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Petty was always seen as the ‘people’s rock star’, the link between the common man and the rock stars up on Valhalla, like ...
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Tom Petty Album Opening Songs Ranked
As the opening track to the Heartbreakers' debut album, "Rockin' Around (With You)" could be considered the opening track to the band's entire career. Lynch's shuffle-y intro gives way to a Beatles ...
Founding members of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, hold the notes of memory.
Today, the Tom Petty Estate has opened the vaults again to preview another tribute to the dearly departed troubadour. In ...
Tom Petty might have had a strong admiration and respect for British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, but he hated them in ...
Tom Petty's 1994 album Wildflowers is to be celebrated in a new book from Genesis Publications and the Tom Petty Estate ...
Tom Petty loved the track "A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)". Too bad one of his other songs kept it from reaching the heights.
Tom Petty has his own way of making records, but he knew that things started to change when working on some of his classics.
Mike Campbell may be best known as Tom Petty’s right-hand man in the Heartbreakers, but as the 1980s dawned, the electric guitar icon began working with Fleetwood Mac and Eagles royalty.
One Boston night in 1976, some new band called Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers opened for Somerville’s Al Kooper at Paul’s Mall. Shy lead guitarist Mike Campbell turned away from the audience ...
When recalling the songs of his career, one particular deep cut Heartbreakers frontman Tom Petty would praise as a number he was especially proud of.
Miley Cyrus delivers "Something Beautiful" to highlight a new music releases week that also digs into the vaults of the ...