Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as was the case with his 2006 album Highway Companion on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums.
After the Petty’s previous band Mudcrutch disbanded, Petty, never one to give up, enlisted Mudcrutch members Tench (keyboards) and Mike Campbell (guitar), along with Gainesville musicians Ron Blair (bass) and Stan Lynch (drums) to form the now famous lineup that was dubbed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. They released their first album, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in November 1976. In 2006, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary of that release.
This lineup stayed intact for four records and was responsible for some of the most infectious songs (“American Girl”, “Breakdown”, “Listen To Her Heart”, “Refugee”, “I Need To Know”, “Don’t Do Me Like That”) and one of the most critically acclaimed albums (“Damn the Torpedoes”) of all time. Their tremendous success catapulted them from club band to arena rockers seemingly overnight.
Bassist Blair split the band in 1982 and was replaced by Howie Epstein, a protege of seminal rocker Del Shannon. Epstein’s solid playing and soaring backing vocals further complemented the band’s live attack.
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psycho21r Wiracocha is right.
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BMWPRETTY Spank! Love this tune!
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KingsAndQueen Southern Accents *-*
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musicmaniac7778 Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll!!
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Wiracocha Too underrated in Europe. Love them!
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bobbyefc38 come on tom tour north west uk
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EdgarCK I don't listen Beatles, because I craze for this team. worth of loving.
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Retinend The S/T debut with the Heartbreakers makes Full Moon Fever sound a bit lazy and soulless, really.
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Damiand77 Everyone loves Tom Petty, no one can ever hate this guy. Except that dichkhead arsonist who tried to burn down Tom's house.
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alexandrasen Read Petty 'won't back down' review at http://wp.me/p1X5HZ-I ! :)
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brudberg Amazing gig yesterday@treasure island. Thanks
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Xintheclouds Tom Petty is my favorite human being. <3
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carajeffrey Check out this blog post I wrote about artists getting the rights to their songs back! Tom Petty is one of them http://www.ourstage.com/administration/content_review/admin_edit_item/DPBFPFDYVRKO
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satanistrue2you Proof that guys that have been around for a long time can still make great music. HIs 2000's albums might be better than his other stuff.
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deadgrave <3 AMERICAN GIRL <3
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immolation mary jane's last dance <3
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yoda_soda onee more time to kill the paaainnn
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