Petty loved playing live and when I seen him he would make eye contact with as many people in the crowd as he could and just smile as Campbell played the solo
I was at that last performance. It was the craziest shock to lose him exactly one week later. I didn't believe the early reports...still can't quite believe it.
Tom said they were big in England before they got any recognition at home. (God it’s so painful when something is so close and still so far out of reach. ) one of the best lines ever.
Went to a Tom Petty concert in the 90s here in Las Vegas. One of the best darn concerts I’ve ever seen. We didn’t want them to stop. Must’ve been a 5 minute standing ovation and Tom looked surprised (our seats were close). Rest In Peace Tom.
"Underrated". Hahaha. He is a big number and has been for more than 40 years. Ask Joe Walsh, Mick Fleetwood, Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne ect ect. He isnt known by the masses - but people who play guitar know him as TP"s right arm
tom petty & i have the same birthday October 20th... since the 1980s i thought he was all right but nothing special never listening to him on my own... i am a huge Nirvana fan and recently saw a video of Tom praising Kurt giving him the highest compliment possible saying he was the most important person in rock since Hendrix... this is an incredible song and performance even the fucking sunglasses are perfect, what a tune what a band what a lead guitarists... i can't stop listening to it in 2023...
Watched this on Whistle Test back in in '78 (OGWT was mandatory viewing) then I went down and saw him play it at Knebworth in '79 so many great memories came flooding back watching this.
I watch Stan Lynch on drums and wish him and Tom could have worked out their differences and that he remained with the band. What a phenomenal drummer.
I don't think Stan had it in him to continue the run...The big stage is hard!!..He would have preferred to just play in a studio...Ferrone is seasoned in the big arena and a legend. If you feel the band lost something after Stan it maybe more that the band entirely was mailing it in..but it wasn't due to Ferrone.
@@stixplayer Actually it's the reverse-Stan was the one who preferred to play live. Tom mentions how he missed how Stan could just look at his shoulders and know where to go with the beat! IT's been great watching Stan fill in for Matt Laug in Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs these past few months. Stan in the Man
@@brownblazer1 according to stan himself in modern drummer magazine....Petty fired him!! Petty said he didn't like his playing anymore and he had out grown him.
When I 1st saw this vid quite a while back I wondered why he did have shades on, and I forget exactly what happened, but before the show an aerosol can (or something like that) exploded back stage and it got all in Tom's eyes which almost cancelled the show. In the documentary I saw they said that being as big of an opportunity it was for TP and the band he just washed his eyes out as best he could with water, put the shades on and hit the stage. From everything I've watched and read TP was a pretty tough and determined guy, especially in the late 70s and early 80's. Another example of this is how he shattered his right hand to powder slamming it on a concrete wall in 82'/83
Great songwriter, great band. I saw them around this time in Phoenix AZ at a really nice venue that was built for the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. I couldn't believe they let a bunch of Rock&Roll rubes in there :). What an impressive career Tom Petty had. CRAZY number of hits over the years. And, he stood up to the industry and won!
October 2017 The saddest month of rock and roll history when we lost TP. This was the last song they played. Tom, Mike, Ron, Scott, and Steve made the best rock and roll ever. RIP Tom. Tom had the coolest Rickenbacker ever and Mike had the coolest Broadcaster. Tom, you left us too early
This was the classic line-up with Ron Blair on bass and Stan Lynch on drums. Stan performed those great harmony background vocals. I saw them in 79 with Eddie Money. It was right as Damn the Torpedoes came out
I remember seeing them in Gainesville at Dubbs and other clubs. The band had music on weekends at the farm they rented. My friends moved in when Petty moved out.
I'm sure Mike had plenty of offers from other bands and he also could have started his own band and no doubt had success doing it but he chose to stay and support the great songs that Tom wrote. Also, he got to do his surf guitar medley every show, so there's that.
Living in Columbus Ohio was great. Being a college town we got to see all the best and new bands. Back in the day you could buy a good ticket for 10.00 bucks. Paid 12.00 to see Zeppelin and thought that was an outrageous price.
I saw these guys back in '76 or '77 opening for J. Geils (I think) in Poughkeepsie, NY and all my friend could talk about was what a great bass player Ron Blair was. Ton had a great band!
I have liked TP and the Heart Breakers since their first album. For some reason though since Tom passed away I've been madder'n hell at him and can't figure out why.
