Tom Petty has Passed Away

[Angie]

Most incredible concert I ever went to was Dylan/Petty in MSP. I can't even remember when, '86? I don't remember about 2 years around that but I remember that concert. Those two complemented each other so well.

Replace Prince with Freddy Mercury and I am completely with you.

Wow, that would have been an amazing show. That would have been in the height of the Wilburys stuff, right? That would be awesome.

It's hard to argue with Freddy - I had only done primarily solo artists, and I know Freddy did some of that, too. Even then, it's hard to leave off Jimi and several others.

 

[CloneLawman]

Wow, that would have been an amazing show. That would have been in the height of the Wilburys stuff, right? That would be awesome.

It's hard to argue with Freddy - I had only done primarily solo artists, and I know Freddy did some of that, too. Even then, it's hard to leave off Jimi and several others.

That's cold, leaving off Jimi.

 

[Angie]

That's cold, leaving off Jimi.

I know. And Clapton. I feel like the mountain needs some more faces.

 

[CloneLawman]

I know. And Clapton. I feel like the mountain needs some more faces.

Have you seen what happened to Pants? You may want to check out the RTT. It's a real shame. He was young and a good dude.

 

[isu2014]

"New Guy" is what they still call him, as he explained at the concert.

Yep! That's what I was referencing.

 

[Angie]

Have you seen what happened to Pants? You may want to check out the RTT. It's a real shame. He was young and a good dude.

 

[MilehighClone]

TP's last interview. In a world gone mad, TP always stayed genuine.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...petty-the-final-interview-20171004-story.html

 

[MeanDean]

Late to the thread, but took me a while to get to this.
This is the introductory liner note to the Zombies Box Set (Zombie Heaven)
Tom was a huge fan...

 

[CloneGuy8]

I heart has a station doing a Tom Petty tribute, and in between songs they had him talking about how the British invasion helped him discover American rock; bands like the Beatles and Stones got him in to Chuck Berry. It was interesting to hear.

 

[michaelrr1]

https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/10/07/florida-gators-football-tom-petty-wont-back-down

Florida stadium singing I Won't Back Down.

 

[Angie]

I don't know if anyone went to see The Toadies last night, but their final song was a great cover of "Breakdown."

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

The official coroner's report has been released. Accidental drug overdose. And boy he was taking a lot of them.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...ssive-accidental-drug-overdose-001310152.html

 

[Sigmapolis]

The official coroner's report has been released. Accidental drug overdose. And boy he was taking a lot of them.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...ssive-accidental-drug-overdose-001310152.html

My physician-wife referred to that list as a "metric ****ton" (with an F).

 

[dirtyninety]

Getting old sucks......I'm trying not to judge..... I loved Tom's music.

 

[madguy30]

Not terribly surprised.

There was a clip many years ago of someone asking him about his performance somewhere, and he was real candid in saying he didn't really remember much of it.

 

[Rural]

Did the entire last tour with a fractured hip.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Easy to judge without knowing all the details, but man it just seems like doctors give away this crap way too easily.

 

[Angie]

Did the entire last tour with a fractured hip.

Yeah, it's not uncommon for a fractured hip to precede death in the elderly; the fact that he played through it night after night is amazing. It's not hard to imagine it took medication to do so.

 

[Rural]

Easy to judge without knowing all the details, but man it just seems like doctors give away this crap way too easily.

There's no doubt about it, pretty much everything in the USA is a racket now.

 

[dirtyninety]

I don't know if anyone went to see The Toadies last night, but their final song was a great cover of "Breakdown."

Haha....so "possum kingdom" was the name of that song that is burned into my brain from the 1990's. "...dark secret....sweet jesus....." Ha. never knew the title. freaky hooky bass riff.