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Where did the Name Wilburys come from in the band The Traveling Wilburys?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
George and Jeff where sitting around and was looking at Roy and Jeff stated he looked like one of the Gremlins. Because they were all using pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury Sr. Because they all had individual careers and they were disguised on the album they figured they where like the mischievous gremlins.
- druidLv 71 decade ago
"..."Wilburys" was a slang term coined by Harrison and Lynne during the recording of Cloud Nine as a reference to "gremlins" in the recording equipment and process..."