DIRTY
WORLD
THE
TRAVELLING WILBURYS
SONGWRITERS: Bob Dylan; George Harrison; Jeff Lynne;
Roy Orbison & Tom Petty
COUNTRY: U. K. X U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE TRAVELLING WILLBURYS VOL I
LABEL: WILBURY
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1988
The Traveling Wilburys(sometimes shortened to
the Wilburys) were a British–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan,
George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Originating
from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's
1987 album Cloud Nine,
the band formed in April 1988 after the five members united to record a bonus
track for Harrison's next European single. 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. 1. Following Orbison's death in
December 1988, the Wilburys released a second album, which they titled Traveling
Wilburys Vol. 3, in 1990.
The
project's work received much anticipation given the diverse nature of the
singer-songwriters. The band members adopted tongue-in-cheek
pseudonyms as half-brothers from the fictional Wilbury family of travelling
musicians. Vol. 1 was a critical and commercial success, helping to revitalise
Dylan's and Petty's respective careers. In 1990, the album won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
Although
Harrison envisaged a series of Wilburys albums and a film about the band,
produced through his company HandMade,
the group's final release was in February 1991. After several years of
unavailability, the two Wilburys albums were reissued by the Harrison estate in
the 2007 box set The Traveling Wilburys Collection.
The box set included a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary on
the band's formation.
The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 is the debut
studio album by the English-American supergroup Traveling Wilburys,
comprising George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. It was
released in October 1988 to commercial success and critical acclaim Although
Harrison had long planned to start such a band, the project came about through
happenstance. Harrison was in Los Angeles and in need of a B-side for a single
from his Cloud Nine album, which resulted in the participants collaborating informally
on the song "Handle with
Care" at Dylan's home. Adopting alter egos as the five
Wilbury brothers, they then recorded a full album, produced by Lynne and
Harrison. It was the only Wilburys album to feature Orbison, who
died suddenly of a heart attack less
than two months after its release. The group continued as a four-piece after his death.
The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was nominated
for the Grammy Award
for Album of the Year in 1989 and
helped revitalise the careers of Dylan and Petty. It has been certified triple
platinum by the Recording Industry Association of
America.
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