| Petty has been supported by his band, the Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career.However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums.Petty has had the same manager, Tony Dimitriades, since 1976.Early life
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Tom Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida.In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film "Follow That Dream" in nearby Ocala, Florida and invited Petty to come down and watch the shoot.His musical aspirations were triggered a few years later when the Beatles came to America in 1964; Petty says that he knew he wanted to be in a band the moment he saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show.Heartbreakers, the band's 1976 debut album.Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart."It includes their breakthrough singles "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Refugee."During the album's ensuing supporting tour, Petty came down with tonsillitis, causing a few concerts to be canceled.In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing four songs at Philadelphia's John F.The song's video featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter, mocking and chasing Alice from the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake.In 1988, Petty became a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol.Wilburys album, incongruously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol.Orbison, followed in 1990.In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down A Dream".Lynne and included the hit singles "Learning To Fly" and "Into The Great Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp, Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, and Matt LeBlanc in the video.In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with Warner Bros.His first album on his new label, 1994's Wildflowers, included the singles "You Don't Know How It Feels", "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place".Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing live in Indianapolis June 23, 2006.Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, Echo.Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.In 2005, Tom Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on XM Radio, on which he shares selections from his personal record collection.In February 2006 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers agreed to be the headline act at the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.In July 2006, Petty released a new solo album titled Highway Companion.The disc will contain 18 old and new tracks."We would play and then we would just talk about the old days," says Tom Leadon.Heartbreakers will perform during halftime of the Super Bowl on Feb.University of Phoenix Stadium.Acting
Tom Petty's first appearance in film took place in 1978, when he had a cameo in FM.He later had a small part in 1987's Made In Heaven, and appeared in several episodes of It's Garry Shandling's Show between 1987 and 1990, playing himself as one of Garry Shandling's neighbors.Petty also appeared in the 1997 movie, The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.In 2002 he appeared on The Simpsons in the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation".In it, he spoofed himself as a "tutor" to Homer Simpson on the art of lyric writing, composing a brief song about a sexy girl walking down the street concerned with budget problems in public schools.Honors
Petty has been honored with 17 Grammy Award nominations since 1981.In that year he received his first nomination for "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" in the category of Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal.As a member of the Traveling Wilburys, he earned a Grammy Award in 1989 for Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal for Traveling Wilburys Volume One.Other Wildflowers achievements included Best Male Video Award for "You Don't Know How It Feels" at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards.In accepting the award though, Petty denied his work was any more important than anyone else's, saying that all artistic expression was equally valid.In 1994, You Got Lucky, a Tom Petty tribute album featuring such bands as Everclear and Silkworm was released.In April 1996, Petty received the UCLA's George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement.In 2002, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.On December 6, 2005, Petty received the Billboard Century Award for his lifetime achievements.On September 21, 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the keys to the city of Gainesville, Florida, where he and his bandmates either lived or grew up.From July 2006 until 2007 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio featured an exhibit of Tom Petty items.On October 14, 2007, Peter Bogdanovich's film entitled Runnin' Down A Dream premiered at the New York Film Festival.In 1979, he was dragged into a legal dispute when ABC Records was sold to MCA Records.In May of 1979, he filed for bankruptcy and was signed to the new MCA subsidiary Backstreet Records.Petty voiced his objections to the price hike in the press and the issue became a popular cause among music fans.In 1987, Petty sued tire company B.The ad agency that produced the commercial had previously sought permission to use Petty's song but was refused.Some have claimed that the Red Hot Chili Peppers single "Dani California", released in May 2006, is very similar to Petty's Mary Jane's Last Dance.Petty told Rolling Stone, "I seriously doubt that there is any negative intent there.But I don't believe in lawsuits much.He spent most of those years working, on the road or in the studio.He has two daughters by that marriage.Since 2001 he has been married to Dana York, whom he first met years earlier when she came to one of his concerts.In 1987, an arsonist set fire to Petty's house in Encino, California.Gibson Dove Acoustic Guitar.Petty built an identical house at the same spot.Now I keep punching the button and hope something will come on that's worth listening to.They don't play the young bands.Boston is just MOR as far as I'm concerned.There's no threat there.To me, an honest record is one that you feel the artist believes in, one in which the artist actually means what he's singing.They can tell when it's jive.When we negotiated the deal with ABC, we put in a clause that they couldn't sell the contract without my consent.So I decided to fight to the wall even though it's important to have another record out there now.""It's just not fair to the kids who buy records.MCA doesn't need a new Tower."This is an emergency crisis we're in.I'm only interested in rock 'n' roll.Your TV channel has taken the word "rock" and knocked the "roll" off the end.They want some babe walking on the beach or whatever.Beatles and the Rolling Stones actually on TV playing their guitars.When you can't see musicians playing any more, I'm not interested any more."List of artists who reached number one on the U."Petty's Secret Deal Isn't for Petty Cash" Los Angeles Times April 5, 1992: 58."Petty Battling MCA Over Record Price Hike" Los Angeles Times Feb."Tom Petty" Musician July 1981: 43.Tom Petty with Traveling Wilburys
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Inductees: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar; born October 20, 1950), Ron Blair (bass; born September 16, 1948), Mike Campbell (guitar; born February 1, 1950), Howie Epstein (bass; born July 21, 1955, died February 24, 2003), Stan Lynch (drums; born May 21, 1955), Benmont Tench (keyboards; born September 7, 1953).Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench first came together in the early Seventies as Mudcrutch in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida.Like Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom they occasionally shared bills, they married British Invasion pop with harder Southern rhythms, and they became local stars.Los Angeles as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, with bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch, a year later.Petty personally bore until he was forced to declare bankruptcy.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who had been headlining shows since 1977, were now bonafide superstars.Petty held firm and won that skirmish, too.The group utilized two producers (Dave Stewart and Jimmy Iovine) and employed outside musicians as well.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers backed Bob Dylan on a pair of tours in 1986 and 1987.Tom is a heroic character in his own kind of way.Relying heavily on acoustic guitars and succinct, poppy arrangements, Full Moon Fever marked a turning point for Petty.Wildflowers inaugurated a label switch from MCA, where the Petty and the Heartbreakers had spent the previous 20 years, to Warner Bros.CD box set retrospective, appeared in 1995.Surely, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have accomplished all that and more.TIMELINE
1970: Tom Petty forms Mudcrutch in Gainesville, Florida.Guitarist Mike Campbell joins the same year and keyboardist Benmont Tench signs on in 1973.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers form from the seeds of the disbanded Mudcrutch.The lineup: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar), Mike Campbell (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Ron Blair (bass), Stan Lynch (drums).Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is released.May 28, 1979: Tom Petty files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, inaugurating a legal wrangle with his old label (Shelter) and the major label that acquired it (MCA).Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is released.February 6, 1982: Howie Epstein replaces Ron Blair on bass in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is released.Tom Petty strikes a wall and breaks his hand.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sixth album, is released.Come Around Here No More.January 5, 1986: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers back up Bob Dylan on the first date of a world tour.The successful pairing will continue into the next year.Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.The group has been whittled down to a quartet of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison following the passing of Roy Orbison in 1988.November 4, 1993: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform a homecoming concert in Gainesville, Florida.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, enters the album chart.It is the last show for departing drummer Stan Lynch, who is replaced by Steve Ferrone.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 20th anniversary, is released.Start Your Own Band: Everything You Need to Know to Take Your Band to the Top!It features a foreword written by Tom Petty.March 18, 2002: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the seventeenth annual induction dinner.February 24, 2003: Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers passes away.Tom Petty: Full Steam Ahead.Life Nightmares: A Travelogue of Lost Hope, Broken Dreams, Disillusion and, Finally, Renewal.Playback
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc."Are you sure you want to block this user?Win front row concert tickets!Welcome to the "OFFICIAL" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Myspace site: updated and operated by Tompetty.NOTE: Tom Petty or the Heartbreakers do not personally read or respond to emails at this site.However, they do look at the page from time to time, so feel free to leave a comment in the comment section for them.When and how did the band form?Drawing from the ranks of his high school friends, Petty founded his first band, the Sundowners.As often happens, the band metamorphosed into the Epics and, eventually, Mudcrutch.Never one to give up, Petty enlisted Mudcrutch members Tench (keyboards) and Mike Campbell (guitar), along with Gainesville musicians Ron Blair (bass) and Stan Lynch (drums) to form the now famous lineup that was dubbed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.They released their first album, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in November 1976.In 2006, the band will celebrate the 30th anniversary of that release.The Heartbreakers, because Mudcrutch, the band that Mike and Benmont and I had just before that, got burned so badly.And I wanted to have a lot of say in what went down.I've written a few on the piano.Breakdown' and 'Don't Do Me Like that' on the piano.I'll just write in my notebook.We wrote in the same room, nose to nose.He'll do his bits, and send it to me.Graham Lifetime Achievement Award (1998), Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1999), Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction (2002), R.No, I don't really think that way when I write.I've got to come up with some more music,' and then kind of hope and pray that one of the batch, or two or three or four of the batch, will be hits.What about the Traveling Wilburys?In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Petty joined legends Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, and Roy Orbison as one fifth of the Traveling Wilburys.Roy had just come on the scene, because Jeff was going to do a track with Roy .The first day I met Roy, Jeff and I and Roy wrote that song You Got It.Anything you want, you got it...So everybody knew each other.And when he got the record on, he felt it wasn't really a George Harrison record, it's more of a group.So what do you say we have a group?It was really fun being in that band.Elvis Presley, when I was 11.From that point on, music became my religion, my nourishment.It was also a safe haven for me.My life was very turbulent as a child and a little scary, and music made everything seem right.It has also pulled me through some other dark times.Being so independent, as Tom ever considered eliminating the record companies and releasing his records himself?Beatles would release up to three albums a year.What is Tom Petty's Buried Treasure?Tom hosts on XM Satellite Radio Network.Like Roy Orbison once said, 'I just hope I'm remembered."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"CLICK TO YOUR LEFT TO VOTE FOR BRYAN MASTER, SO HE MAY JOIN THE RANKS OF PATTY GRIFFIN AND MIKE DOUGHTY!!!Thanks for the add and the music!Superbowl is going to be awesome!Im having a BIG Superbowl party in your honor.Thank you for the add:)I am a senior...Thats the perks of bein a city official!!!For one thing the Democrats want universal health care which would destroy our country but the main reason is that Huckabee supports the FAIR TAX.The FAIR TAX was made by the brightest minds of Harvard, Yale, and the likes to replace the current tax system.The FAIR TAX would allow you to take home YOUR WHOLE PAYCHECK.It is a short read, about 180 pages.If you like what you hear send me an add request.As well as Highway companion!Thanks for tuning in to the Drunk Rock!Stay Drunk and spread the word that The Rooftops are on their way to being one of the biggest Punk bands in the world!Thanks for the add Tom and Happy New Year!Never before have we been in control of it other than to go with it or stay behind.Dare to live the collective subconscious!Once you can do this, try it all day, in every action.You can make yourself higher and higher all day and in sleep.The rest was just a bad dream we will forget.NORRIS NECANTE saidpoetry to me is reality and real life to me isnt fantasy who the fuck are you to tell me about poetry..Heard you guys are doing the Super Bowl halftime show!Hi Tom,We appreciate being your Friends.So, You have a 105,142 more friends than me..You think your better than me?"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Minutes() * 60 + newCurrentTime.See all 158 customer reviews...Ships from and sold by Amazon.Want it delivered Wednesday, January 16?Amazon MP3 Downloads store.Browse more Eagles classicsThis item is part of our Music Deals Store, where you'll find extra savings on hundreds of CDs across all genres.Try our music sampler to hear song samples from this album.FSCommands are received by VBScript in IE."Embedding code will be displayed here."He's sold millions of albums, filled arenas, and hobnobbed with George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison, but Tom Petty's driving heartland rock has often been taken for granted by the same critics who hail John Mellencamp as a genius.Greatest Hits is an airtight argument for Petty's own greatness.Heartbreakers, also chronically underrated as one of today's best bands.Official Tom Petty Merchandise.No Credit Card Required.Buy the sheet music for Tom petty at Sheet Music Plus.Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?See all 367 customer reviews...The easiest way to shoot video reviews.The first greatest hits collection by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers covering from 1977 to 1993 does omit some material, such as "Jammin' Me" from 1987's Let Me Up, but on the whole, serves to demonstrate their impact on the late 1970's through early 90's music scene.But she don't need you."The "is she free or isn't she free?"Revel in your abandon" And the message in the chorus: "You see, you don't have to live like a Refugee."The other three singles from that album are "Don't Do Me Like That," "Here Comes My Girl" and "Even The Losers."They get lucky sometimes."I've given up, on this love getting stronger."And the title tells the girl to well...The Rickenbacker guitar opening "The Waiting" and the chorus, where Petty sings "The waiting is the hardest part" after seeing all those "cards" really makes this a standout song.The sole representative from 1982's Long After Dark, "You Got Lucky" is a dark brooding number punctuated by 80's New Wave keyboards.But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down."Was this review helpful to you?Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."Heartbreakers Greatest Hits pulls together 18 great tracks from one of rock's most legendary yet still underrated groups, covering Petty's career from 1976 up through 1993.Of course, Petty has released several classic albums since this GH CD was released, but this album provides fans unfamiliar with the consistency and strength of Petty's early years the chance to see that something good did indeed emerge from the musical doldrums of the 1970s.America took notice of the first single Breakdown and the rock classic American Girl.You're Gonna Get It was released in 1978 and supplies the tracks Listen To Her Heart and I Need to Know.It's hard to believe Refugee maxed out at number 15 in the US charts, as the song was all over the airwaves at the time.Heartbreakers as they truly began to establish a rock 'n' roll legacy.Three years of work paid off when Southern Accents was released in 1985.It's a great album, even though only one track from the album appears on this GH collection.Full Moon Fever (1989) made Petty a legend with hits such as I Won't Back Down (featuring fellow Wilbury George Harrison), Runnin' Down a Dream, and Free Fallin'.Into the Great Wide Open (1991) kept the ball rolling with hits such as the title track and Learning to Fly.Mary Jane's Last Dance (and its accompanying video featuring Kim Basinger) was a big hit, while Something In the Air is a great song obviously influenced by Petty's recent collaborations with Jeff Lynne and George Harrison in the guise of the Traveling Wilburys.There are more inclusive Petty collections out there these days, but if you want the heart and soul of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on one CD, the 18 tracks on Greatest Hits will serve you quite well indeed.Was this review helpful to you?LP confirms, Tom Petty has straddled new wave attitude with classic rock heritage for nearly 25 years.MCA Records after acquiring Petty's former label, ABC, in 1978.Petty's tempestous relationship with MCA was spent witholding an 1981 album to protest increasing prices, foolishly injuring himself in a studio accident, suffering 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There are few songwriters named so well as Tom Petty.His position as elder statesman of a nearly defunct genre belies the general insignificance of his writings, flaccid...Mr Tom Petty at his best
What can I say?As a TP fan it doesn't get much better than this collection.Missing a few but it is expected
Some of the greatest hits albums always miss the mark.Has all the good songs on it, any Tom Petty fan should have this one!Pettyness Which Plays So Rough.........Tom Petty that you can find.It's got all of the hits and no filler.Tom Petty CD review
Great CD.Christmas and after listening to it, it's now one of my favorite CD's.See all 158 customer reviews...Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Ranking the Albums: Tom Petty: A list by J.Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?For more about music, check out our blog, Amazon Earworm, and our monthly newsletters, Amazon Delivers.Using your checking account at Amazon.Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.Track your recent orders.You have no recently viewed items or searches.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Complimentary Tom Petty Ringtones.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream At A Low Price.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Use fewer keywords to find more results.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.If you only know the greatest hits, you don't know how remarkable Petty can be.In a career that has now reached its thirtieth year, Tom Petty has
never made a bad album.Some flirt with greatness, others simply
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