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{{Infobox musical artist
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| caption         = The Traveling Wilburys in May 1988<br />(top: Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty;<br />bottom: Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison)
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = [[Los Angeles]], California, US
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[country rock]]<ref name="Goldsmith2019">{{cite book |author=Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith |title=Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6W-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 |date=22 November 2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6579-4 |page=180}}</ref>|{{nowrap|[[folk rock]]<ref name="Goldsmith2019" />}}|[[roots rock]]<ref name="Goldsmith2019" />}}
| years_active    = {{Start date|1988}}–{{End date|1991}}
| label           = {{hlist|Wilbury|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord]]}}
| website         = {{URL|travelingwilburys.com}}
| past_members    = {{Ubl
 | [[George Harrison]]
 | [[Jeff Lynne]]
 | [[Tom Petty]]
 | [[Bob Dylan]]
 | [[Roy Orbison]]
 | [[Jim Keltner]]
 | [[Dhani Harrison]]
 | [[Gary Moore]]
 | [[Ian Wallace (drummer)|Ian Wallace]]
 | [[Jim Horn]]
 | [[Ray Cooper]]
 | [[Alex Orbison]]
 | Roy Orbison Jr.
}}
}}

'''Traveling Wilburys''' were a British-American [[Supergroup (music)|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".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-traveling-wilburys-mn0000015264 | title=The Traveling Wilburys Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | publisher=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>

Originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album ''[[Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)|Cloud Nine]]'', 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 (song)|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]]''. Following Orbison's death in December 1988, the Wilburys continued as a quartet and released a second album, incongruously titled ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]'', in 1990.

The release of their debut album was much anticipated because of the stature of the participants. The band members adopted tongue-in-cheek pseudonyms as half-brothers from the fictional Wilbury family of travelling musicians. ''Vol. 1'' was a critical and commercial success, helping to revitalise Dylan's and Petty's careers. In 1990, the album won the [[Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group]].

Although Harrison envisioned a series of Wilburys albums and a film about the band, to be produced through his company [[HandMade Films|HandMade]], the group became dormant after 1991 and never officially reunited, though the individual members continued to collaborate on each other's solo projects at various times. Harrison died in 2001, followed by Petty in 2017, leaving Dylan and Lynne as the only surviving members. After being unavailable for several years, the two Wilburys albums were reissued by the Harrison estate in the 2007 box set ''[[The Traveling Wilburys Collection]]''.

==History==

===Background===
{{quote box|align=left|quote= None of this would've happened without him. It was George's band – it was always George's band and it was a dream he had for a long time.<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 22:49 and 22:57.</ref>|source= – [[Tom Petty]]|width=25%|style=padding:8px;}}

[[George Harrison]] first mentioned the Traveling Wilburys publicly during a radio interview with [[Bob Coburn]] on the show ''[[Rockline]]'' in February 1988.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=112}}{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|p=147}} When asked how he planned to follow up the success of his ''[[Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)|Cloud Nine]]'' album, Harrison replied: "What I'd really like to do next is ... to do an album with me and some of my mates ... It's this new group I got [in mind]: it's called the Traveling Wilburys, I'd like to do an album with them and then later we can all do our own albums again."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21vC71l2bNI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/21vC71l2bNI |archive-date=30 October 2021 |title=First mention of The Traveling Wilburys |last=oo1ooo1oo |date=10 September 2012 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Harrison also stated his intention to form such a band in March 1988, in response to a suggestion from television show host [[Michael Aspel]] that he should "get a bunch of oldies together".{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=419}}}} According to [[Jeff Lynne]], who co-produced ''Cloud Nine'', Harrison introduced the idea of the two of them starting a band together around two months into the sessions for his album,<ref name="Lynne/Mojo" /> which began in early January 1987.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=469}} When discussing who the other members might be, Harrison chose [[Bob Dylan]] and Lynne opted for [[Roy Orbison]].<ref name="Lynne/Mojo">{{cite web |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/22257/jeff-lynne-bob-dylan-traveling-wilburys/ |title=Jeff Lynne: 'Bob Dylan Wanted To Call Us Roy & The Boys' |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=4 November 2015 |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Zanes|2007|p=158}} The term "Wilbury" also originated during the ''Cloud Nine'' sessions. Referring to recording errors created by faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, "''We'll bury'' 'em in the mix."{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=112}}<ref name="ostin">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Traveling Wilburys Collection |others=Traveling Wilburys |year=2007 |url=http://www.travelingwilburys.com/history |chapter=The History of the Traveling Wilburys: Introduction |first=Mo |last=Ostin |author-link=Mo Ostin |pages=2–3 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Wilbury Records}}</ref> Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance. Harrison first suggested "the Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name; at Lynne's suggestion, they amended it to "Traveling Wilburys".{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=112}}{{refn|group=nb|When promoting the Wilburys in October 1988, Harrison joked that the inspiration for the band's formation and their name came originally from [[Charles III of the United Kingdom|Prince Charles]], who was impressed with Harrison and Lynne's performance at the [[The Prince's Trust|Prince's Trust]] Concert in June 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=You've Seen 'em Before, but Now Meet These Wild Wilburys |author1=Young, Jacob |author2=Gold, Todd |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=31 October 1988 |url=https://people.com/archive/youve-seen-em-before-but-now-meet-these-wild-wilburys-vol-30-no-18/ |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>}}

During his ''Rockline'' interview, Harrison voiced his support for Dylan,{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=625}} at a time when Dylan was experiencing an artistic and commercial low point in his career.{{sfn|Sounes|2001|pp=384–85}} Harrison and Lynne became friends with [[Tom Petty]] in October 1987, when Petty and his band, [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], [[Temples in Flames Tour|toured Europe]] as Dylan's backing group on the [[Temples in Flames Tour]].{{sfn|Zanes|2007|pp=158, 164}}{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|pp=142–43}} The friendship continued in Los Angeles later that year.{{sfn|Zanes|2007|p=157}} There, Harrison struck up a musical rapport with Petty based on their shared love of 1950s [[Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]],{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|pp=143–44}} and Lynne began collaborating with Petty on what became Petty's debut solo album, ''[[Full Moon Fever]]'', and writing songs with Orbison, Lynne's longtime musical hero,{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|pp=116, 119–20}} for Orbison's comeback album, ''[[Mystery Girl]]''.{{sfn|Amburn|1990|pp=213, 218}}{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|p=730}} According to Petty, Harrison's dream for the Wilburys was to handpick the participants and create "the perfect little band", but the criteria for inclusion were governed most by "who you could hang out with".{{sfn|Harrison|2011|p=355}} The five musicians also bonded over a shared appreciation of the English comedy troupe [[Monty Python]].<ref name="GenesisBook" /> Harrison, who had worked with the members of Monty Python on various productions by his company [[HandMade Films]] since the late 1970s, particularly appreciated Orbison's gift for impersonation and his ability to recite entire sketches by the troupe.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=418}}{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=116}}<gallery style="text-align:center">
File:Jefflynne hydepark (cropped).jpg|Otis Wilbury (Lynne)
File:Roy Orbison at Nigra in 1984 - PICT0026.jpg|Lefty Wilbury (Orbison)
File:Tom Petty (8191710373).jpg|Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. (Petty)
File:Bob Dylan - Azkena Rock Festival 2010 2.jpg|Lucky Wilbury (Dylan)
</gallery>

===1988–1991===

===="Handle with Care" and band formation====
The band came together in April 1988,{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=475}} when Harrison was in Los Angeles to oversee the filming of his HandMade production ''[[Checking Out (1989 film)|Checking Out]]''.{{sfn|Badman|2001|pp=406–07}} At that time, [[Warner Bros. Records]] asked Harrison for a new song to serve as the B-side for the European release of his third single from ''Cloud Nine'', "[[This Is Love (George Harrison song)|This Is Love]]".{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|pp=470, 475}} During a meal with Lynne and Orbison, Harrison asked Lynne to help him record the track and invited Orbison to attend the session,{{sfn|Amburn|1990|p=218}} which he then arranged to take place at Dylan's garage studio in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=419}} since no professional studios were available at such short notice.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=625}} Petty's involvement came about when Harrison went to retrieve his guitar from Petty's house and invited him to attend also.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|pp=112–13}}

Working on a song that Harrison had recently started writing, the ensemble completed the track, which they titled "[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]" after a label on a box in Dylan's garage.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=419}} When Harrison presented the recording to [[Mo Ostin]] and [[Lenny Waronker]] of Warner Bros., the executives insisted that the song was too good to be used as a B-side.{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|p=148}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Andy |last=Gill |title=The Traveling Wilburys |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=19 June 2007}}</ref> In Petty's recollection, Harrison and Lynne then decided to realise their idea of forming a Wilburys band, and first invited him to join before phoning Dylan, who also agreed to join.<ref name="Zimmer/BAM" /> That night, Harrison, Lynne and Petty drove to [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] to see Orbison perform at the Celebrity Theatre and recruited him for the group shortly before he went on stage. In Petty's description, Orbison performed an "unbelievable show", during which "we'd punch each other and go, 'He's in our band, too.' ... We were all so excited."<ref name="Zimmer/BAM">{{cite magazine |first=Dave |last=Zimmer |title=Tom Petty: Once in a Full Moon |magazine=[[BAM (magazine)|BAM]] |date=5 May 1989}} Available at [https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/tom-petty-once-in-a-full-moon Rock's Backpages] (subscription required).</ref>

====Debut album====
{{quote box|quote= From my point of view, I just tried to preserve our relationship. I worked so hard to make sure that all the guys who were in that band, and consequently on record and film, that their friendship wasn't abused. Just to preserve our friendship – that was the underlying contribution, I think, that I was trying to do.<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 22:57 and 23:21.</ref>|source= – [[George Harrison]]|width=25%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}
The band members decided to create a full album together, ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1]]''. Video footage of the creative process was later edited by Harrison into a promotional film for Warner Bros. staff, titled ''Whatever Wilbury Wilbury''.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=475}}{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=408}} The album was recorded primarily over a ten-day period in May 1988,{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=421}} to allow for Dylan's limited availability as he prepared for the start of what became known as his [[Never Ending Tour 1988|Never Ending Tour]]{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=626}}<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 2:40 and 3:00.</ref> and for Orbison's tour schedule.{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=220}} These sessions were held in the house of [[Eurythmics]] member [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]], in Los Angeles.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=420}}

The five band members sat in a circle playing acoustic guitars in Stewart's kitchen;<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 3:40 and 4:08.</ref> once each song's basic track had been written and recorded there (with accompaniment from a [[drum machine]]),<ref name="Hurwitz/Mix">{{cite web |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-traveling-wilburys-handle-care-365910 |first=Matt |last=Hurwitz |title=Classic Tracks: The Traveling Wilbury's 'Handle With Care' |work=[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |date=1 November 2007 |access-date=23 September 2018}}</ref> the group recorded their vocals in another room, usually after dinner each night.{{sfn|Zanes|2007|p=164}}{{sfn|Zollo|2005|p=122}} Petty recalled that, as a friend but also an avowed fan of Dylan's, Harrison felt the need to clear the air on the first day by saying to him: "We know that you're Bob Dylan and everything, but we're going to just treat you and talk to you like we would anybody else." Dylan replied: "Well, great. Believe it or not, I'm in awe of you guys, and it's the same for me."{{sfn|The Editors of ''Rolling Stone''|2002|p=224}} While most of the songs had a primary composer,{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=422}} all of the band members were creative equals.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=626}}{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|p=150}} Petty later described Harrison as the Wilburys' "leader and manager",{{sfn|Zollo|2005|p=124}} and credited him with being a bandleader and producer that had a natural instinct for bringing out the best in people and keeping a recording session productive.{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|p=150}}{{refn|group=nb|In music journalist Neil Staunton's description, "Harrison is acknowledged as the de facto chief Wilbury",<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/the-traveling-wilburys-collection |title=Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys Collection |last=Staunton |first=Terry |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |date=July 2007 |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> while Lynne biographer [[John Van der Kiste]] describes the Wilburys as "in effect George's group".{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=114}} In a 2009 interview for ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', in response to [[Mat Snow]]'s question "In a band of bandleaders, who was the alpha Wilbury?",<ref name="Snow/Mojo">{{cite magazine |first=Mat |last=Snow |title=Tom Petty |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=October 2009}} Available at [https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/tom-petty-3 Rock's Backpages] (subscription required).</ref> Petty said: "Definitely George. It was his idea, his vision … Yeah, he'd only ever been in one band <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[the Beatles]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. But he was the best bandleader I ever saw. He was really good at organising things, at knowing who was best at what, delegating what to do. He had a great passion for a band."{{sfn|Rotondo|2014|p=150}} Petty also recalled a subsequent discussion with Dylan when the pair were marvelling at the impact the Wilburys made and Dylan said: "Well, George is really smart. He was in the Beatles, you know."{{sfn|Zanes|2007|p=164}}}} As the group's producers, Harrison and Lynne directed the sessions, with Harrison often auditioning each member to decide who should sing a particular lead vocal part.{{sfn|Zollo|2005|pp=123, 124}}<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Simmons |title=Cry for a Shadow |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=November 2011 |page=85}}</ref> The two producers then flew back to England; Lynne recalls that, throughout the flight, he and Harrison enthused about how to turn the sparse, acoustic-based tracks into completed recordings.<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 18:24 and 19:05.</ref> Overdubs and further recording took place at Harrison's studio, [[FPSHOT]],<ref name="Zimmer/BAM" /> with "Sideburys" [[Jim Keltner]] (drums), [[Jim Horn]] (saxophones) and [[Ray Cooper]] (percussion).{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=475}} Harrison described the band's sound as "[[skiffle]] for the 1990s".{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=221}}

The album was released on 18 October 1988.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=414}} Distributed by Warner Bros., it appeared on the new Wilbury record label rather than on Harrison's [[Dark Horse Records|Dark Horse]] label, in the interests of maintaining the group identity.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=114}} Over the months following the end of recording in the summer, contractual issues had been successfully negotiated between Warner and the record companies representing Dylan, Petty, Lynne and Orbison. As was the case in 1971 when [[EMI]] prepared Harrison's multi-artist [[The Concert for Bangladesh (album)|live album]] from the [[The Concert for Bangladesh|Concert for Bangladesh]] for release, Dylan's label, [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], presented the main stumbling block.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=475}}{{refn|group=nb|One of the record company executives reluctantly agreed, conceding that he did not want to be the person blocking the Wilburys venture and "standing in the way of history being made".{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=421}}}} In the album credits, the "Wilburys" joke was extended further, with the band members listed under various pseudonyms and pretending to be half-brothers – sons of a fictional Charles Truscott Wilbury Sr.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgeharrison.com/sites/default/files/Wilburys_Stream.html |title=Wilburys Streaming Event Honors Father's Day |publisher=georgeharrison.com |access-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729185601/http://www.georgeharrison.com/sites/default/files/Wilburys_Stream.html |archive-date=29 July 2013}}</ref>{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=115}} During promotion for the album, Orbison played along with the mock history, saying: "Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder, but I remember him as a Baptist minister."{{sfn|Amburn|1990|p=221}}{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=421}}

''Vol. 1'' was a critical and commercial success, and revitalised the careers of Dylan, Orbison and Petty.<ref name="Erlewine/AM" /> As Harrison had intended, the album defied contemporary musical trends such as [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[acid house]] and synthesised pop; author [[Alan Clayson]] likens its release to "a Viking longship docking in a hovercraft terminal".{{sfn|Clayson|2003|pp=421–22}}{{refn|group=nb|According to Harrison's neighbour and fellow musician [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], he identified the Wilburys as a [[skiffle]] band. Brown added: "That track 'Rattled', that's a real skiffle thrash-up; it sounds like a [[Washboard (musical instrument)|washboard]], but it's Jim Keltner playing all the grilles on the fridge in George's kitchen."{{sfn|Humphries|2012|p=261}}}} The album produced two successful singles and went on to achieve triple-platinum certification for sales in the United States. It was nominated for several awards and won the 1990 [[Grammy Award]] for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Liner notes on the album cover were written by Monty Python's [[Michael Palin]] under a pseudonym.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=421}} Palin's essay was based on an idea by [[Derek Taylor]],{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=115}} who wrote an extensive fictional history of the Wilburys family that otherwise went unused.{{sfn|Zollo|2005|p=124}} Harrison planned a feature film about the band, to be produced by HandMade and directed by [[David Leland]], but contractual problems ended the project.{{sfn|The Editors of ''Rolling Stone''|2002|p=207}}

====Orbison's death, "Nobody's Child" and ''Vol. 3''====
Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=416}} In tribute to him, the music video for the band's second single, "[[End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]]", shows a black-and-white framed photo of Orbison, and his guitar is shown, rocking in a chair, whenever his vocals are heard.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=423}} Lynne recalled that Orbison's death in the wake of ''Vol. 1''{{'}}s success was "the most sickening thing to me". He added: "I was devastated for ages ... Me and Roy had had plans to do much more together, and his voice was in really good shape. It was just so sad for that to happen."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8480749/jeff-lynne-traveling-wilburys-vol-1-30th-anniversary-elo-album-tom-petty |first=Joel |last=Keller |title=Jeff Lynne Looks Back on Traveling Wilburys & the 30th Anniversary of 'Vol. 1': 'It Was a Marvelous Time' |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref> Although there was speculation in the press that [[Del Shannon]] or [[Roger McGuinn]] might join the Wilburys, the remaining members never considered replacing Orbison.{{sfn|Zollo|2005|p=124}}{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=124}}{{refn|group=nb|[[Carl Perkins]], [[Robbie Robertson]] and [[Gene Pitney]] were among the other musicians rumoured to be the new fifth Wilbury.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=423}}}} Lynne later said: "We'd become this unit, we were all good pals … We always knew we were going to do another one, and now it's just the four of us."{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=124}}

Harrison was the most active in promoting the Wilburys, carrying out interviews well into 1989.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=421}} He said he was "wait[ing] for all the other Wilburys to finish being solo artists" so that they could renew the collaboration.{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=224}} By contrast, according to author [[Clinton Heylin]], Dylan appeared to give the band little attention as he focused on re-establishing himself as a live performer before recording his 1989 album ''[[Oh Mercy]]''.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|pp=627–28}}{{refn|group=nb|When commenting on Dylan's absence from promoting ''Vol. 1'', Harrison said: "He has no qualms about taking 20% of the royalties but he doesn't do [the] interviews."{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=415}}}}

In March 1990, Harrison, Lynne, Petty and Dylan reunited to work on a second Wilburys album, which they intentionally misnumbered ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]''.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=478}} It was preceded by a non-album single, a cover of "[[Nobody's Child (Hank Snow song)|Nobody's Child]]",{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2015|p=115}} which the band recorded for [[Olivia Harrison]]'s [[Romanian Angel Appeal]] charity project.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=478}}{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=424}} The duration of the main album sessions was again dictated by Dylan's touring schedule and limited availability. Having asked Dylan to record a lead vocal for all the songs before his departure, Harrison was then loath to replace many of the parts, resulting in a greater prominence for Dylan as a lead singer.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=478}} Although he ceded his own role as a lead vocalist to Dylan and to Petty,{{sfn|Huntley|2006|pp=229, 230}} Harrison took over more of the production and contributed more prominently as a lead guitarist than before.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=267, 268}} Petty described the album as "a little more rough and ready, a bit more raucous" than ''Vol. 1'',{{sfn|Zanes|2007|p=161}} while Dylan said the new songs were more developed as compositions relative to the "scraped up from jam tapes" approach to the band's debut.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=478}}

''Vol. 3'' was released on 29 October 1990.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=453}} It was dedicated to Orbison, as "Lefty Wilbury", the pseudonym that Orbison had used in 1988 in honour of his hero [[Lefty Frizzell]].{{sfn|Clayson|1989|pp=206–07}} The album met with less success than the previous one. According to Mo Ostin, the choice of album title came about through "George being George";<ref name="ostin" /> apparently Harrison was making a wry reference to the appearance of a bootleg that served as a sort of ''Volume 2''.<ref>[http://www.jpgr.co.uk/wx384.html Traveling Wilburys Volume 3], 2002</ref> The album's liner notes were written by [[Eric Idle]], another Python member, who again adopted a pseudonym. For the band's final single, "[[Wilbury Twist]]", they filmed a video in which Idle, [[John Candy]] and other comedic actors attempt to master the song's eponymous dance style. The clip was filmed in Los Angeles and completed on 28 February 1991.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=480}}{{refn|group=nb|For its inclusion in the 2007 box set ''[[The Traveling Wilburys Collection]]'', the video was re-edited to favour footage of the group miming to the song, with only minimal footage of the guest actors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdmg.com/travelingwilburys.shtml |first=Colin |last=Jacobson |title=The Traveling Wilburys Collection (2007) |publisher=DVD Movie Guide |date=21 June 2007 |access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>}}

===After the Wilburys===
According to Jim Keltner, the decision on the group's future after ''Vol. 3'' lay with Harrison. Keltner said that from his conversations with Lynne, Petty and Dylan, they were all keen to reunite, whereas Harrison wavered in his enthusiasm.{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=231}} 

After his 1991 tour of Japan – his first series of concerts since 1974 – Harrison spoke of a possible Traveling Wilburys tour:
{{blockquote|That would be something I'd like to experience. I've always played around in my own mind what a Wilburys tour could be. Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go right on from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys? It's an intriguing thought. We could have a great band up there and the four of us could play acoustic if we wanted to. We could all sing "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]" and Bob could sing "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]". Or we could just sing our individual songs and make them Wilbury tunes, as if we'd recorded them that way. Whatever it was, we could do it.}}

The Wilburys tour never came about. Petty said about the Wilburys touring:
{{blockquote|I think it would work, if we wanted to do it. I don't think we ever considered it, really. There were a lot of nights when the conversation would roll around to that. But I don't think anybody ever took it seriously. I think it would ruin it in a way. Then you're obligated to be responsible and it's not in the character of that group. It would make it very formal and that would be the wrong spirit.}}

==Legacy and influence==
{{quote box|quote= One of the most amazing things ever about the Wilburys was this poles-apart thing of Roy [Orbison] and Bob Dylan. That's what I thought was wonderful – the best singer and the best lyricist, and they're both in the same group.<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 17:40 and 17:51.</ref>|source= – [[Jeff Lynne]]|width=25%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}
In the [[Rolling Stone Press]] book ''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'', the Traveling Wilburys are described as "the ultimate supergroup", with a line-up that represented four eras of rock music history and included "three indisputable gods" in Dylan, Harrison and Orbison. The editors also recognise the band as "the antithesis of a supergroup", due to the musicians' adoption of fraternal alter egos and the humour inherent in the project.{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|p=1014}} [[AllMusic]] managing editor [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] has similarly written: "It's impossible to picture a supergroup with a stronger pedigree than that (all that's missing is a [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stone]]), but in another sense it's hard to call the Wilburys a true supergroup, since they arrived nearly two decades after the all-star craze of the '70s peaked, and they never had the self-important air of nearly all the other supergroups. That, of course, was the key to their charm …"<ref name="Erlewine/AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-traveling-wilburys-vol-1-mw0000787431 |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title=The Traveling Wilburys ''The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1'' |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Speaking to music journalist [[Paul Zollo]] in 2004, Petty agreed that humour and self-effacement had been key factors in the Wilburys' success, adding: "We wanted to make something good in a world that seemed to get uglier and uglier and meaner and meaner … And I'm really proud that I was part of it. Because I do think that it brought a little sunshine into the world."{{sfn|Zollo|2005|p=128}}

Harrison said the project was an opportunity to "put a finger up to the rules" by challenging the norms associated with the music industry.<ref name="GenesisBook" /> Discussing the Wilburys in [[Peter Bogdanovich]]'s 2007 documentary ''[[Runnin' Down a Dream (film)|Runnin' Down a Dream]]'', Petty said that one of the strengths behind the concept was that it was free of any intervention from record company, management or marketing concerns, and instead developed naturally from a spirit of co-operation and mutual admiration among five established artists.{{sfn|Zanes|2007|p=164}} Author Simon Leng recognises the venture as primarily a channel through which Harrison and Dylan could escape the restrictions of their serious media images, but also, in its guise as a "phantom band", a development by Harrison of [[the Rutles]]' satirical approach to the Beatles' legacy, in this case by "de-mythologizing" rock history.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=260}}

Inspired by the Traveling Wilburys' success and particularly its benefit to Petty and Orbison as artists, Lenny Waronker encouraged American guitarist [[Ry Cooder]] to form the band [[Little Village]] and record for Warner Bros.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-23-ca-4967-story.html |first=Chris |last=Willman |title=Hey, Let's Start a Band: For the fortysomething group of Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner, the road to Little Village wasn't the natural one |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=23 February 1992 |access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> The group – comprising Cooder, Keltner, [[John Hiatt]] and [[Nick Lowe]] – released a [[Little Village (album)|self-titled album]] in 1992.{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|pp=209, 441}} [[Greg Kot]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' described [[the Notting Hillbillies]]' ''[[Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time|Missing ... Presumed Having a Good Time]]'' as a Traveling Wilburys-type side project for [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-03-29/features/9001260423_1_star-wilburys-mark-knopfler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111000000/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-03-29/features/9001260423_1_star-wilburys-mark-knopfler |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2017 |first=Greg |last=Kot |title=Notting Hillbillies Missing ... Presumed Having a Good … |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=29 March 1990 |access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> Writing in ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine in late 1990, [[Elizabeth Wurtzel]] cited the Notting Hillbillies' album and the [[Hindu Love Gods (album)|self-titled debut]] by [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]] – a band consisting of [[Warren Zevon]] and members of [[R.E.M.]] – as examples of a trend whereby, following the Wilburys' ''Vol. 1'', "more and more albums seem to be the rock-and-roll equivalents of bowling night."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhsHqYUkhHYC&q=%22Notting+Hillbillies%22+%22Traveling+Wilburys%22&pg=PA155 |first=Elizabeth |last=Wurtzel |title=A Good Time Was Had By All |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=3 December 1990 |page=155 |access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref>

Writing in ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'', [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] cites the Wilburys' contemporary skiffle as evidence of [[Lonnie Donegan]]'s continued influence on popular music long after the early 1960s.{{sfn|Larkin|2011|p=746}} In his book ''Lonnie Donegan and the Birth of British Rock & Roll'', Patrick Humphries describes the Wilburys as "a makeshift quintet whose roots were firmly and joyously planted in low-key, low-tech skiffle music". He credits the band with inspiring a brief revival of Donegan's "DIY skiffle", which included Knopfler's Notting Hillbillies.{{sfn|Humphries|2012|pp=260–61}} Each member of the Traveling Wilburys has been inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], although the band itself has not been inducted. Orbison and Dylan were inducted as solo artists, Harrison was inducted as a member of the Beatles and, posthumously, as a solo artist, Petty as the leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Lynne as a member of the [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2017/03/rock_hall_2017_are_the_traveli.html |first=Troy L. |last=Smith |title=Are the Traveling Wilburys Rock & Roll Hall of Fame worthy? |publisher=[[cleveland.com]] |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>

==Catalogue reissue and Genesis Publications book==
{{quote box|quote= The whole experience was some of the best days of my life, really, and I think it probably was for us all ... The thing I guess would be hardest for people to understand is what good friends we were. It really had very little to do with combining a bunch of famous people. It was a bunch of friends that just happened to be really good at making music.<ref>{{harvnb|Smax|2007}}, event occurs between 22:06 and 22:34.</ref>|source= – Tom Petty in ''The True History of the Traveling Wilburys''|width=25%|align=left|style=padding:8px;}}
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the two Traveling Wilburys albums had limited availability and were [[out of print]] in most areas. Harrison, as primary holder of the rights, did not reissue them before his death. In June 2007, the two albums were reissued as ''[[The Traveling Wilburys Collection]]'', a [[box set]] including both albums on CD (with bonus tracks) and a DVD featuring a 25-minute documentary entitled ''The True History of the Traveling Wilburys'' and a collection of music videos. The box set was released in three editions; the standard edition, with both CDs and DVD in a double [[Digipak]] package and a 16-page booklet; a "deluxe" boxed edition with the CDs and DVD and an extensive 40-page booklet, artist postcards, and photographs; or a "deluxe" boxed edition on vinyl. This version omits the DVD, but adds a [[Twelve-inch single|12-inch vinyl disc]] with rare versions of the songs.

The release debuted at number 1 in the UK<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6761757.stm |title=Wilburys are UK album number one |publisher=BBC News |access-date=13 November 2007 |date=17 June 2007}}</ref> and topped the albums chart in Australia,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1A50 |title=Top 50 Albums Chart – Australian Record Industry Association |access-date=13 November 2007}}</ref> Ireland<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/traveling-wilburys-go-to-number-one-2mkn8cj9shn |first=Veronica |last=Schmidt |title=Traveling Wilburys go to number one |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=20 June 2007 |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> and other countries.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10 |first=Mark |last=Sutherland |title=Dad-Rock Debut |magazine=Billboard |date=30 June 2007 |page=10 |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> On the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] it reached number 9. The collection sold 500,000 copies worldwide during the first three weeks and remained in the UK top 5 for seven weeks after its release.

In November 2009, [[Genesis Publications]], a company with which Harrison had been associated since the late 1970s,{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=458}} announced the release of a limited edition fine-bound book titled ''The Traveling Wilburys''.<ref name="GH.comNews" /> Compiled by Olivia Harrison,<ref name="Heathcote/Express" /> the book includes rare photographs, recording notes, handwritten lyrics, sketches,<ref name="GenesisBook">{{cite web |url=http://www.genesis-publications.com/book/9781905662159/the-traveling-wilburys |title=The Traveling Wilburys – Limited Edition Book |publisher=[[Genesis Publications]] |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://artdaily.com/news/36080/Genesis-Publications-Chronicles-the-Adventures-of-The-Traveling-Wilburys |editor=Villarreal, Jose |title=Genesis Publications Chronicles the Adventures of The Traveling Wilburys |publisher=ArtDaily |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> and first-hand commentary on the band's history, together with a foreword by Lynne.<ref name="GH.comNews">{{cite web |url=http://www.georgeharrison.com/the-traveling-wilburys-limited-edition-book-from-genesis-publications/ |title=News: The Traveling Wilburys Limited-Edition Book From Genesis Publications |publisher=georgeharrison.com |date=11 November 2009 |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> Petty, Lynne, Olivia Harrison, [[Barbara Orbison]], Keltner and Idle were among those who attended the US launch at a [[Beverly Hills]] bookshop in March 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wilburys-event-attracts-headliners-21357 |author=THR staff/AP |title='Wilburys' Event Attracts Headliners |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=5 March 2010 |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> In an interview to publicise the book, Lynne expressed his sadness at the deaths of Harrison and Orbison, and reflected: "The Wilburys was such a wonderful band, such a marvellous thing to be part of. They were the best people I could ever wish to work with. Every day was like, 'Wow!' ... it was fun from day one."<ref name="Heathcote/Express">{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/164307/Every-day-was-like-wow-for-Jeff-Lynne |first=Charlotte |last=Heathcote |title=Every day was like wow for Jeff Lynne |newspaper=[[Daily Express]] |date=21 March 2010 |access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref>
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==Line-ups==

===Musicians===
;''Volume 1''
* "Nelson Wilbury" – [[George Harrison]]
* "Otis Wilbury" – [[Jeff Lynne]]
* "Lefty Wilbury" – [[Roy Orbison]]
* "Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr." – [[Tom Petty]]
* "Lucky Wilbury" – [[Bob Dylan]]

;''Volume 3''
* "Spike Wilbury" – George Harrison
* "Clayton Wilbury" – Jeff Lynne
* "Muddy Wilbury" – Tom Petty
* "Boo Wilbury" – Bob Dylan

[[Jim Keltner]], the session drummer and percussionist, was not officially listed as a Wilbury on either album, but was given the nickname "Buster Sidebury". Overdubs on the 2007 bonus tracks "Maxine" and "Like a Ship" were credited to "Ayrton Wilbury", a pseudonym for [[Dhani Harrison]]. The name Ayrton was used in honour of F1 driver [[Ayrton Senna]].<ref>[http://esportefino.cartacapital.com.br/ayrton-wilbury-nasceu-do-amor-a-musica-e-a-formula-1 "Ayrton Wilbury nasceu do amor à música e à Fórmula 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140401071603/http://esportefino.cartacapital.com.br/ayrton-wilbury-nasceu-do-amor-a-musica-e-a-formula-1 |date=1 April 2014 }}. Luiz Augusto Lima. Retrieved 31 March 2014.</ref> [[Jim Horn]] and [[Ray Cooper]] played saxophones and percussion, respectively, on both albums. The lead guitar part on the ''Vol. 3'' track "She's My Baby" was played by rock guitarist [[Gary Moore]], who received the credit "Ken Wilbury".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://georgeharrison.com/albums/traveling-wilburys-vol-3/ |title=Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 |publisher=georgeharrison.com |access-date=31 March 2014}}</ref>

===Further Wilbury appellation===
Harrison appeared as Nelson Wilbury on [[Warner Bros. Records]]' Christmas 1988 promotional album ''Winter Warnerland'' (which also included [[Paul Reubens]] as "[[Pee-wee Herman|Pee Wee Wilbury]]"). In 1992, in his capacity as producer, Harrison credited himself as "Spike and Nelson Wilbury" on his live album ''[[Live in Japan (George Harrison album)|Live in Japan]]''. During that Japanese tour, in December 1991, Harrison credited himself as Nakihama Wilbury. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1992 single "[[A Very Special Christmas 2|Christmas All Over Again]]" contained a greeting that read "Merry Christmas from Nelson and Pee Wee Wilbury". Additionally, at Tom Petty Celebration in 2019, Roy Orbison Jr. was dubbed "Lefty Wilbury Jr." and Alex Orbison as "Ginger Wilbury". The Harrison-made film promoting the Traveling Wilburys, ''Whatever Wilbury Wilbury'', lists the following credits: "Cecil Bidet Wilbury" (directed by), "Lenny W. Wilbury" (sound), "Chopper Wilbury" (editor), "Edison Wilbury" (lighting), "Evelyn Wilbury" (wardrobe), "Clyde B. Wilbury" (special effects), "Big Mac Wilbury" (catering), "Zsa Zsa Wilbury" (make-up) and "Tell M. Wilbury" (production manager). A squirrel is named "Eddie Wilbury" in that film as well. David Bone was a minor writer and also contributed to other musical scores by Jeff Lynne.

==Discography==

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Details
! colspan="9"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br><small>([[List of best selling music artists|sales threshold]])</small>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS">Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web |url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Traveling+Wilburys |title=australian-charts.com > Traveling Wilburys in Australian Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=4 July 2019}} Note: This site displays an incorrect peak for "She's My Baby".
*"Heading for the Light": {{cite web |first=Gavin |last=Scott |url=http://www.chartbeats.com.au/2014/06/25-years-ago-this-week-june-25-1989.html |title=This Week in 1989: June 25, 1989 |publisher=chartbeats.com.au |access-date=4 July 2019}}
*Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite book |last=Ryan |first=Gavin |title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 |year=2011 |publisher=Moonlight Publishing |location=Mt Martha, VIC |edition=pdf |page=284}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref name="AUT">{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Traveling+Wilburys&cat=a |title=austriancharts.at – Austria Top 40 |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br><ref name="RPM Albums">{{cite web |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Traveling+Wilburys&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs& |title=Results – RPM – Top Albums/CDs |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR">{{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Traveling+Wilburys&cat=a |title=norwegiancharts.com – Norwegian charts portal |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ">{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Traveling+Wilburys |title=chars.org.nz > Traveling Wilburys in New Zealand Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="SWE">{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Traveling+Wilburys&cat=a |title=swedishcharts.com – Swedish charts portal |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br><ref name="SWI">{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=Traveling+Wilburys&cat=a |title=The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2316/traveling-wilburys/ |title=Official Charts > Traveling Wilburys |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=the traveling wilburys |chart=Billboard 200}}|title=The Traveling Wilburys Chart History – Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1]]''
| 
* Release date: 18 October 1988 (US)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Badman |first1=Keith |last2=Miles |first2=Barry |date=2001 |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001 |location=London |publisher=Music Sales Group |isbn=978-0711983076}}</ref>       <br />24 October 1988 (UK)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/7364-255-2|title=British Album Certifications— The Traveling Wilburys— The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 |publisher=British Phonographic Industry}}</ref>
* Label: Wilbury Records
* Formats: CD, [[Phonograph record|vinyl]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 16
| 3
|
* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|AUS]]: 6× Platinum<ref name=ryan>{{cite book |last=Ryan |first=Gavin |title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 |year=2011 |publisher=Moonlight Publishing |location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia |edition=pdf |page=284}}</ref>
* [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CAN]]: 6× Platinum<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum |publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430201954/http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |archive-date=30 April 2009}}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification |region=United Kingdom |artist=Traveling Wilburys |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref><!-- Note the Platinum certification in https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/7366-255-2 is for Vol. 1, note the release year -->
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|US]]: 3× Platinum<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=The%20Traveling%20Wilburys&title=Traveling%20Wilburys&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum – March&nbsp;4, 2011: ''The Traveling Wilburys'' certified awards |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]''
| 
* Release date: 29 October 1990
* Label: Wilbury Records
* Formats: CD, vinyl, cassette
| 14
| 22
| 6
| 3
| 19
| 5
| 18
| 14
| 11
|
* AUS: Platinum<ref name=ryan/>
* CAN: Platinum<ref name="CRIA"/>
* UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/><!-- Note the Platinum certification in https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/7366-255-2 is for Vol. 1, note the release year -->
* US: Platinum<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=The%20Traveling%20Wilburys&title=Volume%203&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum – March&nbsp;4, 2011: ''Volume 3'' certified awards |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
|}

===Box sets===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em; style="text-align:left"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Details
! colspan="8" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br><small>([[List of best selling music artists|sales threshold]])</small>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref name="AUT" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="SWE" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br><ref name="SWI" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard 200" />
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Traveling Wilburys Collection]]''
| 
* Release date: 11 June 2007
* Label: Wilbury Records
* Formats: CD, vinyl, music download
| 1
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 45
| 1
| 9
|
* AUS: 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums |publisher=[[ARIA Charts]] |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
* UK: Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
* US: Gold<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=The%20Traveling%20Wilburys&title=Collection&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum – March&nbsp;4, 2011: ''The Traveling Wilburys Collection'' certified awards |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Single
! colspan="8" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Certifications
! rowspan="2" | Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS"/><ref>Other peaks in Australia:
* "Inside Out": {{cite web |url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/02/week-ending-11-february-1991.html |title=Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 11 February 1991 |access-date=20 February 2022}}
* "Wilbury Twist": {{cite web |url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/04/week-commencing-15-april-1991.html |title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 15 April 1991 |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br><ref name="RPM">{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=q2s0fp6b284inh8rosf8cs3ub0&q1=Traveling+Wilburys&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 |title=Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Singles |magazine=RPM |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know |website=irishcharts.ie}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ"/>
! style="width:35px;"| [[UK singles chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=the traveling wilburys |chart=all}}|title=The Traveling Wilburys Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Main]]<br><ref name="AllMusic singles">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-traveling-wilburys-p5687/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=The Traveling Wilburys – Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703044252/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-traveling-wilburys-mn0000015264/awards |archive-date=3 July 2012 |access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br><ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=the traveling wilburys |chart=Adult Contemporary}}|title=The Traveling Wilburys Album & Song Chart History – Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
| "[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]"
| 3
| 2
| 12
| 4
| 21
| 45
| 2
| 30
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| "[[End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]]"
| 12
| 8
| 14
| 11
| 52
| 63
| 2
| 28
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| "[[Heading for the Light]]"
| 88
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 7
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| "[[Nobody's Child (Hank Snow song)|Nobody's Child]]"
| 66
| —
| —
| 9
| 44
| —
| —
| —
|
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal]]''
|-
| "[[She's My Baby (Traveling Wilburys song)|She's My Baby]]"
| 58
| 30
| —
| —
| 79
| —
| 2
| —
|
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3''
|-
| "[[Inside Out (Traveling Wilburys song)|Inside Out]]"
| 117
| 50
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 16
| —
|
|-
| 1991
| "[[Wilbury Twist]]"
| 137
| 86
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 46
| —
|
|-
| colspan="12" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

===Other charted songs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Single
! colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Main]]<ref name="AllMusic singles" />
|-
| 1988
| "Last Night"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1''
|-
| 1989
| "[[Tweeter and the Monkey Man]]"
| 41
|}

===Other collaborations between members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!style="width:3em"|Year
!style="width:12em"|Project
!style="width:12em"|Artist
!class="unsortable"|Collaborators
|-
|align="center"| 1970
| "[[I'd Have You Anytime]]"
| George Harrison
| Harrison, Dylan (as co-writers)
|-
|align="center"| 1971
| ''[[The Concert for Bangladesh (album)|The Concert for Bangladesh]]''
| George Harrison & Friends
| Harrison, Dylan
|-
|align="center"| 1985
| ''[[Porky's Revenge!]]'' soundtrack
| Various (George Harrison)
| Harrison debuts Dylan's song "[[I Don't Want to Do It]]"
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1986
| "[[Band of the Hand (song)|Band of the Hand]]"
| Bob Dylan with [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|the Heartbreakers]]
| Dylan, Petty
|-
| ''[[Knocked Out Loaded]]''
| Bob Dylan
| Dylan, Petty
|-
| ''[[Shanghai Surprise]]'' soundtrack
| George Harrison
| Harrison, Lynne
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1987
| "[[Jammin' Me]]"
| [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]
| Petty, Dylan (as co-writers)
|-
| ''[[Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)|Cloud Nine]]''
| George Harrison
| Harrison, Lynne
|-
| ''[[Duane Eddy]]''
| [[Duane Eddy]]
| Lynne, Harrison
|-
|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1988
| [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
| Various
| Dylan, Harrison
|-
| ''[[Land of Dreams (Randy Newman album)|Land of Dreams]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
| Lynne, Petty
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1989
| ''[[Mystery Girl]]''
| Roy Orbison
| Orbison, Lynne, Petty, Harrison
|-
| ''[[Full Moon Fever]]''
| Tom Petty
| Petty, Lynne, Harrison, Orbison
|-
| "[[Cheer Down]]"
| George Harrison
| Harrison, Lynne, Petty (as co-writer)
|-
|align="center" rowspan="5"| 1990
| ''Work It Out''
| [[Jim Horn]]
| Harrison, Lynne, Petty
|-
| ''[[Hell to Pay (The Jeff Healey Band album)|Hell to Pay]]''
| [[Jeff Healey Band]]
| Harrison, Lynne
|-
| ''[[Armchair Theatre (album)|Armchair Theatre]]''
| Jeff Lynne
| Lynne, Harrison, Petty (as co-writer)
|-
| ''[[Under the Red Sky]]''
| Bob Dylan
| Dylan, Harrison
|-
| ''A Tribute to John Lennon''
| Various ([[Ringo Starr]])
| Lynne, Petty
|-
|align="center" rowspan="4"| 1991
| ''[[Back from Rio]]''
| [[Roger McGuinn]]
| Petty, Lynne (as co-writers)
|-
| ''[[Into the Great Wide Open]]''
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
| Petty, Lynne
|-
| ''[[Rock On! (Del Shannon album)|Rock On!]]''
| [[Del Shannon]]
| Lynne, Petty<ref name="Del Shannon Biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.delshannon.com/delbio.htm |title=Del Shannon Biography |publisher=delshannon.com |access-date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
| "Hot Love"
| Del Shannon
| Petty, Lynne, Harrison<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/popup.php?data=HotLove198914_popupplus |title=Del Shannon – Hot Love |publisher=jefflynnesongs.com |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1992
| ''[[The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration]]''
| Various
| Dylan, Harrison, Petty
|-
| [[A Very Special Christmas 2|"Christmas All Over Again"]]
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
| Petty, Lynne
|-
| ''[[King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)|King of Hearts]]''
| Roy Orbison
| Orbison, Lynne
|-
|align="center"| 1995
| "[[Free as a Bird]]"
|rowspan="2"| [[The Beatles]]
|rowspan="2"| Harrison, Lynne
|-
|align="center"| 1996
| "[[Real Love (John Lennon song)|Real Love]]"
|-
|align="center"| 2001
| ''[[Zoom (Electric Light Orchestra album)|Zoom]]''
| [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
| Lynne, Harrison
|-
|align="center" rowspan="2"| 2002
| ''[[Brainwashed (George Harrison album)|Brainwashed]]''
| George Harrison
| Harrison, Lynne
|-
| ''[[Concert for George]]''
| Various
| Lynne, Petty
|-
|align="center"| 2006
| ''[[Highway Companion]]''
| Tom Petty
| Petty, Lynne
|-
|align="center"| 2023
|"[[Now and Then (Beatles song)|Now and Then]]"
|[[The Beatles]]
|Harrison, Lynne
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
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* {{cite book |last=Badman |first=Keith |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970–2001 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7119-8307-6}}
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{{refend}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|www.travelingwilburys.com}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO25mS7q4oi4YZt-27Mx4tg Traveling Wilburys' YouTube channel]
* [http://www.genesis-publications.com/the-traveling-wilburys/default.htm Official book microsite] (with Wilburys photos, lyric sheets and quotes)
* [http://www.thewilburys.com Traveling Wilburys]
* [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/traveling_wilburys/artist.jhtml Entry at VH1.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016044012/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/traveling_wilburys/artist.jhtml |date=16 October 2012 }}
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