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Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty from 1988 to 1991. They released two albums, Vol. 1 and Vol. 3, and adopted pseudonyms as half-brothers from the Wilbury family.
Learn about the history, music and legacy of The Traveling Wilburys, the supergroup formed by George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. Explore the interactive timeline, watch videos, view photos and more.
Music video by The Traveling Wilburys performing End Of The Line. (C) 2007 T. Wilbury Limited.
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The Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line (Official Video) TravelingWilburys. •. 159M views • 8 years ago. 2.
- Bob Dylan
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In the early 60s, Bob Dylan emerged as an astonishingly prolific folk singer who doffed his flat cap to Woody Guthrie; with songs such as “Blowin’ In The Wind” he quickly established himself as a pioneering protest singer. Fast outstripping that scene, however, Dylan altered the face of rock music with his “thin, wild mercury sound,” as captured on...
As one of The Beatles, George Harrison blazed a trail through pop music like no other guitarist of his generation. He is almost single-handedly responsible for introducing Eastern music into mainstream Western rock and pop, while, as the 60s progressed, he became that rarest of beasts: a lead guitarist with impeccable songwriting skills. “Here Come...
The one Wilbury with roots to Sun Records and the birth of rock’n’roll in the 50s, Roy Orbison brought a special gravitas to the group. With songs such as “In Dreams” and “Only The Lonely,” Orbison patented a strain of emotive songwriting that continues to send chills down the spine, while “Oh, Pretty Woman” showed that he could knock out a transat...
As both a solo artist and leader of The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty has embodied heartland rock like no other artist. The Heartbreakers might have emerged at the height of punk, yet songs such as “American Girl” established the group as a raw roots-rock outfit that could more than hold their own among the political firebrands. As a solo artist, Petty ...
A leader of Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne established his group as the 70s’ answer to The Beatles, working up increasingly ambitious pop-rock masterpieces such as “Livin’ Thing” and “Mr. Blue Sky,” which have gone on to define the decade. It’s fitting, then, that in the wake of ELO’s split, Lynne would go on to co-produce George Harrison’s l...
The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne, who made music for fun in 1988. Learn about their individual careers, their connections, and their legacy as the Billion Dollar Quintet.
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Music video by The Traveling Wilburys performing Handle With Care. (C) 2007 T. Wilbury Limited.
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