1- The Traveling Wilburys recorded two albums, the first in 1988 and the second in 1990, though Roy Orbison died before the second was laid down.
2- The Traveling Wilburys were the original rock ‘n’ roll supergroup. They consisted of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Roy Orbison and ELO’s Jeff Lynne.
3- Their 1988 album Travelling Wilburys Volume One won the 1989 Grammy award for Best Rock Performance by a Group with Vocals.
4- According to Petty, Harrison’s dream for the Wilburys was to handpick the participants and create “the perfect little band”, but the criteria for inclusion were governed most by “who you could hang out with
5- The band came together in April 1988, when Harrison was in Los Angeles to oversee the filming of his HandMade production Checking Out.
6- George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison, all contributed verses to “Handle With Care” which was to be the B-side. The record company rejected it as a B-side because they felt that the song was “too good to throw away,” and thus the first steps to “Volume 1” began. “That’s What It Takes” and “Zig Zag” took the place as the B-side, depending on what country released the single.
7- They were so super, in fact, that at first blush the Traveling Wilburys sounded like a cruel hoax. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty in the same band? That couldn’t happen, right? But it did – and on Oct. 18, 1988, we heard our first full-length proof of their union.
8- The band The Traveling Wilburys was formed almost as a joke in order to make a B-side to a George Harrison single This Is Love .
9- Jeff Lynne was leader of the Electric Light Orchestra, Tom Petty’s group was the Heartbreakers and George Harrison was lead guitarist with The Beatles. Genesis was an English rock band whose original lineup was Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Chris Stewart. Phil Collins also played drums with Genesis.
10- ‘Traveling Wilburys Vol.1’ was followed by ‘Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3’ in 1980. The reason for this was given as “George being George”. I made up all the wrong answers. In 2007 a box set, ‘The Traveling Wilburys Collection’, containing both albums and a DVD, was released. It went straight to number one in the UK, and also charted at number 9 in the US Billboard 200.
11- Their debut album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 proved an enduring critical success, in 1989 and 1990 winning accolades such as a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
12- Roy Orbison sadly died in December 1988, so was not on the second album. The video for the Vol.1 song ‘End of the Line’, shows a rocking chair and Roy Orbison’s guitar as a tribute over his vocals.
13- Harrison first suggested “the Trembling Wilburys” as the group’s name; at Lynne’s suggestion, they amended it to “Traveling Wilburys”
14- “End of the Line” takes place on a train. The four surviving Wilburys take turns singing their parts and when Roy’s turn comes up (after Tom sings “maybe somewhere when somebody plays Purple Haze”) the train enters a tunnel and the lights dim. If you remember the video, next to Tom is a picture frame with Roy’s photo in it, possibly from a photo shoot for his “Mystery Girl” album and a rocking chair with his guitar is between Jeff and Bob.
15- They were named after a slang term that George Harrison and Jeff Lynne gave to studio equipment. The pair referred to equalizers and limiters as “wilburys,” as in “we’ll bury that mistake in the mix.”
16- George Harrison first mentioned the Traveling Wilburys publicly during a radio interview with Bob Coburn on the show Rockline in February 1988
17- Tom Petty was Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. on the first album and Muddy Wilbury on the second, George Harrison was Nelson Wilbury and Spike Wilbury and Jeff Lynne was Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury.
sources
http://www.songfacts.com/facts-the_traveling_wilburys.php
You need Fact 19. End of the Line was recorded in Los Angeles but what train and where was it running in the video?
I think…. it might have been old Number 3 out of Railroad 1897 at Jamestown California. That looks like the proper countryside. Please find out.
This was one of the best band ever.. the talent was amazing
The very first time I heard THEM I fell in love with their music. I hunted for YEARS looking for the 2nd album to complete the set. Then found out there never was a second album.
Never the less…the Wilbury’s were (after Tom and the Heartbreakers), in my opinion the best band ever. Dripping with talent, but not one hint of egotism amongst them…
3 is the second and final studio album by the Traveling Wilburys, a group consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. It was released on October 29,