McCartney Times

Sometimes, the Traveling Wilburys seem like a fever dream. If you took a blow to the head and started telling your friend about a band that consisted of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, and they told you such a fantasy never existed, you’d surely believe them. It’s the contemporary equivalent of Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach and Chopin getting together and belting out a couple of classics at the Georgian equivalent of a barbecue.While the very existence of the band is maddening, everything else about them was decidedly lowkey. In essence, their formation was akin to George Harrison making a group text with his musical mates. Fated did the rest. As Tom Petty once opined, “None of this would’ve happened without [George Harrison]. It was George’s band—it was always George’s band and it was a dream he had for a long time.” When it comes to Petty’s involvement that held even more truth. To begin with, Petty was out of the picture.

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