THE WILBURYS.com
TheWilburys.com

Five legends.
One fake family.
Zero live shows.

The Traveling Wilburys made two albums, invented a fictional dead father, and never once played a concert. This is the deepest account of how that happened anywhere on the internet: song by song, member by member, with nothing left out.

68
pages of researched, fact-checked writing
25
songs explained individually, track by track
0
live shows the band ever played
3
years the band actually existed
Just want the music

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The Traveling Wilburys Collection

Both albums, all four bonus tracks, plus the documentary and every music video on one bonus disc.

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Vinyl

The Collection, 3LP box

180-gram audiophile pressing with a bonus 12-inch of material not available anywhere else.

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Start with the story

How a spare B-side turned into a supergroup, told properly from the beginning.

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Every track on both albums, explained one at a time. Start wherever you like.

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If you read one thing
"He'd spent that evening flying radio-controlled model airplanes with his son. He lived just long enough to watch 'Handle With Care' climb the charts."

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