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Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:02 pm
by earthdog70

Re: Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:07 pm
by the mean
Got to see him on the Echo tour in 1999. What an amazing songwriter. RIP.

Re: Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:12 pm
by earthdog70
Petty & The Heartbreakers/Del Fuegos/Georgia Satellites-July 21, 1987 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD was the only time I saw him live. :arrow:

Re: Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:58 pm
by version sound
Not so quick, y'all.

Re: Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:47 am
by scannest
I managed to see him 3x - twice when the Replacements opened for him in '89 and again in '94 or so. I never thought much about the live show. As good as the band was they played the whole 'let's really stretch out on this one' card too much for my tastes. But there is no denying that he has written as many great songs as just about any American rock songwriter. And he did without any of the 'striving for significance' that frequently gets in the way of guys like Springsteen and Mellencamp.
He will be missed.

Re: Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:52 am
by JGJR
I never got to see him live and I don't own any of the records (I'd like to change that), but I ALWAYS liked him. I'm playing the Greatest Hits now on Spotify. Just about EVERYONE liked him and that is a rarity. He's (obviously) going to be missed.

Re: Tom Petty RIP

PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:37 pm
by captain2man
the mean wrote:Got to see him on the Echo tour in 1999. What an amazing songwriter. RIP.


I think I saw him on this tour as well....out west - some cool outdoor amphitheater a little outside of San Francisco. Steve Earle opened. Howie Epstein was still playing bass for him (he ended up passing away in 2003).

An iconic songwriter and another huge loss to the rock world.