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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He was also a successful solo artist.
Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Tom Petty, the legendary rock musician who fronted Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and had a successful solo career. Find out his achievements, awards, collaborations, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, [1] the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer Stan Lynch and bassist Ron Blair. In 1982, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle, departed the band.
- 1976–2017
- Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
- 3 min
- Christopher R. Weingarten,Jon Dolan,Corinne Cummings,Nick Murray,Kory Grow,Andy Greene,Will Hermes,Rob Sheffield
- “It’ll All Work Out” Inspired by Petty’s brief separation from his wife, Jane, during the making of Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough), “It’ll All Work Out” is a sweetly effectual breakup song.
- “I Should Have Known It” “We’d record in one or two takes,” Petty said of 2010’s Mojo. “We couldn’t have made this album in the Eighties.” Mojo, which was recorded at the band’s Los Angeles rehearsal space, saw the Heartbreakers get back to the raw, impassioned vigor of their early work, minus any extraneous studio sweetening; “I Should Have Known It” has the garage-blues drive of classic Yardbirds or Led Zeppelin, with a grinding riff and a wailing vocal from Petty.
- “The Best of Everything” Southern Accents closes with a powerful ballad that Petty calls “one of the best songs I ever wrote.” He’d intended “The Best of Everything” for 1981’s Hard Promises, but held it and eventually gave it to Robbie Robertson, who added horns and enlisted his fellow Band alums Garth Hudson on keyboard and Richard Manuel on backing vocals.
- “A Higher Place” “It’s a nice hopeful lyric,” says Mike Campbell of the brightest-sounding song on Wildflowers. Petty sang all the harmonies, and Campbell garlanded the melody with swirling psychedelic guitar that recalls the Byrds and the Beatles.
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Oct 2, 2017 · The dynamic and iconoclastic frontman of the Heartbreakers, who died after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, was a Hall of Fame inductee and a legend of rock & roll. He wrote and performed hits like "The Waiting", "You Got Lucky" and "I Won't Back Down". He also collaborated with Bob Dylan and other artists.
3 days ago · Tom Petty (born October 20, 1950, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.—died October 2, 2017, Santa Monica, California) was an American singer and songwriter whose roots-oriented guitar rock arose from the new-wave movement of the late 1970s and resulted in a string of hit singles and albums.
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