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Note that “Juli” is written in bold blue between ABBEY & ROAD – that’s my name, but I swear upon George Harrison’s and John Lennon’s souls (may they be rockin’ on in peace) that I did not write it!
This picture was taken in 2001, when I was on vacation, or shall I say, on holiday, in London. Since I’m a Beatlemaniac, I gleefully went on the London Beatles Walk, guided by Richard Porter (who’s been guiding Beatles walking tours for 15 years and was named “The Beatles Brain of Britain” twice in the early 90’s).
There was, of course, a stop on the tour at Abbey Road Studios so everyone can walk down the famous road and take pictures. The Abbey Road sign gets replaced a few times a year since devoted fans muck it up with graffiti and sometimes even steal it. When I went up to the sign, I was shocked to see my name, “JULI” already on it, spelled the way I spell it, without the “e”, in bold blue letters, smack dab in the center of the sign! A chill ran through me. An utterly absurd thought ran through my mind: What does this mean?! Was I meant to come here at this point in time?
Alright. A boring explanation is that there are plenty of other Juli’s without an “e” out there and one of them just happened to be there before me. There is no cosmic connection between the Fab Four and me. It was just a funny coincidence…
But what if there are no coincidences? Cue The Twilight Zone theme music!
The Traveling Wilburys Collection available on June 12, 2007!
The Traveling Wilburys will be reissued at long last after a decade of being out of print, and nearly twenty years since the legendary band was formed. The band members were some of music history’s greatest singer-songwriters: George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.
I’m a die hard George Harrison fan, so this news really knocked my socks off: a 2-CD/DVD set! Whoohoo! George’s widow, Olivia, oversaw this reissue (read about it on cnn.com>>).
The Traveling Wilburys formed by a happy accident in 1988 when George Harrison was working on a B-side for his single (“This Is Love” from Cloud Nine). Harrison and a bunch of his old friends were jamming in a home studio (the studio was Bob Dylan’s and the other friends were Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty!). They came up with a song for the B-side. When talking about what to name it, George looked at one of Dylan’s boxes in the studio which was marked “Handle With Care” and suggested that for the title. The studio, Warner Bros., hearing that it was no B-side material, wanted an entire album made. What resulted was a commercially successful and critically acclaimed album.
From what I gather, George Harrison was happiest when he was in a band and collaborating with others rather than being the frontman. The Traveling Wilburys is an iconic band in which egos were put aside, and all of its members equally contributed to it.
Here’s the video for their biggest hit, “Handle With Care”
View more videos at YouTube.
Listen to streaming music at The Wilburys Listening Party
Visit the brand new Official Traveling Wilburys Website for more information, or send an e-card to a friend from: http://www.rhino.com/flashcards/travelingwilburys/
