The Tom Petty Project

Everything about the way this song is crafted sneaks up on you. It’s a masterclass in how you take an idea and flesh it out into a fully-fledged tour de force piece of art. And that’s not to say that this song isn’t wonderful when played just on an acoustic guitar, or on piano with just the vocal accompaniment. It’s a great song in its bones, but it’s dressed in such elegant musical finery that it becomes this dazzling, breathtaking thing of beauty. This episode includes a conversation about Wildflowers with Mary Beth Donnolly. If you want to listen to Wildflowers before the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/Kw8vBDk880k If you'd like to listen to that home demo version, with the alternate bridge section, you can find that one here: https://youtu.be/m2OFxeg4spU The photo I had mentioned in the show of Tom and the band at the Viper Room can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3jhus6rb And do please check out the fantastic Regarding Roger podcast here: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/regarding-roger/id1716908381 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Edvf5uVeRzCTRpsKVo2sd 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject All music in this episode was played by me on my trusty old Korg X3! 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.

When climbers finally decide to take on the holy grail of all ascents, Everest, they first face a nine day journey to base camp, which includes two full rest days. This journey alone weeds out about thirty of explorers. Those who are lucky enough to make the arduous trek to the first staging post are then faced with Mount Everest growing ever upwards into the clouds before them. Well my fine friends, I finally made it to basecamp and I’m staring up at my own personal Everest, relishing the challenge ahead, and looking forward to finding my own place among the Wildflowers. Wildflowers is the album that converted me from a casual fan to a Pettyhead and is, in my opinion, one of the most perfect albums ever recorded. I hope you enjoy this tenth season of The Tom Petty Project. Like the album, it’s been a long time coming and I hope I can do it justice. 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject All music in this episode was played by me on my trusty old Korg X3! 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.

One last non-Petty episode before we being digging into Wildflowers! This time, Russell Mark, from The Nextdoors is back to talk about their new single "Swing and a Miss". We talk about perfection in art and whether it's worth striving for, we nerd out over specific production choices and songwriting form, and of course, we talk about Gary Carter, and America's pastime. It was a lot of fun chatting to Russell again and I hope you enjoy our chat as much as we did! You can listen to or buy Swing and a Miss here; Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2rkI6C98jJhv6GhSmWYBaP Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/swing-and-a-miss/1733839196 Youtube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9k1c5udiTgo Bandcamp: https://thenextdoors.bandcamp.com/album/swing-and-a-miss-single And you can go check out The Nextdoors website for upcoming shows and all sorts of other info! https://nextdoorsmusic.com 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@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.

This is another special non-Petty episode of the podcast with the fantastic Jake Thistle, who found time in his insanely busy schedule to sit down with me to discuss his label debut, The Half Left Out. We chatted a little about Gainesville and Tom of course, but mainly we dug into the weeds around his full debut release, with topics ranging from album sequencing, how different producers bring different perspectives to songs, and how to avoid cliche: Jake has a fairly direct way of dealing with that! We also dug into the brilliant video for Brooklyn Can Wait and talked through each track in a little more depth. Jake has a new live album coming out some time in the next few months and already has demos made for most of a new studio recording which will be coming sometime hopefully soon. In the meantime, make sure you check out https://jakethistle.com and go support Jake at a live show if he’s playing anywhere near you. You can listen to Jake's fantastic album, The Half Left Out here; Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5NHK1O1KV8HX4rQpHBWYxM?si=SkDAanucR9C3ZQYtJ2HCow Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-half-left-out/1713615334 Youtube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUNZNye9Kwjuhxc-DG4eYsojuLhOz_CHs And check out the video for "Brooklyn Can Wait" here: https://youtu.be/w_7rzZ5gMTw 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@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.

A really fun one today folks. John and Kevin dig deep into inclusions and ommissions from 1993's Greatest Hits. We have a conversation about formats (CD vs vinyl), chronological ordering vs sequencing, and whether ballads belong on Greatest Hits compilations. Both John and Kevin have one song that the other feels simply doesn't belong on the Greatest Hits album and have a fulsome conversation about their reasoning! Do check out www.4for4.com if you're into fantasy football and follow John on Twitter at @4for4_John 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/ Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.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 the third installment in my Petty 8ight series, where I bring in musicians who aren’t Pettyheads, give them eight deeper cuts that they likely haven’t heard before, and get their thoughts on them. In this episode, my willing newbies are Sean and Todd McGinity. The brothers are based in Winnipeg and have a long history of writing, recording and playing shows both together in bands as well as in other projects. They’re also both seasoned podcasters, with their show The SeanGeek and FastFret podcast rapidly approaching 500 episodes and I’d urge you to check that out. Look further down in these notes for links to their bandcamp pages for the band Dome and their duo project Bros Before Gin. LANGUAGE WARNING: As a heads up, this episode is a little sweary. It was later in the evening when we talked and it was more like three guys hanging out and shooting the shit rather than a more formal interview. As I knew they would, they brought some different perspectives to songs I know like the back of my hand, including an observation about Fault Lines that I’d simply never noticed before! Visit Sean's website for links to all things McGinity and SeanGeek and FastFret! https://seanmcginity.ca To find the Dome album, visit Bandcamp here: https://domewpg.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-machine To find the Bros Before Gin album, visit Bandcamp here: https://brosbeforegin.bandcamp.com/album/the-kitchen-sink The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/ Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.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.

A major change in this cover version is the format of the lyrics. Something in the Air is a fairly ominous call to arms. The original was released in May of 1969 when the Vietnam War was still raging at its most furious. Speedy Keen said that told ZigZag magazine in 1975 of the song "It was a reflection of what I was seeing at the time". But rather than using the overtly observational third verse and the line “Hand out the arms and ammo. We're gonna blast our way through here”, Tom repeats the first. He also switches up the first line of the second verse from the sinister “Lock up the streets and houses Because there's something in the air” to the much more optimistic and carefree “Run through the fields and houses because there's something in the air”. If ever you have to try to define the word zeitgeist, using “something in the air” as a synonym is pretty much the best you can do in my opinion and this is why Tom is able to co-opt an observation on the vietnam war into a song that carries a much more hopeful tenor. Today’s episode covers the second single from the Greatest Hits release, "Something in the Air". Song video : https://youtu.be/8J7yTze4Xbs Live Anthology version : https://youtu.be/ejagbjZRlAY Fish version : https://youtu.be/VaU-XY0www4 Thunderclap Newman version : https://youtu.be/T59hsln7nlc The podcast I promoted in this week's episode, Booked on Rock, can be found here: https://shows.acast.com/podcastwillrock The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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.

When author Paul Zollo asks Tom about the song in his book Conversations With Tom Petty, and mentions that the song had been partially written some years previously, Tom confirms this, saying, “That was one I wrote during the Full Moon Fever sessions. I wrote all but the chorus. I just had the loop going around and around and really had most of the words and everything. And I played the tape for Rick Rubin and he liked it a lot and suggested I write a chorus. There were maybe five years between the writing of the verses and the chorus.” Of course, all hardcore Pettyheads know that the lyrics that Tom initially came up with in the chorus were very different to what ended up on the recording. In 2020, Mike Campbell told Vulture magazine, “What’s funny is that when Tom wrote this song, when he first showed it to me, the chorus was, “Hey Indiana girl, go out and find the world.” It was a completely different chorus and we all hated it. A few days later Tom came in and sang, “Last dance for[sic] Mary Jane.” Today’s episode covers the first single from the Greatest Hits release, the iconic "Mary Jane's Last Dance". You can listen (and watch) to the song here: https://youtu.be/aowSGxim_O8 To hear the live version from the Fillmore, check that here: https://youtu.be/KTW349WRTsQ The podcast I promoted in this week's episode, And The Podcast Will Rock, can be found here: https://shows.acast.com/podcastwillrock The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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.

In March and April of 1992, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were wrapping up the European final leg of their Into The Great Wide Open tour. This leg saw them play dates in Germany, the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Norway, and on April 3rd, they closed out the tour in Malmo, Sweden, playing an extended set of 28 songs to 6000 Swedish fans, closing out with Learning to Fly, Making Some Noise, and then serene lullaby, Alright For Now. Tom couldn’t have anticipated that on his return to Los Angeles, everything was very soon going to be very far from alright. Today’s episode covers the non-album single released in April 1992 "Peace in L.A.". You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/OT2rb7ac3_4 To hear the "Peace Mix" of the track, you can check out this video: https://youtu.be/fO2ogekTvuA I referenced the National Geographic documentary, LA 92, in the episode and you can find that here: https://youtu.be/uaotkHlHJwo The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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.

Today's episode is my ten questions with the brilliant Peter Nester. I usually put these out as bonus episodes in the same week as my chat with that guest, but Pete's answers to these questions were so thorough, considered, and beautifully expounded, that I felt this needed to be a regular release. I guarantee you'll hear which artist he wants to cover which Tom Petty song and go "Oh, damn, yeh I need to hear that!" and our discussion about which is his favourite album was a particular highlight of our conversation for me. I know for sure that I'll be dragging Pete back onto the podcast at some future point and I know which season I'm shooting for, even though he doesn't! You can find Pete's fabulous podcast, Honest and Unmerciful: A Record Review Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/72nyhwx2urnnlT3STZaIBp And check out a solo acoustic version of Big Love, by Lindsey Buckingham, similar to the one that we were discussing here: https://youtu.be/gEAsArHxUbc You can also find the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Honestandunmerciful and if you're on Bluesky, you can find that here: https://bsky.app/profile/honest-unmerciful.bsky.social 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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. If you want merchandise for this podcast, please check out https://www.teepublic.com/user/eight-ninety-eight/albums/245634-tom-petty-project A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo and Warren Zanes without whose books, Conversations with Tom Petty and Petty: The Biography, this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a special non-Petty episode of the podcast. I haven’t recorded one in ages, but when former guest Jeff Slate reached out to me to ask if I’d be interested in talking to him about his new single which is out now and the album it’s from which will drop in May, it wasn’t a hard sell for me as I'm a fan of both his music and his writing. We had a great chat about throwaway lyrics, production differences when you bring in outside voices, and recording an album with people in remote locations during a pandemic lockdown. Jeff’s new album features a glittering array of star names, from Dave Stewart to Earl Slick, to Duff McKagan, all the way to OG heartbreaker Ron Blair. Listen to Jeff's fantastic new single, (Broken) Without You, here: https://youtu.be/1oskIeP_7Y0 and check out his website for merch, dates, and other info here: https://jeffslatehq.com 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@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. Thanks to Warren Zanes for the invaluable resource that is his biography of Tom Petty. 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I have two words for you: Yogi Berra. But what does the Yankees catcher have to do with my conversation with Pete Nester? Tune in to find out! Today's episode is a sprawling, hugely enjoyable conversation I had with a fellow music podcaster who I've been listening to for a couple and a half years now. Pete was very supportive of this show right from the getgo and offered me some valuable advice when I was starting up around issues of music usage/rights etc. He's also just a damn fine human being and a great music critic. We talked about a whole host of topics, from the impact of grunge to whether podcasting changes the way you listen to music, to seeing Tom on the Into The Great Wide Open tour. This week it's a long one but I'm positive that you'll enjoy listening to it as much as I had being on one side of this wonderful conversation. You can find Pete's fabulous podcast, Honest and Unmerciful: A Record Review Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/72nyhwx2urnnlT3STZaIBp You can also find the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Honestandunmerciful and if you're on Bluesky, you can find that here: https://bsky.app/profile/honest-unmerciful.bsky.social 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/ Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another long one this season folks! But again there's so much to talk about with this album and we felt we needed to talk about each individual track. John and I had a good discussion about the background to the recording of this album and where this sits in the evolution of Tom's songwriting. We also didn't have a "producer for the day" discussion because we agreed that the album is sequenced pretty much flawlessly. Do check out www.4for4.com if you're into fantasy football and follow John on Twitter at @4for4_John 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/ Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The lyrics in Built to Last are unambiguously hopeful and quietly resilience. Perhaps it’s Tom’s last attempt to build a creative buttress around his failing marriage. Perhaps its an equal attempt to put up a wall around a band that had gone through a major friction point and were probably still unsure what direction they would be taking. The lyric feels, in some ways, like a more introspective complement to I Won’t Back Down. The sentiment is the same really, but the perspective and the forcefulness of the emotion is focused inward in this song rather than outward on I Won’t Back Down. That song tells the whole world that they’ll have to fight to beat Tom Petty, this one reassures loved ones of the same. I Won’t Back Down is a warning, We Were Built to Last is a commitment. Today’s episode covers the final song on side two of "Into The Great Wide Open", "Dark of the Sun". You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/mjJtzjVz8UE You can watch the live version from the Take the Highway release here: https://youtu.be/GB0TjInoTfs The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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.

I know that, because you’re listening to this podcast that you must love rock n roll music. And when you hear the crackle of a cable being plugged into an amp, or that low buzz from the speaker, there’s just something primal and irresistible that happens to you if you love this type of music. Your whole body responds to it in both a physical and emotional way. It’s not “just” music. It becomes like oxygen for your soul. Makin’ Some Noise just captures that rapturous feeling of delight that we all feel when a groove hits us and the amps blaze that sweet sweet rock n roll onto our synapses via our ear canals. Today’s episode covers the penultimate song on side two of "Into The Great Wide Open", "Makin' Some Noise". You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/YsbZTStV2kQ You can watch the live version from the Take the Highway release here: https://youtu.be/oDyDKtRl8S0 The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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.

Another simple song, another catchy hook, another memorable idea that Tom puts into our heads and leaves there as a treat. I’m 100% sold on Into The Great Wide Open these days, where I didn’t listen to it front to back very often before. This song is another little forgotten deep cut that does so much with so little, very economically. The core idea is a fairly profound one but it’s wrapped up in a breezy, light little piece of music. Just marvellous. There’s a ton to love about this song, both lyrically and musically. We get red-winged hawk, we have Mike and Benmont sharing a solo, we have some beautiful harmonies and all sorts of interesting jamming in the outro. Today’s episode covers the fourth song on side two of "Into The Great Wide Open", "You and I Will Meet Again". You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/8MVZ1en8evE You can hear a 2018 remaster, included on the American Treasure boxset here: https://youtu.be/hsisif_mBaY The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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. 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.

Another simple song, another catchy hook, another memorable idea that Tom puts into our heads and leaves there as a treat. I’m 100% sold on Into The Great Wide Open these days, where I didn’t listen to it front to back very often before. This song is another little forgotten deep cut that does so much with so little, very economically. The core idea is a fairly profound one but it’s wrapped up in a breezy, light little piece of music. Just marvellous. There’s a ton to love about this song, both lyrically and musically. We get red-winged hawk, we have Mike and Benmont sharing a solo, we have some beautiful harmonies and all sorts of interesting jamming in the outro. Today’s episode covers the fourth song on side two of "Into The Great Wide Open", "You and I Will Meet Again". You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/8MVZ1en8evE You can hear a 2018 remaster, included on the American Treasure boxset here: https://youtu.be/hsisif_mBaY The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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. 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 my ten questions with the amazing Mark Lindsey. As a veteran of over 40 Heartbreakers shows and as a guy who has seen Mudcrutch, Bob Dylan, ELO, and Bob Dylan live, my questions about opening acts, shows Mark would like to see, and Mudcrutch or the Wilburys became all the more interesting. His picks for people to cover Tom Petty songs were also on the money! Don't for forget that Mark runs the Sight and Sound Care charity that provides free vision care, including examinations, contact lenses and glasses to musicians and music industry workers all across the US. So if you want to find out more about Sight and Sound Care and even make a donation, please visit: https://www.sightsoundcare.com 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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. If you want merchandise for this podcast, please check out https://www.teepublic.com/user/eight-ninety-eight/albums/245634-tom-petty-project 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. 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 my ten questions with the amazing Mark Lindsey. As a veteran of over 40 Heartbreakers shows and as a guy who has seen Mudcrutch, Bob Dylan, ELO, and Bob Dylan live, my questions about opening acts, shows Mark would like to see, and Mudcrutch or the Wilburys became all the more interesting. His picks for people to cover Tom Petty songs were also on the money! Don't forget that Mark runs the Sight and Sound Care charity that provides free vision care, including examinations, contact lenses and glasses to musicians and music industry workers all across the US. So if you want to find out more about Sight and Sound Care and even make a donation, please visit: https://www.sightsoundcare.com 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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. If you want merchandise for this podcast, please check out https://www.teepublic.com/user/eight-ninety-eight/albums/245634-tom-petty-project 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Conversations With Tom Petty, Tom says “I struggled with the lyrics quite a bit. It was one of those things where you struggle and you always wonder if you got everything out of it that you could.” He does go on to say that during a rehearsal for the song he found that he enjoyed the lyrics, but I think the way they’re crafted belies any notion of uncertainty on his part. I love that alternating point of view in the two halves of each verse and then the two halves of this relationship, in someone’s arms and then their hands. Today’s episode covers the third song on side two of "Into The Great Wide Open", "Out in the Cold'". You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/19Z06genVX8 If you want to hear the live version from the Take the Highway release, you can find that one here: https://youtu.be/JwOluzWdoYQ The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet 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 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw 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. 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.