# George Harrison/Traveling Wilburys Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951 "2003-06-05T22:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/1 "2003-06-05T22:59:51Z")
When George and 'nem did their 2 (what? CD’s? Tapes?) performances as **The Traveling Wilburys** did he know he had cancer and is that why I hear such a spirited voice on the songs **End of The Line** and **Headed For The Light**? I miss George and Roy, by the way. Y’all too? Q ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/2 "2003-06-05T23:05:40Z")
No, it’s not about his illness. (Doesn’t _everybody_ have a song called End of the Line? ;)) The first Traveling Wilburys album is 15 years old. The cancer was just in the last couple of years of his life. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/3 "2003-06-05T23:14:26Z")
I miss Roy and the Wilburys. [I bet this guy misses Roy, too.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=179545&highlight=orbison) ---
**Author:** ![nebco9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nebco9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebco9)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/4 "2003-06-06T02:04:25Z")
I ran across this review [**HERE**](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=9:18:34%7CPM&sql=X833019) for **“End Of The Line”** that might be of interest. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/5 "2003-06-06T04:31:51Z")
Few albums turned out as perfectly as Wilburys Vol 1. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/6 "2003-06-06T05:25:22Z")
**nebco9** : Thanks so much for the link, and I couldn’t have stated it better myself! Welcome to our little disfunctional family! 😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-traveling-wilburys-question/179951/7 "2003-06-06T05:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*When George and 'nem did their 2 (what? CD’s? Tapes?) performances as **The Traveling Wilburys** did he know he had cancer and is that why I hear such a spirited voice on the songs **End of The Line** and **Headed For The Light**? > > I miss George and Roy, by the way. Y’all too? > > Q \*\* I remember reading comments by Tom Petty and the others in _Rolling Stone_, after Roy’s death, talking about starting the band, and all of them being giddy as kids at the thought of having Roy in the band. Damn, they all sounded good together. Wish they could have put out more albums.