British guitarist analyses the Traveling Wilburys' formative composition!

It's the track that started it, performed here by members Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty in 2002!

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[cawfeedawg]

my only criticism is I could only give one like. 🤣
Damn, I really miss George Harrison, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison.

[WalkenDead]

Jeff did a very admirable job handle the Orbison vocal parts

[MaggieValera]

Jeff Lynn is the only one who could sing Roy Orbison's parts. Anyone would else would have made it a caricature, Jeff made it an homage. The whole Wilburys project was such a case of lightning crashes. So many greats, not showing off, not one upping each other, but just coming together and showing themselves as a bunch of guys doing what they love.

OMG I had no idea about The Life of Brian! That's amazing! Thanks Fil!

[trishaurvan]

Bless the Wilburys! Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Roy Orbison...may they forever rest in peace! Jeff Lynne is a genius and who can forget Dylan...a true supergroup

[nancypatterson]

You can certainly tell who George Harrison's son is. He looks just like his father. May He RIP.

[lynndow]

Perfectly lovely analysis and great encapsulation of the whole complex story. One sweet little fact: when Dhani was growing up at Friar Park, George was massively involved with landscaping the grounds. So, when Dhani was asked about his father as a musician, he said that he didn't really know he WAS a musician, he always thought he was a gardener. Thank you so much for this one!

[chronomatt]

Nice to see a music reviewer get the Wilbury’s history correct, Fil. One of the reasons for the concert’s excellent audio (it’s fully available on CD and DVD) is Jeff Lynne’s production. He spent months with engineers perfecting it. Good job, Jeff.

[holydado]

Fil your enthusiasm for music is so evident and it’s so refreshing. I love music more than most in my everyday life, it’s nice seeing you with a smile on your face listening/watching great music.

[dlwatib]

I love Roy Orbison's rendition, but I get chills when Jeff Lynne sings it too. Both great singers, each in his own unique way. Traveling Wilburys had so many superstars it would have been impossible to pay them enough if they hadn't been doing it for friendship and for the love of music.

Thanks, Fil, for another great review with lots of background information. I can see you like to do your research almost as much as you like to listen to the music.

[jazzcat]

Still hard to believe Tom’s not with us anymore😔 love Mike Campbell great slide playing 🤘🏻

[chasr]

I fell in love with song about 3 seconds in to the first time I heard it. So Classic

[margreetanceaux]

Still in awe for how they filmed the (already recorded) End of the Line, with the deceased Roy Orbison represented by his guitar in a rocking chair.

[NuclearGrizzly]

So who else caught themselves tappin' their toes, bobbin' their heads and with an ear to ear grin?

[nickelmickel]

I am a sixties seventies Rock and roll blues boogie fan,
but the traveling wilburys CD vol 1 sits atop of all my collection.

[GS-xtfu]

George, Tom and Roy. Sadly gone. Could you imagine just getting to hang out with these guys and listen to them speak, write, compose and...hang out. Priceless

[alanna]

Jeff Lynn is the only one that can fill Orbison's shoes here.
Simply magic!❤❤❤❤❤

[ianking]

That song came on the radio, in 1988, as I was driving the highway, in the rain, at night -- after having been devastated in a brutal event -- towards a job interview the next day, in a town somewhere where I was supposed to pretend that I was on top of the world. Emotionally, my guts were hanging out over the steering wheel and I was a ghost driving emptily towards a future I wanted no part of. The song was like a balm -- soothing and healing -- it made me cry and laugh at the same time. That night, a handful of superstars touched a regular Joe in exactly the way needed. I'll always be grateful for that song, in that moment, and for their dedication to make what is really just magical music.

[itsmommy]

I'm watching this for a second time, just because it brings me such pleasure. It is probably one of the most magical stories ever about how artists came together to create great music. You tell it so well and I love how much you seem to delight in sharing it.

[timemerich]

being as big of a Jeff fan as Jeff is a Beatlemanic, i thought i'd seen everything he had participated in till i just saw this... THANK YOU Fil!

[jasholden]

The part that I notice is that *these are guys who don't play together all the time, but it's great.*

The Wilburys made me a lot more of a _fan_ of *Jeff Lynne* than I was before.