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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you, my friend CPL Dave Hoover for posting the music video of the immensely talented The Traveling Wilburys performing "Handle With Care"
Rest in peace Roy K Orbison, Tom Petty, and George Harrison

Background on the group and this song
"This was the first single released by The Traveling Wilburys, who were a supergroup created by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne. Initially an informal grouping with Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, they got together at Bob Dylan's Santa Monica, California studio to quickly record an additional track as a B-side for the single release of Harrison's song "This is Love." This was the song they came up with, which the record company immediately realized was too good to be released as a single "Filler." They also recorded "You Got It" at the session, which helped convince them to record an album together. >>
Petty explained to Mojo magazine January 2010 what it was like co-writing a song with Bob Dylan. Said Petty: "There's nobody I've ever met who knows more about the craft of how to put a song together than he does. I learned so much from just watching him work. He has an artist's mind and can find in a line the key word and think how to embellish it to bring the line out. I had never written more words than I needed, but he tended to write lots and lots of verses, then he'll say, this verse is better than that, or this line. Slowly this great picture emerges. He was very good in The Traveling Wilbur's: when somebody had a line, he could make it a lot better in big ways."
The title "Handle With Care" came offhand when George Harrison saw the phrase on the side of a cardboard box in the studio."

Handle with Care written by Bob Dylan / George Harrison / Jeff Lynne / Roy K Orbison / Tom Petty
Lyrics
"Been beat up and battered 'round
Been sent up, and I've been shot down
You're the best thing that I've ever found
Handle me with care
Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, you're adorable
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled
I've been robbed and ridiculed
In daycare centers and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
I've been uptight and made a mess
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care"

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Thank you for the great song share brother Dave.
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CPL Dave Hoover
CPL Dave Hoover
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Always a pleasure dear brother SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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CPL Dave Hoover have a great afternoon brother Dave.
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SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
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Guess I missed this group, too busy???
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CPL Dave Hoover
CPL Dave Hoover
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All-star lineup, George Harrison (Beatles), Tom Petty, Roy Oberson, Jeff Lynn(Electric Light Orchestra - ELO) and Bob Dylan. Some good stuff brother. SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
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