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Saturday, November 16. 2013

Handle With Care: "Oh, sweet smell of success..."

Jeff Lynne is almost a necessary addition to any group with his addition of depth, rhythm, and complexity to instruments with strings. He would make even me sound good. And nobody can compete with Roy. Even Elvis envied him. He is just too much. George has good taste on guitar, too.  RIP, you two wonderful guys who enriched our lives.


What a Supergroup, just good guys having fun with tunes, with Bob always a humble minor player: "I've been f-ed up, and I've been a fool..."  Indeed.



Posted by Bird Dog at 16:32 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Roy's not wearing shades!
#1 Sam L. on 2013-11-16 17:18 (Reply)
Video: Batkid to the Rescue - Leukimia kid Dream come true! AMAZING

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/11/video-batkid-to-rescue-leukimia-kid.html
#2 Steve on 2013-11-16 17:28 (Reply)
It took me a long time to realize how amazing Roy Orbison's voice was. Now, I almost spend the entire song (and the other TW songs) waiting for Roy's vocal parts! He is missed!
#3 mudbug on 2013-11-16 19:59 (Reply)
That's why Orbison was called "The Voice". There will never be another like him.
#3.1 Tom Francis on 2013-11-16 21:29 (Reply)
Agreed!
#3.1.1 mudbug on 2013-11-16 22:48 (Reply)
They were good because they loved music and took their talents as far as they could go. Another addition to the Wilbury library is their cover of Dell Shannon's Runaway.
#4 Gringo on 2013-11-16 20:47 (Reply)
I'm old. Saw Orbison in 63 in Jacksonville. Fantastic.

Runaway was a great song for the time, or, anytime.
#5 XRay on 2013-11-16 22:21 (Reply)
The YouTube video recommends include a short film called TRAVELING WILBURYS - FANTASTIC DOCUMENTARY parts I & II. Very interesting.
#6 Colorado on 2013-11-16 22:35 (Reply)
Jeff Lynne is much-underappreciated artist. I happened to be watching the animation "Megamind" with my son and on comes the ELO song "Mr. Blue Sky" as part of the soundtrack, and I hauled out some old ELO stuff and enjoyed it all over again.
#7 stimpy on 2013-11-17 02:31 (Reply)
My favorite Wilburys - their tribute to Orbison:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkdjyx_end-of-the-line-travelling-wilburys_music
#8 Roy Lofquist on 2013-11-17 05:14 (Reply)
I've seen this video many times, and each time I wonder what it must have been like for Tom Petty to play with these lions.
#9 Estoy Listo on 2013-11-17 21:23 (Reply)

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