'Out Of The Blue'

My mind was blown when the Travelling Wilbury's debuted. The idea of a rock supergroup was a foreign idea. So was free agency in professional sports.

Some of my favorite rock musicians was Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison. Bob Dylan I wouldn't get into for another 10 years.

What I really wanted to know is who was this curly-haired doofus with the sunglasses?

Pre-Google, it took a while to figure this out. It was Jeff Lynne. OK. Who is Jeff Lynne? He's only the lead singer of the Electric Light Orchestra.

To this day he seems like the biggest hanger-on in the history of rock music. Those dumb sunglasses and the unkempt hair. Barf. He co-wrote and recorded with Petty and Harrison, which explains his inclusion with the great Orbison and the legendary Dylan with the Wilburys. He's frankly still the odd duck in the row. His work with Harrison and Petty are maybe some of their most popular and it also may be some of their worst.

As for Electric Light Orchestra, it's your typical 1970s rock music. Fans might try to label progressive, multi-layered and experimental and all that. At its heart, it's bad Beatles songs.