A sad night, listening to a concert by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded in 1980 and which I remember watching back then.
There are plenty of songs that are clearly white American and yet, Petty was big here in the UK long before he was very famous in the States.
Petty somehow became part of 'New Wave', music that was somehow associated with Punk but wasn't Punk by any stretch of the imagination.
Actually, I think it was just new music that didn't have a convenient category to slip into, that was fast and furious in an age of slow, pretentiousness. I remember listening to Petty while I was still at school and thinking of the promise and excitement that was coming.
Music with spirit.
News of Tom Petty's death came after a long and particularly painful and completely sleepless night. Not the best way to hear the news.
Neil Harris
(a don't stop till you drop production)
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Yes sad news is not the first thing you want to hear in the morning.
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