Who could have "replaced" Roy Orbison in the Traveling Wilburys?

Now does anyone have a photo of Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne WITHOUT their sunglasses? That would be ULTRA-RARE!

 

Have a look at earlier comments. It was nonsense

 

The Everly Brothers!

 

Roger Waters?

Kidding!
How about

Grace Jones
Elton John

 

Lindsey Buckingham? I don't know, he was probably free at the moment, and friends with Tom I believe.

 

Mark Knopfler

 

wasn't it "wake everyone up"?

 

I wasn't there.

 

Elvis Costello.

 

Another vote for Roger McGuinn: a Byrd, a Beatle, a Dylan. There you go...

 

Eric Clapton would of been perfect. Mates with George Harrison, friend with Bob Dylan, played with Tom Petty on the JJ Cale tribute plus good singer and brilliant guitarist.

 

Not a single person! he was not irreplaceable! what a beautiful voice!

 

I have a suggestion that I think would have been great. Billy Cowsill. A) He absolutely knew how to work with disparate personalities. B) Was almost as old school as everyone in the band. C) Had one of the most beautiful voices ever and could harmonize with the absolute best in rock history. D) In a song sense was definitely in the same mindset as the rest of the guys at that period in time. Check out any Blue Shadows song for examples of this.

 

Carole King

 

George would have had the upper hand in a group with Paul, at last!

 

Velvet Wilbury
Gravelly Wilbury

 

Nice choice!
Waves Wilbury

 

Mike Campbell

 

The thing with Roy Orbison is he trumped everyone else in the group, he wasn't a
contemporary, and to me it was an "wow factor" that Roy Orbison was actually in
this group that made the TW so original. I think putting Del Shannon in could've
produced awesome results, but nothing like RO's involvement did. I think if they
were going to put one man in that could still "trump" the others, and that was an
influence on all of them, and could adapt and perform songs that would still have
kept the integrity of their own music it would have been Levon Helm.

 

Nancy Wilson

 

Barbra Streisand

 

Gene Pitney

 

Bobby Hatfield if the vocal light and shade was required and from a UK perspective perhaps Allan Clarke from the Hollies

 

A third vote for Chris Isaak. He can channel Roy with his voice.