# Before the Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan wrote some classic songs with his future bandmates

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/before-the-traveling-wilburys-bob-dylan-wrote-some-classic-songs-with-his-future-bandmates/
- Published: 2026-11-12T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T17:35:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/traveling-wilburys-bob-dylan-wrote-some-classic-songs-for-his-bandmate/
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Music, Travel

## Key points

- Dylan and George Harrison co-wrote ‘I’d Have You Anytime’ around 1968.
- Dylan and Tom Petty created ‘Jammin’ Me’ in 1987.
- Their earlier work helped set the stage for the Traveling Wilburys.

## Summary

The article highlights Bob Dylan’s songwriting collaborations with two musicians who later became his bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys: George Harrison and Tom Petty. These earlier partnerships show that Dylan had experience working collaboratively before the group formed in 1988, and that the supergroup gave him a further outlet for shared songwriting.

Dylan and Harrison co-wrote ‘I’d Have You Anytime’ at Dylan’s Woodstock home around 1968; it later opened Harrison’s album *All Things Must Pass*. In 1987, Dylan and Petty worked lyrics onto a track by Petty guitarist Mike Campbell, creating ‘Jammin’ Me’, the opening song on Petty’s *Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)*. The article says their collaboration helped build the rapport they carried into the Traveling Wilburys.

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