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2010 Interview with Tom Petty; "I Wanted To Rough...
Q: You’ve been doing this for 30-plus years without any embarrassing misfires, and a string of solid albums and tours. That’s harder to do than it sounds. Any tips? A: We were really interested in the music most of all, and still are. We always played pretty head’s up ball with everybody. We weren’t attached to a fad. Maybe people felt there was an honesty to the trip. We always tried to make...
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tom petty's real life nightmare 1980
At the moment, Tom Petty doesn’t look much like a man who recently regained the upper hand in his career. Instead, hemmed in by hazy lights centerstage at Philadelphia’s Tower Theater, he looks strained and ashen as he sings “Even the Losers,” a hard-learned article of faith from his new album, Damn the Torpedoes. Appearances aside, though, Petty still barks with all the...
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confessions of a glorified side man Jimmy Z
Now Tom Petty’s sense of humor was at the other end of the spectrum. He was a cross between Jed Clampett and Elvis. He would get you all wrapped up on some subject and be twisting and turning the story until you found yourself drifting and thinking to,“is this guy for real?” Ten minutes later you would find yourself reliving the conversation and realize that he’d just taken a...
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