Unravelling Wilburys

UNRAVELLING WILBURYS

Musician Pub 15th February 2024

Thursday night at The Musician Pub brough a real treat... the return of the fabulous The Unravelling Wilburys.

Dont be fooled... this is no simple tribute band... these guys are the real deal... a group of brothers born and raised in a shack in the Appalacians who played music for the locals... one night two superstars saw the band, called their three friends who went along... the five loved what they heard then disappeared, to reappear a few years later ripping off the bands name by calling themselves the Travelling Wilburys and ripping off the music... and consequently getting all the credit, so the Brothers, Sticky Willy, Walter, Thumper, Blind Melon & Honky Tonk were left behind while the superstars took all the credit and money (sounds familiar!)

However, the brothers have come to the UK to play their original music for the discerning audiences...

The band mix outstanding versions of the songs with great humour and deliver a massively entertaining wonderful 2 hours performance.

The set list includes songs by the Wilburys, as well as Harrison, Dylan, Petty, Orbison and Lynn in equal measure.

They started off with some banter explaining the origins of the music before cracking into "Devils Been Busy" which got the large audience going from the off... and followed with one of the Wilbury classics, "Handle With Care" (Wilburys) which went down a storm... as did every song in the set... The first half ripped along with classic after classic, including among many others "Only the Lonely" (Orbison), "Refugee" (Petty) and an ingenious original song "There Would Be No Spring" which took countless song titles by the band and welded them into a new song...

The second half started solo with Sticky Willy performing "Like a Rolling Stone" (Dylan) while the band came on to join in as the song progressed... from there to "End of the Line" (Wilburys) which had the audience singing along...

The band then introduced Eric Clapton to play on "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison)... sadly Eric had not turned up again... so many classics!!... next up was Tom Petty's song "Learning to Fly" which somehow escaped the attention of the censors...

The set carried on beautifully climaxing with "Oh Pretty Woman" (Orbison) before the well merited encores of "Wilbury Twist" and finally ELO's "Mr Blue Sky"

The Unravelling Wilburys are far more than a tribute band... they cover Travelling Wilbury songs as well as pieces by all five members of that band. Musically this band is outstanding, great individual musicians who blend together perfectly into a really great band.

It is wonderful to see a band bring so much humour and good fun to the stage, which blends beautifully with the quality of the music... as well as the humour and superb interpretation of great songs this band truly rocks... This is a really great, hugely entertaining and talented band... love them... loved the gig... it was a real gem... as always with these guys

Keep music live... keep music real... support your local venues *** Sadly i was unable to get any pictures with Honky Tonk Wilbury... but he played a major role in the performance