Traveling Whilburys

[The Ruptured Duck]

Anyone heard of this group from the late 80's?  Good stuff, the band is comprised of George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, who then invited Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison to join the band.  All in all, it was a low key band, considering they never put their real names on the albums, but their records made it to the top of the charts at one point.  

I love listening to them, because they weren't making records to make money, but rather to have fun, and its evident in their songs.

[Hagar]

I have the original albums on vinyl. This was the start of a new career for the legendary Roy Orbison. He sadly died just as he was all set to make a comeback. I also have his last solo album 'Mystery Girl' on vinyl. http://www.wilburys.info/insroy.html
This had all new songs on it & was produced by Jeff Lynne who managed to recapture the original Orbison sound from his earlier hits. I think it's an excellent album.

The name is actually Traveling Wilburys. Note that it would be spelled Travelling in the UK.

[The Ruptured Duck]

I have the original albums on vinyl. This was the start of a new career for the legendary Roy Orbison. He sadly died just as he was all set to make a comeback. I also have his last solo album 'Mystery Girl' on vinyl. http://www.wilburys.info/insroy.html

The name is actually Traveling Wilburys. Note that it would be spelled Travelling in the UK.

Grrr, English

Yeah the last albums weren't as great without Orbison.  What did he die of anyways?

[Hagar]

Grrr, English

My main point was that it's Wilburys & not Whilburys. This has nothing to do with the English spelling.

[quote]Yeah the last albums weren't as great without Orbison.

[The Ruptured Duck]

Whoa, freaky.

No I meant I do not speak english well.  I don be frum'da simple country where we don' get read on dem books

[Hagar]

[quote]Whoa, freaky.

No I meant I do not speak english well.

[The Ruptured Duck]

Yeah, didn't he open for the beatles in their infant years at the Cavern?

You got me re-interested in the Wilburys.  I think I am going to buy my dad their CD's online so I can listen to them.  Also I am thinking about some Tom Petty, and Cloud Nine.  Funny how they actually bring back memories when I listen to them (I was very young when I first heard them)

[Hagar]

Yeah, didn't he open for the beatles in their infant years at the Cavern?

I don't think Roy Orbison ever played the Cavern. He was a big star & it was really only a very small local club. If I remember correctly the Beatles were booked as one of the supporting acts on a Roy Orbison tour of the UK in 1963. While the tour was on the road they had their first hit record & became instantly well known. After that nobody wanted to listen to poor Roy but were screaming for the Beatles who were quickly promoted to top of the bill on the later dates. This was the start of his decline in popularity although he had a big hit in 1964 with Oh Pretty Woman. This was possibly his biggest hit record until many years later. The Wilburys gave him the chance for a comeback after many years of being forgotten.

[quote]You got me re-interested in the Wilburys.

[The Ruptured Duck]

I don't think Roy Orbison ever played the Cavern. He was a big star & it was really only a very small local club. If I remember correctly the Beatles were booked as one of the supporting acts on a Roy Orbison tour of the UK in 1963. While the tour was on the road they had their first hit record & became instantly well known. After that nobody wanted to listen to poor Roy but were screaming for the Beatles who were quickly promoted to top of the bill on the later dates. This was the start of his decline in popularity although he had a big hit in 1964 with Oh Pretty Woman. This was possibly his biggest hit record until many years later. The Wilburys gave him the chance for a comeback after many years of being forgotten.

Good idea. I've always found it interesting to know the history behind these things. I was never a particular fan of Tom Petty until I heard him performing with the Wilburys.

Yeah, its always interesting to see the circumstances behind the music. "Quiet Nights" by Miles Davis is one that I became particularly interested in.  Davis didn't even want that album out for whatever reason, but Columbia made him release it.

[The Ruptured Duck]

Miles is one of the greats.