The Tom Petty Project

In my mind’s eye, I see a younger couple, maybe mid to late twenties, driving an old cadillac along a dark desert highway... A kid, about 7 or 8 years is in the back seat having a bad dream: not exactly a nightmare but one of those dreams that feels you feeling really unsettled for the rest of the day once you wake up and you can’t quite remember it only, the feeling it’s left you with. The verses are the phases of the dream in which unseen forces threaten to harm the kid. The choruses are their internal monologue, reaching out to mom and dad and telling them to turn the car around, reverse course, go back to safety. Song : https://youtu.be/hi6TEnKGV_g REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers' cover and guitar lesson: https://youtu.be/Igz0u_LnjNY Jake Thistle Fans Forever : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DQkHfK9mz/ Jake's Performance on Idol : https://youtu.be/qbZN4ogTW9w Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcasting Network: https://bonelesspodcasting.com All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell (probationary) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack is a peculiar song. It doesn’t have a typical structure and it’s much more a mood piece. As I said, I sort of consider this one to be a chance encounter on the Highway Tom is taking us down. We don’t spend any quality time with this character but we’re left with a slightly gnawing, maybe slightly uneasy feeling about bumping into him. He’s gonna get his baby back and we’re not really sure whether she wants to be got! Song : https://youtu.be/j60LIOgHbtY REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers' cover and guitar lesson: https://youtu.be/LdiGGLYIsx4 Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcasting Network: https://bonelesspodcasting.com All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell (probationary) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every now and then I try to think about my top ten Tom Petty deep cuts. There are so many that I love and that I’ve discovered, rediscovered, or come to appreciate so much more as I’ve been on this podcast journey, but Down South is at the very top table for me in that regard. Going down south for the first time to the Tom Petty Weekend last year made this song resonate doubly with me. Not only does it tap into that connection I have with going home myself, but heading to Gainesville and feeling the bones of the place, I feel this song in a very different way. I can see the song now as well as hear it. Song : https://youtu.be/sQwvkeHGSH4 REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers' guitar lesson: https://youtu.be/AKnyC2PhTcA Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcasting Network: https://bonelesspodcasting.com All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“You’re flirting with time” Tom sings. And I like that idea of not fully committing to time, just flirting with it. That’s definitely how life feels when you’re in your twenties and thirties. You don’t really have to enter into a serious relationship with time because there’s so much of it still ahead. You can mess around on it and you know it will always be there when you get home. There’s an implicit transience to that title line that I absolutely love. Song : https://youtu.be/DSt4jArJo7M REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers: https://youtu.be/s4fHgamxWXk Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcasting Network: https://bonelesspodcasting.com All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saving Grace is the work of a middle-aged man who fully knows himself and knows how to articulate the past and the present in three very vivid dimensions. Critical to retaining the song’s pathos though, Tom doesn’t project a future down this new path. It’s important that Square One is here and now. It’s important that being present in a moment and recognizing that every day and every minute is a chance for rebirth and reinvention is unconstrained by a prescribed destination. It’s the ultimate expression of freedom. Song : https://youtu.be/Ux-RDvSHcI0 REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers: https://youtu.be/dTiYuYykaMk Jake Thistle on American Idol : https://youtu.be/EVUI_FYlScM Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“You keep running for another place To find that saving grace” probably doesn’t hit in the same place for most Pettyheads as “Most things I worry about never happen anyway” but I think there’s a comparable profundity to it. That search for spiritual, or social, or emotional redemption is a journey and one that can often feel just out of reach and unattainable, but you run on anyway. Maybe it isn’t given equal billing with the sensational line in Crawling Back to You because this song is more of an uptempo rocker rather than a baleful mid tempo ballad. Either way, it’s another excellent line that examines the human condition without either prescribing a remedy or casting any judgement. Song : https://youtu.be/vPYFWnzjIy0 REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers: https://youtu.be/RVFSiRUAkys Jack McNey - Turn this Car Around : https://youtu.be/SGhvLR6dCiw Honest and Unmerciful Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/ysz3cd2d Boogie Chillen : https://youtu.be/w512YXe75mg Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s a languidity that floats through a lot of this record; Square One, Night Driver, Turn this Car Around, This Old Down, and The Golden Rose….. These are songs to cruise to. They’re songs to be chewed on and savoured rather than hastily gulped down. You can feel the evening sun warming your skin as your drive with the top down listening to this album before arriving at a house in the woods, where you the songs become much more a cellar aged cognac in front of the fire than they are a light beer. There’s a depth and colour to the album overall that ties the whole together sonically rather than thematically. Check out the "Eat the Pudding" Podcast here! Acast: https://shows.acast.com/eat-the-pudding-a-simpsons-podcast Apple: https://tinyurl.com/ymbu2asm Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3hun8j36 Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wonderful John Paulsen is back to talk all things Last DJ! John actually saw one of the two dates at the Olympic, so I get to ask him about that, we dive into the potential reasons why we've never had any previously unreleased tracks surface from this album (including the mysterious Maggie song!), and why half a concept album might not have landed with a wider listening audience. As always, this was an incredibly enjoyable chat and I hope you dig it as much as I did! Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. If you want to find John, you can catch him over on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/4for4-john.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everything about this song appeals to me. The soft-loud dynamic of the verse and chorus, coupled with the 4/4 3/4 switch from verse to chorus, along with the minor to major switch. It’s just perfectly internally oppositional. The bridge is one of my very favourites that we have in the entire catalogue with that swinging half funk groove and that outro is just absolutely fire. Can’t Stop the Sun brings in all the conflict and anger that Tom has projected through parts of this album and turns it against itself by becoming a final statement of resolve and indestructible self-reliance. It’s a perfect end to a perfect album. Song and links: Song : https://youtu.be/QAOfT6M2VtI Live at the Olympic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=095uVo507r4 Shawshank : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKjiD3LBGPo Judge Timbers : https://youtu.be/gtLxu7unPpU Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s that time of year for me to look back at what I was listening to in the past twelve months and give you some recommendations! I’ve listened to a ton of music in the past year, plenty of which was new to me. Gainesville exposed me to a ton of new indie artists, some of whom I’ve had the good fortune to speak to. I did decide to limit this to only vinyl albums I bought this year, rather than being albums that were released this year. Also, I should call out the Live Anthology RSD release which I picked up but, I’ll most likely be talking about that record as part of a review of the Live Anthology somewhere down the road, so I haven’t included it in this year’s list! Plus, you already know it! Albums included in this episode: Chris Rea - Auberge Vangelis - 1492 - Conquest of Paradise Lady Gaga - Mayhem St Vincent - All Born Screaming Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter Beach Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications Dream Theatre - Metropolis Pt 2. Scenes from a Memory Check out the playlist here : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9JRklgBG7NwGGKiVU9RlbbwoZX2rlWC4 Mentioned in the episode: Firing at the Sky (Kris Klyne's band) : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9JRklgBG7NzA77rOX7NnJW7oEY4CVmvx St Vincent - Big Time Nothing (live on Graham Norton) : https://youtu.be/oFr1vpF9_lY Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tompettyproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thetompettyproject All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Ursell is back to run through my ten questions and give me his thoughts on his favourite album, which version of Walls he prefers, and which song he'd want to cover with the Heartbreakers. Steve picks a fantastic British artist to cover a Tom Petty song, he picks a great gig to want to go back to see, and a certain autobiography may have coloured his choice for favourite Heartbreaker, other than Tom. Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, before we wrap up the last song from The Last DJ, I’m sharing a conversation that I had with an English gent that I met through my Queen podcast and someone I’ve gotten to know a little over the last two or three years named Steve Ursell. Steve has kinda been discovering Tom’s catalogue in real time through this podcast, so I thought it would be really interesting to talk to someone who wasn’t a Pettyhead three years ago but has come to love the Heartbreakers in a fairly short space of time. So, we get into that journey into Petty and how the podcast has played a part in that discovery. We chat about Pink Floyd, Rush, and Queen, and we ruminate on the decline of tastemakers in the world of rock and roll, and on whether we’re ever going to see a grunge or Britpop–style movement again in the years to come: especially with the decline of free-form radio and the rise of the all-powerful algorithm. Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robin Vincent is back to give me her answers to my ten questions. You wouldn't necessarily think that World of Warcraft would play a significant role in defining Robin's favourite album, she drops a bombshell on me about a couple of singers she just doesn't jive with and her answer to my question about which song she'd join Tom and the boys on stage for is perhaps the best answer anyone's given yet to any question I've asked! Oh and Robin divulges a daring escapade which brought her in direct contact with one of Mike's Telecasters. Robin Shakedown links: Floor Goddess EP at Bandcamp : https://robinshakedown.bandcamp.com/album/floor-goddess Robin Shakedown on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/robin.shakedown/ Shadows and Sun (Music Video) : https://youtu.be/-DQhRQRsvzM Note: There is some very infrequent profanity in this episode. Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s bonus episode is a fantastic chat with another artist I was very fortunate to see perform down at the Tom Petty Weekend in Gainesville. Robin Vincent, whose band, Robin Shakedown was one of the most vibrant, energetic and very very cool acts from the weekend. I had to reach out to see if she’d be willing to talk to me about her love for Tom and his music and subsequently, found and fell in love with her latest EP, Floor Goddess, which is an epic roller coaster of melody, hooks, emotion, and righteous anger. We talk about Robin's foundational love of Tom's music, how she constructs her setlists, and the way her band came together for the Tom Petty Weekend. I give Robin my interpretation of how she holds her guitar vs how Shine holds hers and we talk about identity and the pressure of having to play the game to fit in. Finally, we go deep into Floor Goddess; where the songs come from, where Robin drew her inspiration from and how she built the feel and sonic palate for the record. Song and links mentioned in the episode: Floor Goddess EP at Bandcamp : https://robinshakedown.bandcamp.com/album/floor-goddess Have Gun, Will Travel on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/robin.shakedown/ Shadows and Sun (Music Video) : https://youtu.be/-DQhRQRsvzM Note: There is some very infrequent profanity in this episode. Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The DJ comes back and the ditch he’s digging, to keep the flames from the temple, are the songs and the culture he’s trying to build around his freeform station to stop outside corporate influence from burning down his integrity and his artistic vision, which are his temple. He’s the Last DJ: he’s digging this ditch around rock and roll to protect it from the superficial and the formulaic and he’s digging this ditch for all of us! Song and links: Song : https://youtu.be/tMxLxPk97GA Three Men in a Van : https://shows.acast.com/three-men-in-a-van Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ten questions, ten answers. Matt Burke is back to let me know which artists he'd most like to see open for Tom and the Heartbreakers and he throws a little love Joe Walsh's way while he's at it! His cover song is an interesting choice and he wonders if subconsciously he picked it because it's already happened and we sign off with three VERY good words to describe Tom Petty! Don't forget to check out the new Voyager Golden EP from Have Gun, Will Travel and follow Matt and the boys all over social media! Note: There is a little profanity in this episode as we discuss Tom's punk attitude when he was younger! Related links : Voyager Golden EP at Bandcamp : https://hgwtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/voyager-golden-ep Have Gun, Will Travel on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/hgwtmusic/ Learn more about the Voyager missions here : https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/mission-overview/ Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is a part of my artist conversation series and is a wonderful chat I had with songwriter for and lead singer of Have Gun, Will Travel. For those of you who were down in Gainesville for the Tom Petty Weekend, you probably say Matt and the guys play their killer set on Sunday afternoon. This one ranges all over the map. We do discuss Tom Petty’s influence on Matt’s songwriting, but we also talk about the band’s fantastic new Voyager Golden EP! We also head into all sorts of interesting side roads leading to Ennio Morricone, Davids Bowie and Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Carl Sagan, and even Ernest Shackleton! Song and links mentioned in the episode: Voyager Golden EP at Bandcamp : https://hgwtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/voyager-golden-ep Have Gun, Will Travel on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/hgwtmusic/ Learn more about the Voyager missions here : https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/mission-overview/ Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In last week’s outro I’d intimated that I hear a strong resemblance between this song and another favourite band of mine, The Kinks. So first of all, just sonically, if it walks like The Kinks and kinda quacks like The Kinks… it’s most likely inspired by The Kinks. That super cool key change into that second bridge section owes absolutely as much to the type of sharp left turns that Ray Davies would often write into his songs as it does the Sgt Pepper nod that I gave the song. Growing up in England, there’s a nostalgic end-of-the-pier quality to this song that Ray and The Kinks were unparalleled at evoking in a contemporary way. Song and links: You and Me : https://youtu.be/TtETKaTpMg4 Tom with George Drakoulias : https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOtLeEfDlli/ Rock Court (I am the presiding "Judge"!) : https://shows.acast.com/rock-court Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Krishnan is back to answer my ten questions! He gives me his "boring answer" (his words!) to the question "Who is your favourite Heartbreaker other than Tom?" and then gives me his deep cut answer. He also surprised me with his answer to which artist he'd like to see cover a Tom Petty song. We chat about Into the Great Wide Open and the production on that album and we basically just fanboy all over Tom, as is our wont! Don't forget to go visit Sam's social media accounts and head over to Bandcamp to pick up is fabulous EP, Voicenotes! RELEVANT LINKS Bye Lily on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/byelilyofficial My Hero : https://youtu.be/TeFCs0gy3KE Voicenotes EP : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdsxl9PR7h0oBcEB_wRJbLDa_5j3s8XmM Buy the EP at Bandcamp : https://byelily.bandcamp.com/album/voicenotes Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is another bonus artist conversation that I had with a young French songwriter who’s currently based in England, performing under the name “Bye Lily”. Sam Krishnan started out thinking he was probably going to become a rapper, but through a circuitous route, that we discuss, found his way around to Tom Petty, the guitar, and a very contemporary spin on indie folk music. Sam's debut EP, Voicenotes, features a tribute song to Tom which includes a blazing guitar solo from Jake Thistle. We chatted for a good couple of hours and the first part of this conversation is what you’ll be listening to today and as always, I’ve split out his answers to my ten questions which will drop tomorrow! Song and links mentioned in the episode: My Hero : https://youtu.be/TeFCs0gy3KE Voicenotes EP : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdsxl9PR7h0oBcEB_wRJbLDa_5j3s8XmM Buy the EP at Bandcamp : https://byelily.bandcamp.com/album/voicenotes Follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject Bluesky: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject Boneless Podcast Network : https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app The theme song is provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography". Producer: Kevin Brown Executive Producer: Paul Roberts Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.