits the band with inspiring a brief revival of Donegan's "DIY skiffle", which included Knopfler's Notting Hillbillies. Well, I think the first band was a gathering of equals, some people might say! Directed by Willy Smax. They were all just right there. The collection sold 500,000 copies worldwide during the first three weeks and remained in the UK top 5 for seven weeks after its release. George played us “Handle With Care.” Our reaction was immediate. [21] Discussing the Wilburys in Peter Bogdanovich's 2007 documentary Runnin' Down a Dream, Petty said that one of the strengths behind the concept was that it was free of any intervention from record company, management or marketing concerns, and instead developed naturally from a spirit of co-operation and mutual admiration among five established artists. George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison make up The Traveling Wilburys. [18][19] According to Petty, Harrison's dream for the Wilburys was to handpick the participants and create "the perfect little band", but the criteria for inclusion were governed most by "who you could hang out with". 1 (1988) “End of the Line” is the last track from the Traveling Wilburys’ first album, Volume 1, released in 1989. 3, in 1990. It was just so sad for that to happen. 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