• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: January 21, 2011

    Friday Five : ‘frī-(,)dā,-dē ‘fīv : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we’ll…

  • cover of Hard Promises by Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker
    Rock

    In Appreciation of Tom Petty’s Hard Promises

    Not since my little spiel about side two of Tattoo You have I delved into my all-time favorite albums. Tom Petty has a wealth of amazing albums on his resume, and though Full Moon Fever almost takes top billing, I…

  • Rolling Stone cover with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan
    Rock

    Bob and Tom on the 4th of July (Part Two)

    As promised, here’s the second part of this nice collection of tunes from the July 4th, Dylan/Petty show way back in old ’86. An interesting note about “Rainy Day Women” – Howie Epstein plays slide guitar, and Mr. Tom moves…

  • Rock

    Super Petty – Live in 1990

    In anticipation of what I’m sure will be a rockin’ Super Bowl Half-Time show, here’s a look back at Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, circa 1990. You can argue this was Petty at his peak in popularity. He was riding…