“It was considered often,” Petty once said. “We talked about it many nights and then never really did it. We might have some beers and plan it all night and then in the morning we’d be like, ‘Well, no.’ Especially when we became successful, there were all kinds of people trying to get us to do tours.”
Petty got a taste for what a Wilburys tour might have been when he performed alongside Lynne at the Concert for George, a tribute show for the late, great Beatle. Their lack of touring remained one of Petty’s biggest regrets after seeing what could’ve been.
“When we did ‘The Concert for George,’ and Jeff came out with us and we did ‘Handle with Care,’ I remember thinking at that moment that George would have loved this so much,” he continued. “But there was a lot of pressure on us all to go out on the road together.”
Elsewhere in the same conversation, Petty was asked what it was like for Harrison being apart of a band again. “He absolutely loved it,” was his answer.
“He always said to me that he never really intended to be a solo act, he just found himself in that position, so when he finally did get in a band again he loved it,” Petty once added. “He was certainly more enthusiastic than anyone. We were all enthusiastic, of course, but he was the leader of the band. And he managed the band and did all the business. I think he was very proud of the Wilburys.” (Americansongwriter)
“End of the Line” music video has been remastered in 4K.
On their rollicking debut album in 1988, the Traveling Wilburys needed just the right song to send the album out on wistful, yet upbeat note.
End of the Line” originally appeared on the quintet’s 1988 debut, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, which was a critical and commercial success, receiving an Album of the Year nomination at the 1990 Grammys. The Traveling Wilburys had formed in the late 1980s. The group’s name originated from Harrison’s Cloud Nine sessions, during which time he and co-producer Lynne called recording errors “Wilburys,” as in “We’ll bury them in the mix.”
