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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band led by Tom Petty.
Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with his most recent effort, 2006’s 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.
Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with his most recent effort, 2006’s 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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Learning To Fly
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Refugee
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Into The Great Wide Open
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Breakdown
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Don't Do Me Like That
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Don't Come Around Here No More
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Here Comes My Girl
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Even The Losers
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The Waiting
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You Got Lucky
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Shoutbox
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unknownmerc wrote:
live anthology is amazing
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polyesterrbride wrote:
Petty Fannnnsssss: Who here has seen the new Dylan video? It's wildly fantastic! http://bit.ly/449KiL
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Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
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WLDB wrote:
Looking forward to the live anthology. Not sure which version I'll get though.
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Repeater99 wrote:
There Ain't No Easy Way Out...
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xSmoochyx wrote:
Don't Come Around Here No More is an incredible song. One of my favorites of all time.
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King_Creole_35 wrote:
Happy birthday Tom :)
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BillyBreathesJF wrote:
I Love Learning To Fly, Incredible, Well structured Song, Amazing Lyrics, Awsome Video, The Whole Package!!
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phaedrus88 wrote:
this is one of my favorite songs of all time. and It carries weight with anyone who's heard it in a time of need
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LugburzDP wrote:
I like this band.
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NisseEriksson wrote:
This band is damn great. So many memories to this music. My mother used to play this when I was small, but it is still very good of course.
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Kreosteijn wrote:
I love Mary Jane's Last Dance [3]
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J-enss wrote:
I love Mary Jane´s Last Dance [2]
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awkward wrote:
i cant read maps :(
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martin03345 wrote:
Start out with the first 5 albums. TPATH, You're Gonna Get It!, Damn The Torpedoes, Hard Promises and Long After Dark.
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CountZPG wrote:
Stop quoting stupid hipster shouts about getting lost without a map [1]
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TheGreenLeafMWM wrote:
cool. great rock
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zephranthes wrote:
Lost_Souls_UK - just grab the greatest hits from 1993. totally the soundtrack to my childhood, amazing collection. after that, go where you like :)
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RocknRoller26 wrote:
heh, cool photo)
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Lost_Souls_UK wrote:
I've never heard (and barely heard OF) Tom Petty, where would I start, I like the driving with no map idea, and Tom Wait's Raindogs makes me feel that way too...
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Take a look inside the Tom Petty Superhighway Tour!
22 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/tompetty
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