Artist of the Week: 7/4/11 - Tom Petty
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Listening to TP and the Heartbreakers Live Anthology. Mike Campbell & Benmont Tench are Rock & Roll gods. Just sayin'.
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wow.
i guess i'm not surprised, but still surprised. glad he kicked.
certainly adds a little context to that largely under rated 90s petty catalog.
np.
i guess i'm not surprised, but still surprised. glad he kicked.
certainly adds a little context to that largely under rated 90s petty catalog.
np.
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Certainly explains having Jeff Lynne produce his records
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I remember you so clearly
The first one through the door
I return to find you drifting
Too far from the shore
I remember feeling this way
You can lose it without knowing
You wake up and you don't notice
Which way the wind is blowing
Don't fade
Don't fade on me
You were the one who made things different
You were the one who took me in
You were the one thing I could count on
Above all you were my friend
Don't fade
Don't fade on me
Well your clothes hang on a wire
And the sun is overhead
But today you are too weary
To even leave your bed
Was it love that took you under?
Or did you know too much?
Was it something you could picture?
But never could quite touch?
Don't fade
Don't fade on me
The first one through the door
I return to find you drifting
Too far from the shore
I remember feeling this way
You can lose it without knowing
You wake up and you don't notice
Which way the wind is blowing
Don't fade
Don't fade on me
You were the one who made things different
You were the one who took me in
You were the one thing I could count on
Above all you were my friend
Don't fade
Don't fade on me
Well your clothes hang on a wire
And the sun is overhead
But today you are too weary
To even leave your bed
Was it love that took you under?
Or did you know too much?
Was it something you could picture?
But never could quite touch?
Don't fade
Don't fade on me
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how so?Zip City wrote:Certainly explains having Jeff Lynne produce his records
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Re: Artist of the Week: 7/4/11 - Tom Petty
Kudzu Guillotine wrote:Tom Petty was a heroin addict in the ’90s. Here’s why he’s finally talking about it.
^^^ That's a really good interview. Well worth the few minutes.
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I'm really looking forward to this book. Warren Zanes is a great writer and knows the industry and TP well.Clams wrote:Kudzu Guillotine wrote:Tom Petty was a heroin addict in the ’90s. Here’s why he’s finally talking about it.
^^^ That's a really good interview. Well worth the few minutes.
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Re: Artist of the Week: 7/4/11 - Tom Petty
That album is stellar rom beginning to end.Tequila Cowboy wrote:Listening to TP and the Heartbreakers Live Anthology. Mike Campbell & Benmont Tench are Rock & Roll gods. Just sayin'.
Here is a great Mike Campbell interview from earlier this year. Mike is very forthcoming and the guy conducting the interview does a good job. Mike actually compliments him a few times about doing his homework. Long interview but lots of good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVcqTvEh4sg
Re: Artist of the Week: 7/4/11 - Tom Petty
For some reason I didn't know this album existed. I'm gonna get a copy soon. Thanks for the heads up.Tequila Cowboy wrote:Listening to TP and the Heartbreakers Live Anthology. Mike Campbell & Benmont Tench are Rock & Roll gods. Just sayin'.
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Vibes for you pulling out of this one, Tom. Thanks for all of the years of great music throughout different chapters of my life. It was such a pleasure to see him play from the 8th row at Summerfest in July. It was the best show that I had ever seen him play out of the 6 times or so.
An underrated legend.
An underrated legend.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlnahjm45b8&t=22s
most excellent. can't get it to post proper. apologies.
cameron crowe imbeds with the band.
hard promises/long after dark era.
most excellent. can't get it to post proper. apologies.
cameron crowe imbeds with the band.
hard promises/long after dark era.
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Just stumbled across T. Hardy Morris' excellent cover of "Scare Easy".
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Fixed it for youdime in the gutter wrote:
most excellent. can't get it to post proper. apologies.
cameron crowe imbeds with the band.
hard promises/long after dark era.
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Patterson sang that with him at Homecoming last year.cortez the killer wrote:
Just stumbled across T. Hardy Morris' excellent cover of "Scare Easy".
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Scare Easy might be a Top 5 Petty song.
Of course, there's a hundred Petty songs that could fall into that slot on a given day.
Of course, there's a hundred Petty songs that could fall into that slot on a given day.
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Here's a series of Instagram posts, all from this morning, by Brian Henneman of the Bottle Rockets
Watched the documentary on the making of this album last night right before I fell asleep. Woke up this morning missing Tom, missing my youth, and feeling totally inadequate as a songwriter. May have to dig a Ric outta the closet today and hold it like a security blanket for awhile...
I only saw him twice. He’s my favorite. The best. People think of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, and guys like them as great songwriters. They ARE, but nothing they ever wrote ever hit me the way Tom did. Tom Petty lyrics are like the unspoken random thoughts that pass through my head. I feel like he was inside me, pullin’ things out, and puttin’ ‘em in public. Glad he could, ‘cause I sure can’t seem to. None of the other “songwriters” ever did that to the degree Tom Petty did...
I only saw him on the Long After Dark tour, which was fantastic, then on Southern Accents, which wasn’t fantastic. It almost wasn’t even good. They were living on cocaine at that point. Didn’t phase my love for him though. Once I started touring in bands, I missed him every time. Never was home when he played here, never was anywhere else when he was playing either. The very last tour, I was home, but it sold out so fast I didn’t get tickets. I had the chance to get ONE ticket through Tom Bukovac, who was playin’ guitar with Joe Walsh. I turned it down because I didn’t want to go without Janet. I don’t regret that choice, but who knew that was my last chance to ever see him? Even if I knew, I still woulda made the same choice. Tom was one of those people I thought would never die...
If you want a true glimpse of the real “inner me” via songwriters, I only scratch the surface. The ones who really nail it are Tom Petty, who ALWAYS nailed it. Next closest would be John Prine. Merle Haggard did it quite often, and Neil Young did it, but he has more goin’ on than whatever I am. He nailed me consistently, but only occasionally. Tom Petty was 100%. Springsteen never once nailed the inner me, but he does in spirit. I love him for reasons other than his lyrics. My love for him comes more from the animal world. It’s recognition at the breed level...
I loved Tom from the first moment I heard him, which was his first album. No one wrote more songs I loved, for a longer stretch of time than he did. I’m at the age now where no one else has time to beat him. I’m living out the rest of my life already knowing who my lifetime favorite is...
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I saw those too this morning. A pretty good instagram moment. Henneman's account can be quite entertaining sometimes... at other times he may disappear deep down into the guitars&gear rabbit hole.Clams wrote:Here's a series of Instagram posts, all from this morning, by Brian Henneman of the Bottle Rockets
Watched the documentary on the making of this album last night right before I fell asleep. Woke up this morning missing Tom, missing my youth, and feeling totally inadequate as a songwriter. May have to dig a Ric outta the closet today and hold it like a security blanket for awhile...I only saw him twice. He’s my favorite. The best. People think of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, and guys like them as great songwriters. They ARE, but nothing they ever wrote ever hit me the way Tom did. Tom Petty lyrics are like the unspoken random thoughts that pass through my head. I feel like he was inside me, pullin’ things out, and puttin’ ‘em in public. Glad he could, ‘cause I sure can’t seem to. None of the other “songwriters” ever did that to the degree Tom Petty did...I only saw him on the Long After Dark tour, which was fantastic, then on Southern Accents, which wasn’t fantastic. It almost wasn’t even good. They were living on cocaine at that point. Didn’t phase my love for him though. Once I started touring in bands, I missed him every time. Never was home when he played here, never was anywhere else when he was playing either. The very last tour, I was home, but it sold out so fast I didn’t get tickets. I had the chance to get ONE ticket through Tom Bukovac, who was playin’ guitar with Joe Walsh. I turned it down because I didn’t want to go without Janet. I don’t regret that choice, but who knew that was my last chance to ever see him? Even if I knew, I still woulda made the same choice. Tom was one of those people I thought would never die...If you want a true glimpse of the real “inner me” via songwriters, I only scratch the surface. The ones who really nail it are Tom Petty, who ALWAYS nailed it. Next closest would be John Prine. Merle Haggard did it quite often, and Neil Young did it, but he has more goin’ on than whatever I am. He nailed me consistently, but only occasionally. Tom Petty was 100%. Springsteen never once nailed the inner me, but he does in spirit. I love him for reasons other than his lyrics. My love for him comes more from the animal world. It’s recognition at the breed level...I loved Tom from the first moment I heard him, which was his first album. No one wrote more songs I loved, for a longer stretch of time than he did. I’m at the age now where no one else has time to beat him. I’m living out the rest of my life already knowing who my lifetime favorite is...
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Plus there is the dogRolanK wrote:[
I saw those too this morning. A pretty good instagram moment. Henneman's account can be quite entertaining sometimes... at other times he may disappear deep down into the guitars&gear rabbit hole.
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I love his guitar and gear posts even though I don't understand a lot of it. He LOVES guitars.Clams wrote:Plus there is the dogRolanK wrote:[
I saw those too this morning. A pretty good instagram moment. Henneman's account can be quite entertaining sometimes... at other times he may disappear deep down into the guitars&gear rabbit hole.
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Yes he really does. I think he even works in a guitar shop too.jr29 wrote:I love his guitar and gear posts even though I don't understand a lot of it. He LOVES guitars.Clams wrote:Plus there is the dogRolanK wrote:[
I saw those too this morning. A pretty good instagram moment. Henneman's account can be quite entertaining sometimes... at other times he may disappear deep down into the guitars&gear rabbit hole.
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I think you are right. At least part time. Lots of pick-up swapping, love-hate relationship with telecasters and getting that 70's soft rock sound.Clams wrote:jr29 wrote:Yes he really does. I think he even works in a guitar shop too.Clams wrote:
I love his guitar and gear posts even though I don't understand a lot of it. He LOVES guitars.
Edit to ad he was the guitar tech for Uncle Tupelo back in the days so I guess he knows his way around guitars. Also; on the topic of Tom Petty, I think BH is spot on with some of his statements. Been listening to lots of Petty since he past away. He was the master of turning simple stuff into classic songs.
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That's a Hell of a tribute. Especially coming from a fellow artist.
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Good one Cortez, thanks.
10. After Petty’s sudden death in 2017, the Heartbreakers are openly considering a Wildflowers tour featuring guest singers.
Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Crowded House vocalist Neil Finn are currently on the road with Fleetwood Mac, taking over Lindsay Buckingham’s parts. But after that extensive tour wraps up in November, Campbell’s schedule will be open, and he’s said he’s considering embarking on a Wildflowers tour with the rest of the Heartbreakers. “It would be a great tribute to Tom to just do that album,” Campbell told Rolling Stone last year. “We’d probably have four or five different guest singers with us. We don’t know who they might be, though, or when this might happen.”
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/33H4Q9 ... G6tV6E-nmg
Great interview with Petty's oldest daughter, Adria, about Wildflowers II on Rick Rubin's Broken Record podcast.
Great interview with Petty's oldest daughter, Adria, about Wildflowers II on Rick Rubin's Broken Record podcast.
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