The Traveling Wilburys also appeared in a number of projects outside of their two albums Harrison appeared as Nelson Wilbury on Warner Bros.
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Lynne produced and played on the Petty solo album Full Moon Fever (1989).Harrison also contributed acoustic guitar to one track. Lynne and Petty worked fairly extensively on Orbison's final album Mystery Girl (1989).1988-1992), the five members of the Traveling Wilburys frequently collaborated on each other's solo records: Collaborations ĭuring their time together (approx. In the booklet contained in the 2007 box set, the album title is credited to "George being George" apparently Harrison was making a wry reference to the appearance of a bootleg that served as a sort of Volume 2. It was released on October 30, 1990, and met with less success than the previous one. Despite Orbison's death, the remaining group members recorded a second and final studio album, which they intentionally misnumbered Traveling Wilburys Vol. In tribute to Orbison, the music video for " End of the Line" shows Orbison's guitar rocking in a chair as the rest of the group play, followed by a brief shot focusing on a framed picture of him. Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on December 6, 1988. On the second album they were written by Eric Idle under a pseudonym. Liner notes on the album cover were written by Michael Palin under a pseudonym. The album was nominated for several awards and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group in 1989. The album was a critical and commercial success, spawning several successful singles and eventually reaching triple-platinum sales status in the US. The "Wilburys" joke was extended further, with the band members credited under various pseudonyms and pretending to be half-brothers – sons of a fictional Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr. The album was recorded in the house and garden of Eurythmics member Dave Stewart. Written by all five men, it was recorded over a ten-day period in May 1988, and released on October 18. The members enjoyed working together so much that they decided to create a full album together.
The record label, however, decided that the song that resulted, " Handle with Care", was too good to be released as a "single filler". Tom Petty's involvement came by chance, as Harrison had left his guitar at Petty's house and Harrison went to get it and Petty came back with him. Starting with a meal among Harrison, Lynne and Roy Orbison, the group came together at Bob Dylan's home studio in Malibu, California, to record an additional track as a B-side for the single release of Harrison's " This Is Love". Harrison suggested "The Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name instead, Lynne suggested "Traveling", with which the group agreed.
Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance and the term was used again when the group were together. Referring to recording errors created by some faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, " We'll bury 'em in the mix". it's this new group I got: it's called the Traveling Wilburys, I'd like to do an album with them and later we can all do our own albums again." "Wilbury" was a slang term first used by Harrison during the recording of Cloud Nine with Jeff Lynne. to do an album with me and some of my mates. When asked what he planned to do as a follow-up for his Cloud Nine album, Harrison replied: "What I'd really like to do next is. George Harrison first mentioned the Traveling Wilburys during a radio interview with Bob Coburn on the Rockline radio station in February 1988.