# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**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, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/41 "2017-11-03T19:07:48Z")
I think Jeff Tweedy would fit right in. And he can reuse his moniker in his other “supergroup” Golden Smog, so he’d be Scot Summit Wilbury. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/42 "2017-11-03T20:27:13Z")
I was going to suggest Tweedy but damned if I could come up with a Wilbury name for him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/43 "2017-11-03T20:40:37Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > No no, of course he must be Shakey Wilbury. Shakey is right for Neil, but I like Lionel, too. He played a character named Lionel in this crazy film: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qyEd1uJN21I/maxresdefault.jpg "HUMAN HIGHWAY: DIRECTOR'S CUT - Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyEd1uJN21I) ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/44 "2017-11-03T20:53:44Z")
Oh, and how about Richard Thompson? I suggest Henry 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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/45 "2017-11-03T21:34:01Z")
Sorry for posting so much in a row, but this thread is just so much fun. So I think that the Wilburys need yet another female member, and that’d be Lucinda Williams, Lucy Wilbury, of course. ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/46 "2017-11-03T22:33:40Z")
You go EinsteinHund!! I like Lucinda/Lucy! ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/47 "2017-11-03T22:36:25Z")
Winona could be Winnie Willbury ---
**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 3, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/48 "2017-11-03T22:42:29Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I was going to suggest Tweedy but damned if I could come up with a Wilbury name for him. Is there an Orville Willbury yet? That’d be a good name, if we can find someone worthy of it. ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/49 "2017-11-04T00:31:30Z")
Grace Potter, girl with a big voice, Gig Willbury. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/50 "2017-11-04T04:59:52Z")
I’m digging the responses. I understand the desire to find people with connections to the last two survivors, as the band itself came together through connections and friendships, but I’m also liking the picks that are more based on sound and style (which is how I came up with mine). I always liked the multi-generational aspect of the band, from the oldies (Orbison) to the legends of rock (Harrison, Dylan) to the classic rock (Lynne) to the “new” (Petty). A few artists I was noodling around with before I posted my picks in the OP were Lady Gaga (Queenie), Jack White (Woodward “Woody”), Springsteen (Tweeter’s a good one!), Jeff Tweedy (Alton) and Nathaniel Rateliff (Leroy). ---
**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 4, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/51 "2017-11-04T05:10:16Z")
Emmylou Harris. “Pearl 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 4, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/52 "2017-11-04T05:53:42Z")
Ronnie Hawkins, the Hawk Willbury. I guess he’s still with us. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/53 "2017-11-04T12:45:19Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I think Nick Lowe (Rocky Wilbury) might be a good fit. Got it in just 22 posts! This has been the only suggestion that I actually take seriously. After all, he was Johnny Cash’s son-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309/54 "2017-11-04T16:58:34Z")
I came in to mention Jim Parsons as “Sheldon Willbury.” But maybe “Bazinga Willbury” is better. Neil Patrick Harris as Harper Gideon Willbury. (in homage to his children). Rufus Willbury. And who needs another name when your real first name is Rufus (Wainwright)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travelling-willburys-must-go-on/800309.md?page=2)