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Jeff Lynne: “Bob Dylan Wanted To Call Us Roy & The Boys”

November 5, 2015 by admin

MOJO

Jeff Lynne: “Bob Dylan Wanted To Call Us Roy & The Boys”

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

IF IT HAD been up to Bob Dylan the Traveling Wilburys would have been simply known as Roy And The Boys, Jeff Lynne has told MOJO.The ELO leader speaks in the MOJO Interview in our latest issue (December 15 / #265), and in a career-spanning look back he recalls how a late night conversation led to him forming a super-group that included Bob Dylan, who really wanted to be “just one of the lads”.

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Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

The Traveling Wilburys “End of the Line”

November 18, 2014 by admin

“END OF THE LINE” by The Traveling Wilburys

Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: "End of the Line", Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

“HANDLE WITH CARE” by The Traveling Wilburys on Jalopnik

June 11, 2014 by admin

“HANDLE WITH CARE” by The Traveling Wilburys

Here’s a brief write-up of the super-group made up of Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and George Harrison appropriately enough, on the car culture blog Jalopnik.  Orbison was an avid car collector and much of the work from these five in that period was recorded in Mike Campbell’s garage!

 

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: car, culture, George Harrison, Handle With Care, Jeff Lynne, Jim Keltner, Roy Orbison, supergroup, Tom Petty

On this day in 1963- Roy Orbison & The Beatles

June 4, 2014 by admin

On this day in 1963 Roy Orbison and The Beatles played a show together in Birmingham, England.

This tour would spark lifelong friendships between Orbison and The Beatles- Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.  Orbison and Harrison would even go on to form The Traveling Wilburys together and work on each other’s solo albums such as Harrison’s Cloud Nine and Orbison’s Mystery Girl.

From the Orbison Archives, here’s a ticket stub from the show in Birmingham, UK 51 years ago today-

The Beatles & Roy Orbison

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: 1963, Cloud Nine, George Harrison, John Lennon, Mystery Girl, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison, The Beatles

“HANDLE WITH CARE” The Traveling Wilburys

April 11, 2014 by admin

“I was just taken by how amazing this guy was, I mean, just sitting, singing softly on the sofa with an acoustic guitar his voice was unbelievable.”

– Tom Petty talking about Roy Orbison in the new documentary Mystery Girl: Unraveled

 

Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan formed the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys.   Here they are with their hit, “HANDLE WITH CARE” –

 

Filed Under: Official News Tagged With: Bob Dylan, documenary, George Harrison, Handle With Care, Jeff Lynne, Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Unraveled

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