Yes, that's how I ended up here. I was listening to their original version of Tambourine Man and thought the singer sounded like Tom Petty (or vise versa 🤣)
Dearest Tom....I love ❤️ you. I miss you. Your good looks, boyish grin, and humility are only surpassed by your poetry and storytelling. Thank you 4ever for your gift of music 🎶 the world was a better place for you having been in it. Cya in a field of wildflowers 🎸🎩💐
Didn’t David Crosby sing this with the Byrds? God I miss Petty. 😢. The Rickenbacker. 💕💕 look how respectful Petty is to McGuinn you can just see the transfer through generations.
This sounds awesome! Tom was heavily influenced by The Byrds and this marriage of 2 great musical minds and a great sounding band is more than anyone could ask for!
At the risk of alienating people, Tom Petty had heroes and the gift of friendship. As he said himself, `I just want to be in the conversation.` He sings lead on all these songs and stays way back from his friends whom he backed up. I am writing this because he did not get recognized for the genius he was. My Dad loved Pete Seeger and Dylan and was a natural musician; gypsy guitar. He liked Springsteen. So did I. But Springsteen has always been The boss, which is why, for instance, George Harrison never said to him; you are in my life now and I will be there for you forever.
didnt want to be a Byrd, he and Roger were just great friends, so they always jammed together, check out King of the Hill off of Back from Rio, they sang that together
@blindwilliehighlight OK I'll play. So why are Bob's songs always more popular when covered. Maybe he should have been in the Brill building? Could you see the Monkees doing say "I Want You" with Davy on lead vocal. Maybe with a spoken word on the outro? "I want you to buy my lunch boxes" Could have worked...
Petty's more like an old version of today's Jack White. A hard-on to attach himself to former greats for posterities sake. Both (like Dave what's his name from Nirvana), have this deep-seeded need to attach themselves to former greats, to seat themselves a place in rock history. Takes all kinds, right? Pretty tired of the parasitism, actually, but bring it on, true believers. (chuckles to self)
+dino335 The same unknowledgeable dick who'd given that very John Jorgenson (on stage) one of his first paying recording sessions, which I'd produced in 1976. "A pretentious shit who practically nothing....." You're missing a word, skippy.
Well Dylan has said some very complimentary things about Petty and they are all on public record. That really doesn't matter though. I've listened to Petty's work on his radio station over the past year and went from being mildly interested to a huge fan. He doesn't have Dylan's lyrical gift but he is a better singer and has a huge body of top notch work. Not sure where your animus springs from, but I'd call Petty an American treasure. So many great songs. Heck, Freefallin' alone puts him in the top tier and there are dozens of others.
One might argue 99% of Americans are better songer than Dylan, but what drives my thought is what I've hears in the day about Tom being something of a Dave Groul (sp?), and wanting to attach himself to every recording/project possible, for names sake. He was allegedly a studio rat, balls out to make a name for himself. Same moniker might have been placed upon me (I was pretty damned good, had cuts by the Reighteous Bros., Crystal Gayle by age 24), but like any wanting it more guy (like my session friends, who played with Tina, Cocker, Elton, McCartney), Tom was all about fame. I liked being at home, the road totally sucked, so I stayed with a dying mom, etc..... Some need fame more than anything. I didn't. Oops. Lol
I would almost cut you some slack for putting the word 'allegedly' in your allegations, however, it is my extremely strong belief that you do not know what you are talking about regarding Tom, and considering that more of the commenters on here have sided more with Tom than with you, I'm prone to bow to the consensus on this one. And, ah, I have been involved in the American music industry since 1964, though admittedly, I was rather young then. Oh, P.S. I would have answered sooner, but I was out actually having a life. :-)
