TRAVELING WILBURYS: The SAD HISTORY of The GREATEST SUPERGROUP!
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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The Traveling Wilburys, formed by chance, are considered one of the most talented supergroups ever. The origins trace back to George Harrison's 1987 album, Cloud Nine, produced by Jeff Lynne of ELO. After years away from music, Harrison wanted to record again and invited Lynne to co-produce. During the sessions, Harrison and Lynne discussed forming a band, picking Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison as members.
In early 1988, while having dinner with Lynne and Orbison, Harrison mentioned his need to record a B-side for his third single. Orbison wanted to observe, and Harrison, needing his guitar from Tom Petty's house, invited Petty to join. Dylan, who had a small studio, was also invited. Surprisingly, Dylan answered Harrison's call and offered his studio, not realizing Orbison didn't recognize "Bob" as Bob Dylan. The initial recording session yielded "Handle With Care."
Harrison's label, Warner Brothers, recognized the song's potential and suggested creating an album instead of using it as a B-side. The musicians, who had busy schedules, managed to carve out ten days to record additional songs at Dave Stewart's home studio. They maintained a relaxed atmosphere, contributing equally to the songwriting and production process.
The band's name, The Traveling Wilburys, emerged from a misinterpreted studio term. Harrison initially suggested "The Trembling Wilburys," but Lynne preferred "The Traveling Wilburys." Contrary to later claims that the name had no deeper meaning, another story credits Prince Charles with suggesting the name after seeing Harrison and Lynne perform.
Despite being aware of the supergroup label, the Wilburys aimed to avoid ego clashes. They treated Dylan as an equal, fostering mutual respect, which was crucial to their chemistry. All songs were credited to the Traveling Wilburys, and each member adopted a pseudonym with a fictional family backstory.
Released in October 1988, their debut album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, was a hit, peaking at number 3 on the charts and selling three million copies in the U.S. Singles like "Handle With Care" and "End of the Line" performed well, though some radio stations were initially hesitant to play them due to Orbison's voice. The band never toured, partly due to their busy schedules and the difficulty in organizing a tour.
The Traveling Wilburys revitalized the careers of Dylan, Orbison, and Petty. Lynne produced Petty's successful solo album Full Moon Fever, and Dylan's Oh Mercy was critically acclaimed. Tragically, Orbison passed away from a heart attack in December 1988, just weeks after the album's release. His posthumous album, Mystery Girl, featuring the hit "You Got It," was also successful.
The band released a second album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3, in 1990, skipping the typical sophomore album pressure. It achieved platinum status despite being less well-received than their debut. The Wilburys never replaced Orbison, and with the passing of Harrison and Petty, Lynne and Dylan remain the surviving members.
In 2007, a retrospective box set was released, achieving significant success, including reaching number 1 in multiple territories. The Traveling Wilburys remain a testament to the serendipitous collaboration of legendary musicians who created timeless music.
With all that talent they still managed to suck
Yep, I love all of them but not together.
To each their own……
you're mom does too, but I don't hear ya complaining...
1,000 times better than most any band today.
@@coraltown1 true. DEFTONES still kick ass to this day
Have I told you lately how much I appreciate your taste in music and the videos you make? You're the very best my friend.
thank you! I try to provide some good variety in my videos. On Friday we have one of the greatest debut records of all time from a band whose members struggled for 10 years.
@rnrtruestories well you can bet I'll be watching! Thank you so much, seriously enjoy all your work.
@@kerryknight1903 thank you! Much appreciated.
Such a legendary group.
Ill never forget first hearing Tweeter and The Monkey man when i was just a kid coming back from a Devils game with my dad and crew
the Headstones do a decent version.
Amazing band. The producing talent of Jeff Lynne matched with all of their amazing songwriting
Lynne deserves way more accolades than he gets. I believe he's the biggest musical talent to come from the rock era. He has excelled at every aspect from the performance side to the production side. There's a reason the big names all wanted him to produce albums for them.
What are Jeff's best songs other than Mr Blue Sky? I like the sonics of his music but cant name many songs in his career i love apart from that ELO song, the 2 Beatles songs, & the Roy song(you got it).
@@jamarwashington6419 Strange Magic, Can't Get It out of My Head, Telephone Line, Sweet Talkin' Woman, Evil Woman, etc.
@@christopher9152 will check all those out 2nite & thanks
Rock and Roll icons enjoying each others talent and company. Awesome history.
in one of the T.W. videos Roy's chair is empty but still rocking, very good analogy.
That was always so chilling but fitting.
The only other possible replacement would be the sixth brother. Sue Wilbury. (Johnny Cash)
"we'd arrive at 12 or 1 oclock". that's the most musician thing i have ever heard. 😂
These guys looked like they just loved to jam together!
brb gotta listen to End of the Line
Tom Petty said, "We've got the best songwriter in the world (Bob) and the best singer in the world (Roy) in the same band."
@mikedavis8008 Well, he won the Nobel prize for literature. It doesn't get much better than that.
Sour grapes@mikedavis8008
@mikedavis8008sorry Mike. Try listening to his songs and forget the distasteful comments.
@mikedavis8008Aaand the anti-Semite speaks up! Wonderful. 👏🏻🙄🖕🏻
All musicians in this band,talented on there own❤
Having always been a metal head, it would always confuse my friends when I'd pull up jamming out to the wilburys. I was a fan of all these guys separately, so when they got together, it was just awesome to me.
Both "End Of The Line" and "Handle With Care" are the two songs 🎵 from The Traveling Wilburys that are included in George Harrison's solo portion of a Beatles playlist that I set up on Spotify entitled "The Beatles: The Solo Years." This playlist consists of songs 🎵 from each members(John, Paul, George, and Ringo) solo careers along with a couple of songs 🎵 from Julian Lennon. And the Anthology songs("Free As A Bird 🐦" "Real Love ❤️"), and "Now And Then" are included in this playlist as well.
Awesome rabbit hole detail 👌... Great job.
Dude you are a true wealth of information. I never knew that Eric Clapton was an early member of the traveling wilburys.
I didn't know either, and I love Eric as well.
Jeff and Roy's signing is timeless , all these dudes obviously but they were underrated with that crew.
what a great story this is it has all the ingredients. Probably the most exciting story to originate from the 1980s alongside live aid.
Thank you for the post! 🤘🏻✌🏼😊
I love the Wilburys, they were funny and witty and it was great to see a group of icons having fun together 🦄
Would love if you did a video on the history of Big Star or the Doug Twilley Band
You want to do a video on a supergroup? Blind Faith. Great album. Great band.
Let's be honest. They were probably all too baked to remember how they came up with the name.
Make rock ‘n’ roll great again!
Kinda crazy to think about Harrison just "choosing" Dylan and Dylan just jumping when he says when, but I believe it, even if you are Bob Dylan, Harrison was an f'ing Beatle and in some ways, the best Beatle.
Please do older super groups like Asia or GTR, for example.
They referred to Roy Orbison as"the voice", for obvious reasons.
Yes!!!
I asked for this video like 2 years ago 😂
You gotta do one of the best supergroup of all, Damnocracy! Jk lol but that show was hilarious and it might make for a very entertaining video.
it was great music for it's time! even today.
"Roy Orbison's voice is a liability" LOL
Mad Season is still the best supergroup ever imo, and River of Deceit is one of the best albums to come out of the entire grunge era.
Harrison was the best Beatle. You could look at the Beatles pre-drugs, post-drugs, albums, whatever. Harrison's song writing outlasted any of the others for me.
Geggy Tah please!
Orbison’s voice a liability?!? Blasphemy!!
tweeter and the money man is a big track , the original and the cover lmao
I’ve always found the Traveling Wilburys to be kind of an enigma because they were made up of such highly regarded musicians, their career was short and although their 2 albums sold well, hardly anyone talks about them.
This is the first I've ever heard of them
Very cool👍
One minor note: They did not tour, but they did in fact play together live at a couple of state fairs, randomly and unbilled.
Best. Supergroup. Ever.
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Jim Keltner was known as Buster Sidebury
Love the Wilburys but would argue Audioslave was a better supergroup
❤️❤️❤️
they had multiple hits
I kind of like the fake story about the name better 😂
I think that name originated from Mo Ostin.
Why have you headlined this "The SAD HISTORY of The GREATEST SUPERGROUP!"? It's totally misleading, and just clickbait. They created a couple of great albums, and seemingly had a great time making them. Yep, it's sad that The Big O died before the second album, but that does not justify the headline.
Yes the boomer mother very favourite akward dance supergroup 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Friday Clue! This band would release not just one of the greatest debut records of all time, but one of the greatest and most influential records of all time. They were at the forefront of this genre of music and their members would struggle for nearly 10 years before having success.
The Ramones, or MC5?
Twisted sister. Go find the 20 minute take of jj French explaining their insane decade long battle for 'overnight success'. It's incredible
I’m so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won’t you show me that you really care
There isn't a single bad song on those albums. I highly recommend them
The first album was brilliant and still is to this day.
Haha if I heard Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison wanted to jam on some tunes I would be there before the phone hung up.
I've met Dylan. He's a creep.
Unfortunately as a Gen-X'er these guys were already _old fuddy duddies_ when the *Wilburies* came out, I remember making fun of them with friends, calling them *The Traveling Dingleberries* If we only knew then what we know now 😅
You were just young and dumb. They started out when I was a young adult.
I like how you qualify the statement "as a Gen-X'er" as if your age has anything to do with how old the artists were when the group formed. As a prolific narcissist and internet genius, I approve of this behavior.
ELO and The Beatles have always been my favourites.. Gen xer but had uncles with good taste in music.
Gen X here. Loved these guys. Separately and together
This made me smile..TY..
Bob, Tom, George, Roy and the other guy... I heard this so many times and it triggered me lol.
The "Other Guy" was my favourite
Roy?
Same!
Jeff is never to be understated
Jeff Lynne is a veritable one man band. He can play all instruments.
I like them bring me back to my child hood
First album was great. Second one not so great. Roy was an essential component.
Fun fact roy Robinson was elvos's little brother
Elvo was cool, born of the transporter accident on the voyager when elmo and Elvis merged into one being.
@@knightsonofjack his mind is split in two due to emlo dad is like the father from TV show, seventh heaven.
Great band!
OMG Roy was only 52!? Christ i never actually did the math i always just sort of thought he was like 70 already, i literally turn 52 in two weeks. man i would jave LOVED to just sit there and listen to Roy tell stories about Sun Records and Elvis, that would have been amazing it is a shame that was not filmed.
i always had a rather meh opinion of supergroups because by their sheer nature most of the people involved will probably have reached a point where they have already written all of their best songs, so idea that they are going to be some amazing group is honestly unlikely. but something i love about the Wilbury's that probably wouldnt happen these days is you have a couple of huge stars that came to prominence in the 60s, as well as a couple that didnt really come to fame until the 70s and even a guy that first came to prominence in the 50s. most supergoups are all of the same basic time and place.
Imagine being at at show in the 1950s featuring the Sun recording artists Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Please do one about the VH1 show Supergroup!!
DAMNOCRACY
I believe Michael Palin from Monty Python had a hand in writing the back-story for the band
Travelling Wilburys may have been one of, if not, the first rock supergroup before Damn Yankees, Audioslave and others.
mrtruestories, thank you for making videos on the Wilburys.
you're welcome!
@@rnrtruestories I thought you were gonna correct me on the Wilburys being the first rock supergroup.
Will you do a video on what is truly the first rock supergroup?
Cream, Crosby Stills and Nash, Humble Pie, and Led Zeppelin to some degree.
@@kenterminateddq5311that’s a good idea
Asia? Does prog count? Maybe Crimson too.
That’s funny about the names because they didn’t need to have their real names on it since their faces was all over the front cover
These dudes all rocked im really glad orbison got a chance to become famous to a whole new group of people