# The Travelling Willburys must go on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309 "2017-10-31T19:02:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/21 "2017-11-01T06:46:46Z")
Mark Knopfler (Cobham Willbury) Tom Waits (Heller Willbury) > [@Nonsuch](#): > > Bonnie Raitt (Belle Willbury) > [@RickJay](#): > > Bruce “Jeffrey Wilbury” Springsteen > [@NDP](#): > > Elvis Costello (Declan Willbury) Have y’all seen the black-and-white Roy Orbison concert that PBS stations used to run during their pledge breaks? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/22 "2017-11-01T06:47:31Z")
I think Nick Lowe (Rocky Wilbury) might be a good fit. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/23 "2017-11-01T06:50:38Z")
Sheryl Crow (Ginger Wilbury) Paul McCartney (Clive Wilbury) Joe Walsh (Gustav Wilbury) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/24 "2017-11-01T08:48:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Mark Knopfler (Cobham Willbury) > Tom Waits (Heller Willbury) > > Have y’all seen the black-and-white Roy Orbison concert that PBS stations used to run during their pledge breaks? Yes, that’s why I suggested the artist-originally-named-Declan. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/25 "2017-11-01T09:55:30Z")
Prince Charles on cello - Bilberry Wilbury ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/26 "2017-11-02T04:10:28Z")
Robbie Robertson, ties to Dylan, good guitarist, can’t sing worth a shit though. Kane Willbury. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/27 "2017-11-02T04:25:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Have y’all seen the black-and-white Roy Orbison concert that PBS stations used to run during their pledge breaks? [A Black and White Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison_and_Friends:_A_Black_and_White_Night). I adore that concert! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/28 "2017-11-02T04:55:27Z")
Me too!! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/29 "2017-11-02T05:12:13Z")
This thread is great! How 'bout Jason Isbell? “Izzy Willbury”. He’s very good at selling out and riding on the backs of more talented musicians. 😉 (That was a joke. Don’t flame me!) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/30 "2017-11-02T15:47:33Z")
I don’t love him as much as I used to, but John “Poor Boy Willie Wilbury” Fogerty. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/31 "2017-11-02T15:49:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And there has to be at least one 50s rocker in the band… I nominate\*\* Don Everly\*\*, as Bubba Wilbury… Bubba’s good, or Don could use his real first name and be Ike Wilbury. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/32 "2017-11-02T16:11:17Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Bubba’s good, or Don could use his real first name and be Ike Wilbury. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/33 "2017-11-02T18:48:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I like it. We like Ike. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/34 "2017-11-02T19:42:49Z")
Ike-y will do it, he’ll do anything! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/35 "2017-11-02T23:22:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, Neil Young could fit right in there. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Given Young’s interest in toy trains, he would absolutely need to be Lionel Wilbury. Or Sheldon Wilbury… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/36 "2017-11-03T00:05:47Z")
Funny!! Bah-zinga! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/37 "2017-11-03T01:56:46Z")
Great thread! I particularly like the idea of Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Sir Paul, Robbie Robertson, Ray Davies, and Springsteen. How about Shawn Colvin? “Sunny” Willbury? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/38 "2017-11-03T03:10:43Z")
Dare I say?, yea I am gonna say it, Winona, she has the voice. Don’t everybody scream at me, I am sensitive, you know! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/39 "2017-11-03T18:56:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, Neil Young could fit right in there. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Given Young’s interest in toy trains, he would absolutely need to be Lionel Wilbury. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or Sheldon Wilbury… No no, of course he must be Shakey Wilbury. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/40 "2017-11-03T18:57:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Robbie Robertson, ties to Dylan, good guitarist, can’t sing worth a shit though. Kane Willbury. Or Jaime Wilbury. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309.md?page=3)