Hate to hear he passed today at 66. Just finished up what was supposed to be his last tour.
RIP Tom.
R.I.P.
""Rock star Tom Petty is reportedly “clinging to life” after he was hospitalized and taken off life support Monday afternoon; a report from CBS News prematurely declared that he had died.""
I am serious.
I divorced myself from the popular culture a long time ago because I was fed up with its' social decadence, the constant crapping on my values, and the political correctness.
It seems in doing so, I may have missed some good folks
My bad, but on the whole, it was worth the price.
I got to hang with Tom in Gainesville, FL a few times back in the 70's. I won't reveal everything we did back in those days, but he really liked riding my Yamaha crotch rocket. He admitted that it scared him some though....
May you pull through this well, Tom!!!!
Very talented song writer and performer. Hope he pulls through but not looking good. Thoughts and prayers for him and family.
Doesn't this song ring a bell?
Matt
Rumor has it Kyle's never heard of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, either. LOL!!
Matt
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About 10 Years ago I was at a really cool party in a little condo down by the beach in Carlsbad, CA. Place was jam packed. There was a band playing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover songs. Everybody kept clanking glasses, toasting, saluting this tall guy with thick curly hair. Before I know it tall guy gets on stage and plays a few. It was Ron Blair, bass player for the Heartbreakers. Stood inches from him.
I was more of an Epstein fan, myself.
Just thinking way back here... Tom's cousin was named Sonny, I think, or so was told by him. We met at Sonny's BBQ one hot Florida summer day on the North side of Gainesville, so I always kinda wondered about the validity of his name....lol.
Sonny called Tom and his wife, Tarzan & Jane. So I called Tom's wife Jane. She seemed comforted by that, so I figured that was actually her name. Who knows?
I just know this much.... Tom was pretty cool. He & I got along pretty well, but he seemed quite preoccupied. And that didn't really agree with me back then. I believed in being upfront & honest about things, and I sensed that wasn't returned back to me by that family.
So one day I was compelled to call Sonny, "Sun-Punk", because he seemed a bit dishonest, or maybe it was something else.... Spoiled a bit, maybe? But whatever it was, I didn't like it. And I guess I was a young jerk who was too outspoken back in that era....dang it anyway...lol. So I kept calling him, "Sun-Punk", and he despised it. Imagine that....lol
Looking back, I wish I had myself together more than I did then. Dang testosterone.... Not that I was a really bad guy, but in retrospect, I now wish I'd have been in the frame of mind to have been able to have maintained communication with that family.
Oh well, things are as they are at this point. But I'd be happy to fly down to Florida right now for Tom's funeral.
Just thinkin' back here..... Thanks for allowing me to pontificate on this publically. Just gettin' older, I reckon...lol
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"Serious Petty fans should check out Peter Bogdonovich’s excellent 2006 documentary “Runnin’ Down a Dream.” All four hours are streaming on Netflix, and all four hours fly right by…"
Tom was friends and played with Tom Leadon. Bernie’s brother. Bernie was with the eagles. Hence Don Felder association.
I think all these guys knew the Skynard boys. And probably the guys in .38 Special.
Maybe even the Molly Hatchet boys.
Back when music was made and played by guys that were real musicians. :-)
Was too damned busy keepin' myself from wreckin' them 'round that fast track to win.... lol ... Since I had no ownership stake in the game, I couldn't get aggressive enough to win. And I knew it way back then.... (See there, I was basically a nice guy back then despite what (seemingly) everyone else said about me...lol)
But ya shoulda seen me on my 350 Yamaha on Saturday nights in the late 70's at Orlando Speed World (East Hwy 50 - Bithlo, FL) though. I won so often that I became despised by the big bore Kawasaki's right quick, till I grew outta it (prematurely, looking back...lol)
