Guitar Package Guru

The last blog was a lot of fun, digging up and remembering super goups from the past that I thought I would continue that theme in this blog. Hopefully these names will stimulate your thoughts if you are as old as I am, or stir your curiosity if your new to some of the names.

First up is the Traveling Wilburys, shot started as a simple jam session among friends turned into something very special for us all. Armed with electric guitars as well as acoustic guitars these individuals were all highly respected and well known artists. The Traveling Wilburys were made up of equal parts of George Harrison (The Beatles),   (ELO otherwise known as Electric Light Orchestra), Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. The name “Wilburys” referred to the studio equipment that was able to cover up their mistakes in the final mix.

For me a band that deserves to be on this list is Fleetwood Mac. While each of its’ members were known before combining their efforts, none were as successful as after joining Fleetwood Mac. While founding member Peter Green left the band the five members everyone remembers most are, Mick Fleetwood on drums and also one of the founding members of the band, my personal favorite Christine McVie on keyboards, vocals, and songwriter of some of the bands biggest hits like “You Make Loving Fun”, Over My Head”, and “say That You Love Me”, all that can still be heard on the radio today. Stevie Nicks whose vocals can be heard on “Rhianna” and “Dreams” can also still be heard on the radio. Bass guitar was played by John McVie who contributed with some fantastic bass riffs. Rounding out the band is Lindsey Buckingham playing electric guitar. On stage you never saw him use a fingerpick, he always used his fingers and fingernails to give us some of the most brilliant guitar solos ever.