Following an extensive summer tour that drew sell-out audiences all the way to Aberdeen and back, local band, the Unravelling Wilburys, will be returning to the Memorial Theatre this month.
The Unravelling Wilburys claim the debatable backstory of being five Nashville-born brothers who had their act stolen by the 80s supergroup, The Traveling Wilburys. Having taken back their act, they now include many songs from each of the Traveling Wilburys back catalogue. Expect the best of Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan.
Thinly disguised as Walter and Willie Wilbury are two familiar Frome names, John Freeman and Martin Dimery, who met when teachers at Frome College.
They took part in the show ‘All You Need is Love’ at the ECOS amphitheatre, which led to them forming the Beatles tribute ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band’, which toured the UK, Europe and even played in the US over a 20-year period. Their tongue-in-cheek approach brought them cult status amongst Beatles fans.
They decided to disband the Sgt. Pepper project nine years ago, when, Martin said, “We began to look more like the Beatles’ dads!”
The concept of a Traveling Wilburys soon took hold, building on their past reputation and becoming even more popular. Martin said, “Since September, we’ve played a wide range of theatres, selling out in Henley, St.Ives, Teignmouth, Exeter and Cardiff. It is lovely to be back at the Memorial Theatre where we had a great reception last year.”
Tickets are available from the Memorial Theatre box office for the show on Saturday 22nd
November; their only show in Frome this year.
Pictured: L to R Martin Dimery, John Freeman and Mitch Keen
