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The person George Harrison said gave Traveling Wilburys an edge

The person George Harrison said gave Traveling Wilburys an edge

The person George Harrison said gave Traveling Wilburys an edge
July 01
10:33 2025

The entire story of the Traveling Wilburys still feels like one of the happiest accidents in rock and roll history. Had the stars not aligned that fateful day when George Harrison needed a B-side for one of his singles, we may not have had the opportunity to listen to one of the greatest supergroups of all time, but when everyone got together for a jam session, it was too good for them to go their separate ways when the night was over. They were simply having too much fun, but Harrison was the first to say that everyone brought their own spice to everything.Whereas Harrison might have been the ringleader responsible for bringing all of them together, there were always bound to be some hiccups along the way. Since there were five people who all played guitar, there needed to be another person there to help even things out, and Jeff Lynne may as well have been the orchestrator behind everything. He had the smoothest voice and could play note-perfect, but he knew when to fall back if Roy Orbison had any idea for a vocal.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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