I’ve been blogging now for about five years and by my count, I’ve posted … well, a lot of songs. Some of them I posted a while back, some are so old your mother should know. But I listen to some of these while driving … Continue reading Six From The Vault – Volume 3
IMDb: A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.’s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic music groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas. When I first heard about this documentary, I … Continue reading Featured Documentary – Echo in the Canyon
I hope you get a chance to listen to my Spotify playlist. I dug deep, consulted some lists, etc. Kudos to fellow blogger Tony at Mumbling About for turning me on to “Room at the Top” and the gorgeous “Angel Dream.” Also to the original … Continue reading Tom Petty – I Was So Much Older Then (final of 4)
“Somewhere, somebody, somehow Must have kicked you around some”- Refugee Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were playing a fair number of opening slots at this time (late ’70’s), including one memorable night where Ray Davies wouldn’t give up the stage for a sound check. When … Continue reading Tom Petty Won’t Back Down (3 of 4)
“We ain’t no punk band, we ain’t folk rock, jazz rock, or any of that bullshit. Just rock, and we don’t put no other name on it than that. We’d be stupid if we did.”- Tom Petty And now that they were “stars,” the band had started … Continue reading Tom Petty – Dogs on the Run – (2 of 4)
You know who they are, right? Those guys that play in a band that’s named after somebody else. Sure, you know their name and what they eat for lunch but that’s because you’re a big fan. To the great masses, it’s {name the artist} and a … Continue reading Sidemen
Update – in a subsequent series on Petty’s life, I added a few more tracks to the Spotify list. So it’s the Top Ten plus. And that’s a good thing. I said the other day in another post that I was no longer on a … Continue reading My Top Ten Tom Petty Songs
Music Enthusiast - At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul 