George Harrison's Dark Words to Tom Petty After Roy Orbison's Death
In the late 1980s, George Harrison put together The Traveling Wilburys, a band that included Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. The famous artists wanted a chance to make music for fun. After recording their first album, Orbison died. The band mourned the loss, but Harrison also shared some dark words with Petty.
Petty became a musician because of The Beatles, so Harrison’s offer to play in The Traveling Wilburys thrilled him. To Petty’s surprise, the two men also became fast friends.
“I was surprised he liked me that much,” he told Rolling Stone in 2014. “He was immediately a hangout pal. That was awkward. I’d tell him, ‘How do we deal with this? You’re a Beatle.’ He’d be like, ‘Yeah, whatever. That was a long time ago.'”
Petty said that he hadn’t realized how much he needed a figure like Harrison in his life.
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