Jeff Lynne “Every Little Thing”

It must not be easy being the “Oates.” You know, the 2nd most well regarded member of a duo.

It must not be easy being the "Greg Norton." The 3rd most well regarded member of the trio Husker Du.

It must not be easy being the “Ringo.” The 4th most well regarded member of a certain famous quartet.

But man, it must be hard to be the “Jeff Lynne.” The 5th most famous member of the five member Traveling Wilburys.

I mean, Lynne sold millions of records as the leader of ELO. He was a highly sought after producer, especially in the late 80s and early 90s. And he is the thread that pulled Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison together (he was producing records for each of them) with Bob Dylan to form the Traveling Wilburys.

Yet I still hear people refer to him as "oh and that other guy" in the Wilburys.

Yet he made great tunes, including this worthwhile nugget from an under-appreciated early 90s solo album.

Listen, and imagine George Harrison singing this one on the “Cloud Nine” record, and you can totally hear this as the big radio hit of 1990.