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Tom Petty on Tour
Tom Petty kicks off his 2008 tour by performing the half-time show during the Super Bowl. He will be in concert July 8th at Riverbend. Tickets on sale to general public Feb. 4th.....Pre-sale to fan club members this Wednesday, Jan. 30th. Mark one thing off my bucket list.
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Early life
Tom Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. His interest in rock and roll music began at age 10 when he met Elvis Presley. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film "Follow That Dream" in nearby Ocala, Florida and invited Petty to come down and watch the shoot. He instantly became an Elvis Presley fan and soon traded his Wham-O slingshot for a box of Elvis 45s which he would play over and over again. His musical aspirations were triggered a few years later when the Beatles came to America in 1964; Petty says that he knew he wanted to be in a band the moment he saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Petty also overcame a difficult relationship with his father, who found it hard to accept that his son was "a mild-mannered kid who was interested in the arts" and subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis. Petty was extremely close to his mother, and remains close to his brother Bruce, whom he describes as "a prince".
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[edit] Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1976 - 1987)
After working with his early bands -The Sundowners, The Epics and Mudcrutch (the third with drummer Randall Marsh and future Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench)- he began his recording career with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the band's 1976 debut album. The album didn't receive a great deal of attention at first. The single "Breakdown" was re-released in 1977 and peaked at #40 in early 1978. This was after word filtered back to the United States that the band was creating a stir in the UK. The debut album was released by Shelter Records, which at that time was distributed by ABC Records.
Their second album, You're Gonna Get It!, marked the band's first gold album and featured the singles "I Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart." Their third album, darn the Torpedoes, quickly went platinum. It includes their breakthrough singles "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Refugee." During the album's ensuing supporting tour, Petty came down with tonsillitis, causing a few concerts to be canceled. In February 1980, he had his tonsils removed and the band was back on the road a few weeks later.
In September 1979, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their rendition of "Cry To Me" was featured on the resulting No Nukes album, but Petty declined to appear in the concert film of the event due to what he felt was a sub-par performance.
1981's Hard Promises became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single "The Waiting." The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with Stevie Nicks.
Bass player Ron Blair quit the group, and was replaced on the fifth album (1982's Long After Dark) by Howie Epstein; the resulting line-up would last until 1994. In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium. The same year, it released Southern Accents, which included the hit single "Don't Come Around Here No More," which was produced by Dave Stewart. The song's video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. It was criticized by feminist groups. The ensuing tour led to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! and to an invitation from Bob Dylan; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers joined him on his True Confessions tour and also played some dates with the Grateful Dead in 1986 and 1987. Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), a studio album made to sound like a live recording using a technique they borrowed from Bob Dylan. It includes "Jammin' Me," which Petty wrote with Dylan.
[edit] Traveling Wilburys, solo career, and return to the Heartbreakers (1988 - 1991)
In 1988, Petty became a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band's first song, "Handle With Care", was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second album Wilburys album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990.
In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down A Dream". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down", but they were actually performed by Phil Jones).
Petty rejoined with the Heartbreakers for his next album, Into the Great Wide Open, in 1991. It was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles "Learning To Fly" and "Into The Great Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.
[edit] Move to Warner Bros. Records (1991 - present)
In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with Warner Bros. Records.[4] His first album on his new label, 1994's Wildflowers, included the singles "You Don't Know How It Feels", "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place". The album, produced by acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, was a huge success and sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.
In 1996, Petty reunited with the Heartbreakers and released a soundtrack to the movie She's the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Music from "She's the One"). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" (featuring Lindsey Buckingham), "Climb that Hill" and a song written by Lucinda Williams, "Changed the Locks". The album also included a cover of "Asshole", a song by Beck. The same year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, for which Cash would win a Grammy for Best Country Album (Cash would later cover Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on American III: Solitary Man).
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.
In 1999, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo. Two songs were released as singles in the U.S., "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The following year, they played Taxman, I Need You, and Handle With Care (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) at the Concert for George in honour of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.
2002's The Last DJ included several attacks on the music industry, criticizing it for greed, watering down music, and releasing pop music made by scantily-clad young women and reached number 9 on the U.S. charts.
In 2005, Tom Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.
In February 2006 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled Highway Companion. It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, becoming Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking album sales in 1991. In 2006, the American Broadcasting Company hired Petty to do the music for its National Basketball Association playoffs coverage.
During the summer of 2007, Tom Petty reunited with his old bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The fivesome recorded a new album together scheduled for release during the first quarter of 2008. The disc will contain 18 old and new tracks. "We would play and then we would just talk about the old days," says Tom Leadon.
On December 2, 2007, it was announced that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3 at the University of Phoenix Stadium.
In January 2008 it was announced that the band would be embarking on a North American Tour which set to start on May 30th following the appearance at Super Bowl XLII.[5]
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So thanks to Elvis you all have Tom Petty
Tom Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. His interest in rock and roll music began at age 10 when he met Elvis Presley. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film "Follow That Dream" in nearby Ocala, Florida and invited Petty to come down and watch the shoot. He instantly became an Elvis Presley fan and soon traded his Wham-O slingshot for a box of Elvis 45s which he would play over and over again. His musical aspirations were triggered a few years later when the Beatles came to America in 1964; Petty says that he knew he wanted to be in a band the moment he saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Petty also overcame a difficult relationship with his father, who found it hard to accept that his son was "a mild-mannered kid who was interested in the arts" and subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis. Petty was extremely close to his mother, and remains close to his brother Bruce, whom he describes as "a prince".
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[edit] Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1976 - 1987)
After working with his early bands -The Sundowners, The Epics and Mudcrutch (the third with drummer Randall Marsh and future Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench)- he began his recording career with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the band's 1976 debut album. The album didn't receive a great deal of attention at first. The single "Breakdown" was re-released in 1977 and peaked at #40 in early 1978. This was after word filtered back to the United States that the band was creating a stir in the UK. The debut album was released by Shelter Records, which at that time was distributed by ABC Records.
Their second album, You're Gonna Get It!, marked the band's first gold album and featured the singles "I Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart." Their third album, darn the Torpedoes, quickly went platinum. It includes their breakthrough singles "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Refugee." During the album's ensuing supporting tour, Petty came down with tonsillitis, causing a few concerts to be canceled. In February 1980, he had his tonsils removed and the band was back on the road a few weeks later.
In September 1979, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their rendition of "Cry To Me" was featured on the resulting No Nukes album, but Petty declined to appear in the concert film of the event due to what he felt was a sub-par performance.
1981's Hard Promises became a top-ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single "The Waiting." The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with Stevie Nicks.
Bass player Ron Blair quit the group, and was replaced on the fifth album (1982's Long After Dark) by Howie Epstein; the resulting line-up would last until 1994. In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium. The same year, it released Southern Accents, which included the hit single "Don't Come Around Here No More," which was produced by Dave Stewart. The song's video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. It was criticized by feminist groups. The ensuing tour led to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! and to an invitation from Bob Dylan; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers joined him on his True Confessions tour and also played some dates with the Grateful Dead in 1986 and 1987. Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), a studio album made to sound like a live recording using a technique they borrowed from Bob Dylan. It includes "Jammin' Me," which Petty wrote with Dylan.
[edit] Traveling Wilburys, solo career, and return to the Heartbreakers (1988 - 1991)
In 1988, Petty became a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band's first song, "Handle With Care", was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second album Wilburys album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990.
In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down A Dream". It was nominally his first solo album, although several Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced the album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and backing musicians included Campbell, Lynne, and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums in the video for "I Won't Back Down", but they were actually performed by Phil Jones).
Petty rejoined with the Heartbreakers for his next album, Into the Great Wide Open, in 1991. It was co-produced by Lynne and included the hit singles "Learning To Fly" and "Into The Great Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.
[edit] Move to Warner Bros. Records (1991 - present)
In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with Warner Bros. Records.[4] His first album on his new label, 1994's Wildflowers, included the singles "You Don't Know How It Feels", "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place". The album, produced by acclaimed producer Rick Rubin, was a huge success and sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.
In 1996, Petty reunited with the Heartbreakers and released a soundtrack to the movie She's the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Music from "She's the One"). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" (featuring Lindsey Buckingham), "Climb that Hill" and a song written by Lucinda Williams, "Changed the Locks". The album also included a cover of "Asshole", a song by Beck. The same year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, for which Cash would win a Grammy for Best Country Album (Cash would later cover Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on American III: Solitary Man).
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.
In 1999, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo. Two songs were released as singles in the U.S., "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The following year, they played Taxman, I Need You, and Handle With Care (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) at the Concert for George in honour of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.
2002's The Last DJ included several attacks on the music industry, criticizing it for greed, watering down music, and releasing pop music made by scantily-clad young women and reached number 9 on the U.S. charts.
In 2005, Tom Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.
In February 2006 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled Highway Companion. It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, becoming Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking album sales in 1991. In 2006, the American Broadcasting Company hired Petty to do the music for its National Basketball Association playoffs coverage.
During the summer of 2007, Tom Petty reunited with his old bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The fivesome recorded a new album together scheduled for release during the first quarter of 2008. The disc will contain 18 old and new tracks. "We would play and then we would just talk about the old days," says Tom Leadon.
On December 2, 2007, it was announced that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3 at the University of Phoenix Stadium.
In January 2008 it was announced that the band would be embarking on a North American Tour which set to start on May 30th following the appearance at Super Bowl XLII.[5]
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Here's another piece of cookie. Old School Tom Petty. 
Hmmmm....1978.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbgfvtGuVE
Hmmmm....1978.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbgfvtGuVE
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I am a big fan of Tom Petty's music as well. He is an incredible artist. I think Refugee was one of the best songs of all time. I also enjoyed his work with Stevie Nicks.
Ghostwriter...Do you think we could get Tom Petty to stop in Ironton on his 2008 tour? We certainly have enough vacant properties to hold a huge open-air concert. How about those acres on the Intermet property?
We could set it up as a charity event....
Ironton Aid 2008
Ghostwriter...Do you think we could get Tom Petty to stop in Ironton on his 2008 tour? We certainly have enough vacant properties to hold a huge open-air concert. How about those acres on the Intermet property?
We could set it up as a charity event....
Ironton Aid 2008
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And it continues with The Traveling Wilburys. Can you imagine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewWyW6lT1HE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewWyW6lT1HE
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ghostwriter:
I Won't Back Down was written by Petty as a message to the music industry executives that wanted to price Petty's album at a "new" industry high- $9.98....and Tom Petty said no way.
ballparent:
I like the music video edition of Free Fallin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=726Zf-zin-s
I Won't Back Down was written by Petty as a message to the music industry executives that wanted to price Petty's album at a "new" industry high- $9.98....and Tom Petty said no way.
ballparent:
I like the music video edition of Free Fallin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=726Zf-zin-s
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And, here is The True Story of the Traveling Wilburys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEFSA7s ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHtQCUOr4lw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEFSA7s ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHtQCUOr4lw
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henrysteele wrote:ghostwriter:
I Won't Back Down was written by Petty as a message to the music industry executives that wanted to price Petty's album at a "new" industry high- $9.98....and Tom Petty said no way.
ballparent:
I like the music video edition of Free Fallin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=726Zf-zin-s
Much Better.
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