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Traveling Wilburys

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Traveling Wilburys is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Del Shannon. Those roots explain a lot about how Traveling Wilburys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wings, Mudcrutch, The Beatles, Paul McCartney & Wings and John Lennon & Yoko Ono, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Traveling Wilburys, reaching back through Del Shannon and forward to Roy Orbison. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Traveling WilburysDel ShannonRoy OrbisonTom PettyBob DylanWingsMudcrutchThe BeatlesPaul McCartney & WingsJohn Lennon & Yoko OnoBob Seger & The Silv…Buffalo SpringfieldBadfinger

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Traveling Wilburys connections

Traveling Wilburys grew out of Del Shannon, shares an orbit with Wings, Mudcrutch, The Beatles and Paul McCartney & Wings, went on to shape Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Traveling Wilburys

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped Traveling Wilburys.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Traveling Wilburys.

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