Traveling Wilburys End of the Line
A song by the Traveling Wilburys who were a British-American supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 1988, consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. They were a roots rock band and described as "perhaps the biggest supergroup of all time".
The band formed in April 1988 after the five members united to record a bonus track for Harrison's next European single. When this collaboration, "Handle with Care", was deemed too good for such a limited release, the group agreed to record a full album, titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, released in October 1988.. It was the final track on their debut album Vol. 1, released in October 1988. It was also issued in January 1989 as the band's second single. The song was mainly written by Harrison and was assigned to his publishing company. However, all five members of the group received a songwriting credit in keeping with the collaborative concept behind the Wilburys project. In the United States, the single peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at No. 2 on the Album Rock Tracks chart. In the United Kingdom, the single peaked at No. 52 on the UK Singles Chart. The release of their debut album was much anticipated because of the stature of the participants.
1988 Settled in our Idyllic life in Brighton life was good for us at last, Both Olive and Myself had jobs and we were even looking at maybe buying our house from the council in the near future. Olive had a good job at British Rail and I had trained and become a Funeral Director for the Co-Op
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