re: #376 nines09

Hello all.

I always considered Tom to be a class act, and a fantastic songwriter. Him and Mike Campbell complimented each other so well. Masters of understatement.Tom Petty was one of the best rhythm guitarists I ever heard and his leads were spot on.

Here’s a video with Howie Epstein and David Grohl on drums that IMHO sums up the power this band had. From Wildflowers, which I think is one of his best works.
Video is tilted so it can get around copyright (says poster).
This is a band taking the stage completely over and strutting.
They kill it.
My old band did a cover of this and I loved to play it.
It’s just rock and roll.
One more gone.
Like a newborn baby it just happens every day.
Damn it.

Great clip, Nines.

TP actually asked Grohl to join the Heartbreakers after Kurt died. Dave had other plans, but Steve Ferrone stepped in and became as much a Heartbreaker as Stan Lynch (my first choice for HB drummer, but you can’t have everything.

And the Heartbreakers as a band completely understood the concept of restraint - when to use it and when to toss it off, like in that clip.

I’ll miss the man, and I’ll miss the band. Irreplaceable.