The Traveling Wilburys, the supergroup that included our dear George in the 1980's was merely a "happy accident".
George was working on his Cloud Nine album and needed a b-side for his single "This is Love". George gathered up friends Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan to record a song together. Tom Petty was also included when George realized he left his guitar at Tom's house and had to retrieve it. They recorded the song "Handle With Care" which the record company rejected, saying it was too good to be used as an "album filler".
So they wrote a handful of songs together as a group, calling themselves "The Traveling Wilburys", "Wilburys" being a slang term that George and Jeff used in the studio to refer to various pieces of musical equipment lying about.
The first Wilburys album "The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1" was recorded in a period of 10 days in 1988. Each member contributed to every song, making it a true collaborative effort, something George missed out on during his time with the Beatles.
The album was a huge success, both critical and commercial, going triple-platinum and winning a Grammy award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group in 1989.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Thought for Thursday
George, on what he thinks happens when you die:
"Well, what do you think happens to people when they go home and they take their suit off? That’s what I think— your body falls off, but you’ve still got two other bodies, fortunately. This is how I see it; this thing they call the soul. In the Bible, I think Jesus said there are three cages for the Bird of Paradise. And the Bird of Paradise is this soul, this perfect thing that has its own identity, and then the three cages are these three bodies. One body is called the causal body, the next body is called the astral body and the third is called the gross physical body.
So death is only relative to birth— if you don’t wanna die, you don’t get born. But as long as you’re born, you’ve got to die, because just as sure as nighttime is gonna follow daytime, death is gonna follow birth. Like Bob Dylan said, "Look out kid, it’s something you did. God knows when, but you’re doing it again." So what happens is your body falls off. Gets tired or for whatever reason, and you’re now in your astral body, which is much more subtle and is made of light. Then, just like on your radio, where you can change the frequency without turning the dial, there’s a whole ’nother thing happening there. And that’s what it’s like: all these different levels are all right here, but they’re all vibrating on different frequencies. So death is just where your suit falls off and now you’re in your other suit. But you can’t see it on this level, so it’s all right. Don’t worry."
"Well, what do you think happens to people when they go home and they take their suit off? That’s what I think— your body falls off, but you’ve still got two other bodies, fortunately. This is how I see it; this thing they call the soul. In the Bible, I think Jesus said there are three cages for the Bird of Paradise. And the Bird of Paradise is this soul, this perfect thing that has its own identity, and then the three cages are these three bodies. One body is called the causal body, the next body is called the astral body and the third is called the gross physical body.
So death is only relative to birth— if you don’t wanna die, you don’t get born. But as long as you’re born, you’ve got to die, because just as sure as nighttime is gonna follow daytime, death is gonna follow birth. Like Bob Dylan said, "Look out kid, it’s something you did. God knows when, but you’re doing it again." So what happens is your body falls off. Gets tired or for whatever reason, and you’re now in your astral body, which is much more subtle and is made of light. Then, just like on your radio, where you can change the frequency without turning the dial, there’s a whole ’nother thing happening there. And that’s what it’s like: all these different levels are all right here, but they’re all vibrating on different frequencies. So death is just where your suit falls off and now you’re in your other suit. But you can’t see it on this level, so it’s all right. Don’t worry."
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