Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...

For all the great heartland rock songs in history, Tom Petty was able to pump them out faster than his record company could ...

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first started making albums in the late ’70s, they were not the well-oiled machine they ultimately became. “There was a lot of trial and error,” Petty later said ...

Tom Petty would begin an interesting three-pronged career resurgence not long after the 21st Century got underway. He was also incredibly prolific: When he died in 2017, he’d already released three ...

Tom Petty was a seasoned veteran of songwriting, but this classic tune almost had a completely different chorus if not for ...

There is something just so quintessentially American about rock artist Tom Petty. His songs are woven into the tapestry of the country like the stars and stripes are woven into the flag. He’s poetic ...

Tom Petty’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation may have been a fan-pleasing collection of prime cuts, but as far as Petty was concerned it was a contract breaker and nothing more. Eager to leave MCA ...

The Tom Petty archives keep yielding more, like this previously unreleased song about media posturing that rings true in 2019. Tersely and unhurriedly, he rejects posing for magazines or video — and ...

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Tom Petty’s Wildflowers has long stood as one of those rare records that seem to grow more intimate with age. Released in 1994, it captured Petty at a ...

Tom Petty defined a quintessential American sound. He was both easygoing like a breeze and urgent like a siren. Listening to him was like taking your Chevy out for a drive through the heartland. He ...