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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

454.0. "Tom Petty" by AYOV18::MBONE (You are ALL Boring) Wed Jun 28 1989 14:24

    Could someone give me some details on Tom Petty, reasons
    being I only realized how good his music is, detials concerning
    anything about him would be great.
    
    
    
    Martin
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454.1some infoHAZEL::STARRWhat do ya do when you get lonely...?Wed Jun 28 1989 18:4730
Tom Petty started playing music in the clubs down in Gainsville, Florida, 
where he grew up. This was the home of a lot of southern rock bands, such as 
Lynyrd Skynyrd, so there was a fairly active music scene. It was there that he 
formed his band, the Heartbreakers, mostly with friends he went to school with 
and played in the clubs with.

Tom and the band eventually moved to California in search of record contract, 
and got signed to a small label called Backstreet Records. He released a 
couple albums on Backstreet, which were distributed by MCA. Tom eventually had 
a lot of problems, and ended up suing Backstreet to get off that label. He 
then was signed to MCA directly.

Discography:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Breakdown", "American Girl")
You're Gonna Get It ("I Need to Know", "Listen To Her Heart")
Damn The Torpedoes ("Even the Losers", "Refugee")
Long After Dark
Hard Promises
Southern Accents
Pack Up The Plantation (2 album, live set)
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)

And, of course, he has a new solo album out, as well as being a member of the 
Travelling Willburys. 

I'm not a real expert on TP, so someone may be able to give you more info. But 
that's a start for you anyways.....

Alan S.
454.2A few pointers...MUNEDU::LACEYMy name is Tim and i'm a HEADCASEWed Jun 28 1989 18:5211
    
    
    	The best of those albums, in my opinion !!!
    
         Damn the torpedoes.
    	 Hard Promises.
    	 Southern Accents.
    	 Pack up the Plantation. (Just for the version of Refugee !!)
    
    
    		Cheers Grub....
454.3Great!!AYOV27::MBONESorry Keith Forgot to change It from BoringWed Jun 28 1989 21:068
Thanks this will help!
    
    
    Cheers!
    
    
    Martin
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454.4STEELG::CHISHOLMMe Auntie Mary, had a canary...Wed Jun 28 1989 21:265
    
    	And the new album is a stonker, can't remember the name, but
    	'I won't back down' is a great track.
    
    	Doug.
454.5Bargains availableMVSUPP::SYSTEMDave Carr 845-2317Wed Jun 28 1989 21:3919
454.6Not on my "BUY" list.MUNEDU::LACEYMy name is Tim and i'm a HEADCASEWed Jun 28 1989 22:288
    
    
    	German radio plays the new Petty album constantly, a couple
    of tracks are good but most of them sound like the Wilburys.
    
    
    
    		Grub....
454.7Eyes so blue they looked like weatherTRUCKS::OGDENFri Jul 07 1989 17:0412
    Hello there,
    
    I've been a TP fan for a long while now, I really do love the
    Heartbreaker's sound, Stan Lynch's drumming steams along underpinning
    Mike Cambell's terrific lead work. It struck me a surprising that
    on the new Lp all of the Hearbreaker's except Lynch played on it
    ..so why the need for a solo lp ?
    
    I saw the guy supporting Dylan in '87 and was well impressed, along
    with Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty is always on my buy list.