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Where did the Name Wilburys come from in the band The Traveling Wilburys?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    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.

  • druid
    Lv 7
    1 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..."

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