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Most of the greatest Tom Petty songs came naturally but even he was responsible for overthinking some of his greatest work.
"You couldn't talk Tom into anything," Campbell ... with such hits as "American Girl" and "Learning to Fly." But he also witnessed the darker periods in Petty's life, and felt too powerless ...
“Yes, Tom [Petty] was not a perfect person. Neither am I. Neither are you, you know,” guitarist Mike Campbell says, a bit ...
Mike Campbell was the late Tom Petty’s chief lieutenant in the Heartbreakers ... I wanted to talk about the creative energy for the songs and the personal relationships between me and my bandmates.
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Bramnick’s gambit
How the hell can an anti-Trump Republican like Jon Bramnick possibly win a primary in this political environment? I’m deeply skeptical that he can. But I’m also somewhat surprised by his campaign’s ...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers return to Gainesville ... Joined again on stage by their very special guest Stevie Nicks for several songs, highlights include "Learning to Fly," and the concert closer ...
Broadway’s 2024-25 season has gotten off to a rather extraordinarily fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful ...
Tom Petty deserves more credit for how incredible of a singer he was; and these isolated "Free Fallin'" vocals prove that notion.
On Thursday, April 3, the singer-songwriter performed a stunning rendition of the Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly" for the ...
Mike Campbell never tried to intervene with Tom Petty's heroin addiction, he tells The Independent. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist has a new memoir, Heartbreaker, out March 18.