Episode 80
For their 80th Episode, Aaron and Brent look at a unique one man band from Vermont and a supergroup featuring some of the biggest names in music.
Known for using a dumpster guitar along with other instruments built from scratch or salvaged, Aaron highlights three songs from The Suitcase Junket.
Originally formed to help George Harrison record, what was to be, a B-Side for his solo album, Brent spotlights three songs from The Traveling Wilburys
This Week’s Playlist
- Handle With Care – The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 (1988)
- High Beams – The Suitcase Junket – Mean Dog, Trampoline (2019)
- End Of The Line – The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 (1988)
- Can’t Look Away – The Suitcase Junket – The End is New (2020)
- Nobody’s Child – The Traveling Wilburys – Nobody’s Child: Romanian Angel Appeal (1990)
- Light A Candle – The Suitcase Junket – The End is New (2020)
Show Notes
- (22:37) The Suitcase Junket || Gladden House Sessions 2016 – YouTube
- (24:58) Ear to the Ground: The Suitcase Junket – YouTube
- (25:46) The Suitcase Junket Bio – The Suitcase Junket
- (31:41) See The Ties That Bind The Suitcase Junket To His Stop-motion Pictures On “high Beams” – Pop Matters
- (31:47) Basic Folk 02 – Suitcase Junket Podcast – Basic Folk
- (32:28) The Suitcase Junket – High Beams [Official Video] – YouTube
- (35:24) The Traveling Wilburys – End Of The Line (Official Video) – YouTube
- (39:46) The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys Documentary – YouTube
- (43:13) The Suitcase Junket live at Paste Studio on the Road: Green River Festival – YouTube
- (45:29) The Suitcase Junket Observes the Present from The Future… or something like that… in “Can’t Look Away” – American Songwriter
- (55:45) Hank Snow – Nobody’s Child – YouTube
- (56:01) Hank Williams, Jr. – Nobody’s Child – YouTube
- (57:40) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Running Down A Dream – Tubi
- (01:06:08) The Suitcase Junket: A One-Man Garage Band Made From Junkyard Parts – NPR
- (01:06:32) The HU – Sad But True (Official Music Video) – YouTube
- (01:07:08) The Suitcase Junket – Heart of a Dog – 1/3/2020 – Paste Studio NYC – New York, NY – YouTube
- (01:14:26) “doom Folk Rock”: The Suitcase Junket Weaves Hope & Desperation Into ‘the End Is New’ – Atwood Magazine
Other Links
- The Suitcase Junket Patreon
- George Harrison 1990 Traveling Wilburys Interview – YouTube
- The 9 Best Albums By Supergroups – Far Out Magazine
- ELO’s Jeff Lynne: My Life in 15 Songs – Rolling Stone
- Jeff Lynne Looks Back On Traveling Wilburys – Billboard
Band Websites
Traveling Wilburys
Suitcase Junket
Listen to the Playlist


Videos Mentioned
Bands Mentioned
- The Traveling Wilburys
- The Suitcase Junket
- Tom Petty
- Bob Dylan
- George Harrison
- Jeff Lynne
- Roy Orbison
- The Rusty Belles
- Bruce Springsteen
- The Wallflowers
- J Mascus
- Dinosaur Jr
- Steve Berlin
- Los Lobos
- Crash Test Dummies
- John Lee Hooker
- Faith No More
- REM
- The Go Gos
- Sheryl Crow
- The Replacements
- Deer Tick