How Roy Wood learned the cello in a week and it almost derailed ELO
“It was horrible…”
Jeff Lynne
The ELO song Jeff Lynne wrote to sound American: “Maybe like The Doobie Brothers or something”
Borrowing from one of America’s finest.
The ELO song Jeff Lynne almost got bored with before it became a favourite: “It’s just so primary and simple”
The ELO frontman once discussed his favourite period for the band.
Tom Petty revealed to Jeff Lynne the downside of having “too many hit singles”
Wisdom passed from one Wilbury to another.
The one singer Tom Petty said was always perfect: “He’s such a pitch freak”
The greatest heights of rock singing.
The song Jeff Lynne was nervous to play for Paul McCartney: “I didn’t want to mess it up”
Doing right by his heroes.
