RIP Tom Petty 1950-2017

[KDS]

Sad about the news of Tom Petty's passing.  I was nothing more than a casual fan, but I always enjoyed his music, especially his tribute to Brian, Hung Up and Overdue, which appears on the great soundtrack he did called She's The One which also features Carl on background vocals. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSl9ykaiNvw

RIP

FYI, there's a Petty thread in the General Music portion of the board. 

Speaking of BB connections, the first track of his 1999 Echo album "Room at the Top of the World" is apparently a tribute to Carl Wilson who'd passed the year prior. 

[Rocker]

John Fogerty included "I won't back down" in his current show. Here's him giving a tribute to Tom Petty:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yD9AQI5ceQ

[B.E.]

John Fogerty included "I won't back down" in his current show. Here's him giving a tribute to Tom Petty:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yD9AQI5ceQ

Apparently, Jason Aldean also performed 'I Won't Back Down' last night on SNL. Good choice.

[SurfRiderHawaii]

This is awful! RIP Tom.

Flashback to the late 70s. I am at the Golden Bear Club in Huntington Beach CA to see McGuinn, Hillman & Clark - three Byrds. Great table up front. Who sits down right next to me for the show? Tom Petty and Mike Campbell. Great show!

[MikestheGreatest!!]

Tom Petty also had one of my favorite quotes/anecdotes about Brian (I pulled this from old thread, so I can't vouch for the source of it's an exact quote):

"I met Brian in a restaurant in LA recently. Thought he was the perfect gentleman, right up until he buttered his head and put it between two slices of bread."

I never really liked that quote....

[Lonely Summer]

This is awful! RIP Tom.

Flashback to the late 70s. I am at the Golden Bear Club in Huntington Beach CA to see McGuinn, Hillman & Clark - three Byrds. Great table up front. Who sits down right next to me for the show? Tom Petty and Mike Campbell. Great show!

Wow! What a night! That's one you'll never forget.

[SurfRiderHawaii]

This is awful! RIP Tom.

Flashback to the late 70s. I am at the Golden Bear Club in Huntington Beach CA to see McGuinn, Hillman & Clark - three Byrds. Great table up front. Who sits down right next to me for the show? Tom Petty and Mike Campbell. Great show!

Wow! What a night! That's one you'll never forget.

It certainly was!