McCartney Times

When Tom Petty recieved a call from George Harrison to join The Travelling Wilburys, he felt as though he was dreaming. He went from hero-worshipping The Beatles to suddenly being in a band with one alongside Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.

Each member of the group was involved in the project for leisure purposes and chose not to take it too seriously. They’d all previously enjoyed endless success in their previous endeavours, and for them, The Wilburys was about rediscovering their childlike joy of making music for the sake of making music.

Harrison had become jaded by the music industry following a long, drawn-out court case which made him lose his passion for creating records. He also longed for the simple joy of being in a band and the camaraderie that comes along with it.

After deciding he wanted to be in a group again, Harrison was then tasked with assembling a line-up, and he had little trouble recruiting star-studded colleagues.

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Source: What George Harrison told Tom Petty after Roy Orbison died