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 Отправлено: 28.03.11 13:16. Заголовок: Том на баскетбольном..

 Отправлено: 29.10.10 10:59. Заголовок: Приятно,что Тому отд..

Приятно,что Тому отдали верхнею строчку,тем более что тур проходил с такими сложностями.

 Отправлено: 29.10.10 11:12. Заголовок: Voldar пишет: Прият..

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Приятно,что Тому отдали верхнею строчку,тем более что тур проходил с такими сложностями.

Да, в этом году было столько "приключений", сколько не было за все последние годы вместе взятые.

 Отправлено: 31.10.10 21:15. Заголовок: Norah Jones, Jesse M..

Norah Jones, Jesse Malin, Evan Dando and More Celebrate Tom Petty in New York

If there's one musician most rock fans can all agree on, it's Tom Petty. Thursday night at New York's Bowery Ballroom, Norah Jones, two 'Saturday Night Live' cast members, one Strokes bassist and Reeve Carney, the dude getting ready to play the lead in U2's 'Spider-Man' musical, were among the artists on hand for this year's 'Petty Fest,' a celebration of the man's 60th birthday.

The format was simple: A core sextet of house musicians, the Cabin Down Below Band, played spot-on covers of 27 Petty tunes, allowing singers to filter out individually or in small groups and indulge in some choice karaoke action. Petty's catalog is just right for boozing and wailing, and most guests were happy to do both.

Jones stayed on longer than any artist, although she was woefully underutilized on four of her six tunes. The nine-time Grammy winner first lent her voice to a trio of female background singers, then tried in vain to find her way into 'Walls' and 'It's Good to Be King,' both of which featured hometown weirdo Adam Green, formerly of the Moldy Peaches, on lead vocals.

On 'It's Time to Move On' and 'You Don't Know How It Feels' -- tunes befitting of her laidback singing style -- Jones and her short, shiny green party dress finally had the spotlight they deserved.

Other highlights included local hero Jesse Malin's characteristically energetic takes on 'American Girl' and 'I Need to Know,' Nikolai Fraiture's decidedly non-Strokes-like 'I Won't Back Down' and Fountains of Wayne guitarist Jody Porter's Who-evoking 'Love Is a Long Road.' 'SNL' chums Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis -- twinsies in plaid western shirts -- bleated out credible versions of 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around' and 'Even the Losers.'

Among the unannounced special guests were Evan Dando, whose song selection, 'A Face in the Crowd,' was a bit more impressive than his acoustic performance, and Har Mar Superstar, who presided over the can't-fail, first-class fist-pumper 'Refugee.'

The night was filled with such songs, as most artists wisely picked from Petty's 'Greatest Hits,' perhaps the best best-of in rock history. While the man himself never showed up, the evening's entire lineup took the stage for three encores, ending with the mother of all Petty sing-alongs, 'Free Fallin'.'

That tune, perhaps more than any other in the singer's catalog, offers hope for world peace. Wherever folks can listen while beating on their steering wheels, they might stop beating on one another.

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 Отправлено: 03.11.10 12:59. Заголовок: На офсайте появилась..

На офсайте появилась более развернутая информация о праздновании 60-ти летия Тома на его фестивале в Нью-Йорке.Обратите внимание ,что пели в конце и кто пел.

Petty Fest Recap

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Nicole Atkins takes Roy Orbison's part on the Traveling Wilbury's "Handle with Care."


Billed as tribute to Tom on his 60th birthday, Petty Fest 2010 lived up to expectations on all fronts as more than 25 musicians, actors, and artists gathered October 28 at a sold-out Bowery Ballroom for a whiskey-fueled, three-hour tour through Heartbreaker hits and deeper cuts as well as songs from Tom’s solo albums.

Though the birthday boy himself was not in attendance, there was plenty of star power in the house, brought together by Rolling Stone editor Austin Scaggs, who played bass in house band, The Cabin Below Band, and handled emcee duties for the evening.

Kicking things off with the appropriate "Cabin Down Below" and frequent Heartbreakers opener "Listen to Her Heart," Scaggs and company began the parade of guests by welcoming Five O’Clock Heroes’ Antony Ellis for a solid take on "Don’t Do Me Like That." "The Waiting" off 1981’s Hard Promises requires a singer who can hit the high notes, and Jack Dishel of Only Son and The Moldy Peaches nailed it perfectly, leading the crowd in the first sing-a-long of the night. Fountain of Wayne’s Jody Porter delivered a stellar "Love is a Long Road" before ceding the spotlight to Tyson Ritter from All American Rejects for a double shot of "Breakdown" and "Yer So Bad." Steve Schiltz of Hurricane Bells and Longwave lent his explosive guitar playing to several songs throughout the night, but it was his turn on the mike for "Honey Bee" – aided by some bluesy harmonica from rock shutterbug Danny Clinch – that proved to be the night’s first musical peak.

The Mooney Suzuki’s Sammy James Jr. was up next, lending his vocals and guitar to "Here Comes My Girl" and "Jammin’ Me." Surprise guest Har Mar Superstar managed to keep his clothes on for a rocking "Refugee" before Nikolai Fraiture, bassist for The Strokes, led a rockin’ version of "I Won’t Back Down" with Nicole Atkins on backing vocals and Heartbreakers publicist Jim Merlis on bass. Jesse Malin’s punk-to-the-bone attitude brought some grit to "American Girl" and "I Need to Know," which juxtaposed nicely with "Mary Jane’s Last Dance," sung by the alluring Catherine Pierce. Saturday Night Live’s Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis brought some levity to the festivities with hilarious readings of "Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around" and "Even the Losers."

One of the real highlights of the night was Evan Dando’s low-key acoustic reading of "Face in the Crowd," which seemed perfectly fit for the subdued former Lemonheads frontman. Norah Jones, perhaps the night’s most highly anticipated guest, appeared next, singing backup vocals to former Moldy Peaches frontman Adam Green on "It’s Good to Be King" and "Walls." Jones rode shotgun to Scaggs’ lead vocals on "You Wreck Me" before taking center stage on a brilliant "Time to Move On" and a bouncy "You Don’t Know How It Feels."

Though listed on the bill, the biggest surprise of the night might have been Reeve Carney, the lead in the newly minted Spiderman musical that opens on Broadway next month. Joined by his brother Zane on guitar, Reeve dropped a killer "Into the Great Wide Open" before the backstage dressing rooms were emptied for sing-a-longs on the Traveling Wilbury’s "Handle with Care" (featuring Nicole Atkins singing the Roy Orbison part), hippie-anthem "Something in the Air" and a show-closing "Free Fallin’."

THE CABIN DOWN BELOW BAND IS:

Guitars:
Alex Levy
Josh Lattanzi
Reno Bo

Bass:
Austin Scaggs

Drums:
Matt Romano

Keys:
Dave Sherman

SET LIST:

Cabin Down Below – featuring Alex Levy of the Cabin Down Below Band

Listen to Her Heart – featuring Reno Bo of the Cabin Down Below Band

Don't Do Me Like That – featuring Antony Ellis (Five O’Clock Heroes)

The Waiting – featuring Jack Dishel (Only Son, The Moldy Peaches)

Love is a Long Road – featuring Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne)

Breakdown – featuring Tyson Ritter (All American Rejects)

Yer So Bad – featuring Tyson Ritter (All American Rejects)

Honey Bee – featuring Steve Schiltz (Hurricane Bells, Longwave) & Danny Clinch

Here Comes My Girl – featuring Sammy James Jr. (The Mooney Suzuki)

Jammin' Me – featuring Sammy James Jr. (The Mooney Suzuki)

Refugee – featuring Har Mar Superstar

I Won't Back Down – featuring Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes), Nicole Atkins & Heartbreakers publicist Jim Merlis

American Girl – featuring Jesse Malin

I Need to Know – featuring Jesse Malin

Mary Jane's Last Dance – featuring Catherine Pierce (The Pierces)

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around – featuring Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis (SNL)

Even the Losers – featuring Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis (SNL)

A Face in the Crowd – featuring Evan Dando & Steve Schiltz (Hurricane Bells, Longwave)

Don't Come Around Here No More – featuring Alex Levy of the Cabin Down Below Band with Norah Jones, Nicole Atkins & Catherine Pierce

It's Good to Be King – featuring Adam Green (The Moldy Peaches) & Norah Jones

Walls– featuring Adam Green (The Moldy Peaches) & Norah Jones

You Wreck Me – featuring Norah Jones

Time to Move On – featuring Norah Jones

You Don't Know How It Feels – featuring Norah Jones & Danny Clinch

Into the Great Wide Open – featuring Reeve & Zane Carney (U2’s Spiderman Musical)

Runnin’ Down a Dream – featuring Josh Lattanzi of the Cabin Down Below Band

ENCORE:

Handle with Care – All

Something in the Air – All

Free Fallin' – All

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 Отправлено: 08.11.10 11:38. Заголовок: Выход завтра делюксо..

Выход завтра делюксового издания Damn The Torpedoes сопровождается могучей информационной поддержкой VH1 Classic.

Five Hours of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Programming On VH1 Classic

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The Tuesday November 9 release of Damn The Torpedoes – Deluxe Edition will be supported by VH1 Classic with 5 straight hours of programming on Sunday November 7 starting at 3pm EST/PDT. The 5 hour block will include two world television premieres; the Damn The Torpedoes Classic Albums documentary and the December 31, 1978 concert from The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Here is the schedule of programming for this Sunday November 7 on VH1 Classic.

3pm: Soundstage – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

5pm: VH1 All Time Top Ten – Tom Petty

6pm: Classic Albums – Damn The Torpedoes (Television Premiere!)

7pm: Classic In Concert: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Live From The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, New Year’s Eve 1978 (Television Premiere!)

**All Times are Eastern and Pacific. Central and Mountain start times are one and two hours earlier, respectively.

The Damn The Torpedoes episode of Classic Albums features comprehensive interviews with Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair, producer Jimmy Iovine, engineer Shelley Yakus, and others close to the band about the process of writing and recording the classic songs which comprise Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ groundbreaking 1979 album.

The New Year’s Eve 1978 Concert Live From The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was a special show filmed for television but never aired, until now. It has only been released on DVD as part of The Live Anthology Deluxe Box Set. It includes the first ever recorded versions of Refugee and Casa Dega.

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 Отправлено: 08.11.10 14:00. Заголовок: TOM PETTY, JOHNNY CA..

TOM PETTY, JOHNNY CASH AND ABE LINCOLN: LIFE WITH REBELS
by Jeff Cochran | Nov 3, 2010
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Tom Petty, seated at left, during a promotional tour in Atlanta circa 1976. Behind him are Ken and Pam Jernigan. (Photo courtesy of Pam Jernigan.)

It’s a wild-eyed, desperate character Tom Petty conjured for “Rebels,” one who immediately takes center stage. The guy is out of his mind, out of money and the woman who’s endured him is out of patience.

Honey don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow
You know you won’t feel this way tomorrow
Well maybe a little rough around the edges
Or inside a little hollow
I get faced with somethings sometimes
That are so hard to swallow

She picked me up in the mornin’
and she paid all my tickets
Then she screamed in the car
Left me out in the thicket
Well I never woulda dreamed
That her heart was so wicked
Yeah but I keep comin’ back
“Cause it’s so hard to kick it

In her Rolling Stone review of “Southern Accents,” the sixth album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Joyce Millman calls “Rebels” a “vivid scene setter full of bedraggled humor,” referring to the song’s protagonist as an “embattled-but-scrappy-antihero.” He’s also a piece of work, one that requires heavy maintenance. It’s logical that his woman, tired of paying his bills, getting him out of trouble and simply dealing with his bluster, would scream at him, demanding he remove himself from her car. But bathed, presentable, and sober, all is likely forgiven as he charms his way back into her good graces. The situation is reminiscent to what Stanley and Stella Kowalski experienced in A Streetcar Named Desire. After a late night barrage of cruelties, verbal and physical, Stella can’t take it anymore. She and her sister Blanche go to spend the night with a neighbor, looking for safety at least until the storm passes. But in no time, she yields to the call of the wild possessing her and Stanley both. The time that passes between then and the dawn is wild and fulfilling. Stella is smiling again, blinded by her love and hopeful the scary moments will end.

In “Rebels, “Petty’s protagonist keeps going back to his woman, “cause it’s so hard to kick it.” It could be she has a hard time kicking it too.

Years later Tom Petty noted the complexities of his protagonist, saying, “The character in the song is condescended to, but he actually almost deserves it.” That’s a fair conclusion. The guy is condescended to; so be it. He’s a sponge. Like a lot of people who pass their way through life, he chooses to blame circumstances for his misfortunes, acknowledging, with some pride, he’s the way he is because of where he was born and what was waiting for him as he tumbled out of the womb.

Even before my father’s father
They called us all rebels
While they burned down our cornfields
And left our cities leveled
I can still feel the eyes
of those blue-bellied devils
Yeah, when I’m walkin round at night
Through the concrete and metal
hey, hey, hey
I was born a rebel down in Dixie
On a Sunday mornin
Yeah with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel

Petty’s character claims his family had always been rebels. Grudges have been held by the family, going back to the Civil War when “blue bellied devils” burned down their cornfields and destroyed their cities. Others around them may have eventually prospered and gained honor in the aftermath, but these rebels know they’ve gone years, even generations without wealth or approval. They won’t bother to pursue it now.

More than a century passes and their resentment festers on. It’s not the soldiers north of the Mason-Dixon line the “Rebels” cringe over. It’s modern day America, replete with investors and developers: the contemporary carpetbaggers who reshape the land and petition for rezoning that turns pastures into parking lots. The vista once revealing endless sky becomes blotted with Wal-Mart, Auto Zone and Burger King signs hoisted high enough so they’re visible to travelers a good distance from the off-ramps. “Concrete and metal” conquers, even in the remote locales.

So the rebels over the generations languish, thinking the world has it in for them. Some were defeated on their land and those after them saw the appearance and use of their land change for the worse. The “blue bellied devils,” now in their Izods, work to curry favor in the local business communities. The rebels feel sold out. So how do the rebels deal with their lives and hold on to a bit of pride? With one foot already in the grave, they’ll floor that pedal harder, even if all the hell-raising leaves them with aches, pains and emptied wallets.

“Rebels” is a great kick-off to the “Southern Accents” album, released in March ’85. The song is embellished with dramatic flair and a feeling for history, but just as important for Petty’s defiant character, it rocks with authority. Already known for his rebellious streak within the music business, “Rebels” is a perfect fit for Petty and the Heartbreakers. It serves as one of the most dynamic works in their first decade as a recording act, along with “American Girl” and “Shadow of A Doubt.” A little rebellion, as Thomas Jefferson often noted, can be good.

(Historical notes on Abe Lincoln contained in article)

In “Rebels,” Tom Petty’s protagonist explains how even before his father’s father, “they called us all rebels.” Some of those ancestors, positioned on the side of the Confederates in the Civil War, were likely as drained as President Lincoln. Forgiveness and reconciliation seemed in order. On the title song of the “Southern Accents” album, Petty presents another character, one who’s not so rebellious, but mindful of what makes him different from others. This character, for all the hardship he’s experienced, appears thankful for what he’s learned and ready for better times.

There’s a dream I keep having
Where my mama comes to me
And kneels down over by the window
And says a prayer for me
I got my own way of prayin
But everyone’s begun
With a southern accent
Where I come from--

The recording of “Southern Accents” by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers falls short of the spirit within the song. It’s over-produced. The song’s message gets lost in the clutter of the arrangement. But the great song caught the ear of Johnny Cash. He told Petty, “That should replace ‘Dixie.’” Petty replied with “Wow,” but Cash was serious, replying, “No I mean it, it’s a better song than ‘Dixie.’”

Petty and the Heartbreakers played behind Cash on his 1996 album, “Unchained.” It’s a brilliant work. While speaking of the album, Petty told journalist Holly George-Warren “that it’s the best we ever played. I actually still play that album………I’m very proud of it.” Cash could be proud as well. “Unchained” may be the best album of his career. Naturally, a standout track is “Southern Accents.” Resolute and thoughtful, Cash is in great voice. Everything about this recording is perfect.

The day after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, crowds gathered at the White House to celebrate. People sang. A band played. President Lincoln requested the band play “Dixie,” calling it “one of the best tunes I’ve ever heard.” It’s also likely Lincoln, born in Kentucky, would have appreciated the sounds and sentiments of “Southern Accents” as well.

Complete article:

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 Отправлено: 09.11.10 11:53. Заголовок: Tom Petty: Damn The ..

Tom Petty: Damn The Torpedoes Deluxe Edition review track-by-trackThe Heartbreakers' 1979 classic gets the two-CD treatment
Joe Bosso, Mon 8 Nov 2010, 10:25 pm UTC
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"That was the record where life was never going to be the same again," Tom Petty recently said of Damn The Torpedoes, his 1979 breakthrough.
Underscoring the weight of Petty's summation is the fact that it's an album he almost didn't get to make at all: a messy legal dispute with his label, MCA, had forced Petty into bankruptcy. And despite the fact that the he and the Heartbreakers had broken big in the UK and had finally scored a couple of Stateside singles, I Need To Know and Listen To Her Heart, from their second record, 1978's You're Gonna Get It, as the decade drew to a close, the future for the band didn't look bright.
In Springsteen-like fashion, however, Petty prevailed in court and hit the studio intent on making good on years of hard promises. Working with a young production maverick named Jimmy Iovine, he and the Heartbreakers hunkered down on a collection of radio-ready songs that tied all of their influences (most notably The Byrds and Bob Dylan) together seamlessly. Refugee, Don‘t Do Me Like That, Here Comes My Girl, Even The Losers - purpose and passion never sounded so tuneful and triumphant. With anthems such as these, Damn The Torpedoes was all over the airwaves, eventually going double platinum and darn near hitting the No. 1 spot (a little offering by Pink Floyd, something about a wall, held it off).
And now, 31 years after its release, Damn The Torpedoes is getting the deluxe treatment as a two-CD set which includes a spiffed-up, remastered edition of the classic album, along with a bonus disc of never-before-heard tracks from the ‘79 sessions, B-sides, alternate takes and live versions of some of the hits.
With the holidays nearing and deluxe reissues coming at us from all corners, is the steroid-enhanced version of Damn The Torpedoes a stocking stuffer for the TP fan in your life? Let’s check it out track-by-track and see…
Disc One:

RefugeeThree decades later, that walloping drum intro still does the trick, shoving us face-first into a scorching rocker that hasn't aged one bit. And despite its scornful tone, with lines like "Baby, we ain't the first/ I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned/ right now this seems real to you/ but it's one of those things you gotta feel to be true," there's a tender heart at Refugee's core.
The remastered version manages something rather remarkable, accentuating each instrument in the mix without shortchanging one over the other. This includes Petty's effective vocal, which rises from an almost conversational tone to a banshee-like wail
Here Comes My GirlTom Petty's second great love song (his first was Listen To Her Heart) felt both nostalgic and in-the-moment when it was first released, and the passage of time has intensified both qualities. As a three-minute primer in everything great about the Heartbreakers, it's got it all: pounding drums, swirling organ fills, fluid bass, and sparkling guitars.
Here, it still sounds every bit as urgent, with Petty's voice rising above his bandmates' supportive accompaniment to tell the "whole wide world to shove it!" - 'cause, hey, here comes his girl. Some sentiments never grow old.

 Отправлено: 09.11.10 11:56. Заголовок: http://s14.radikal...

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Even The LosersThree songs in and Petty's still racking up winners. Buoyed by Stan Lynch's muscular, swinging drum patterns and Mike Campell's ringing guitar, he sings a song only for the lonely that stands alongside the gems of his eventual Traveling Wilburys bandmate Roy Orbison.
What's amazing about the interplay of TP and the Heartbreakers is the amount of space they give one another, with each instrument serving a specific dramatic purpose. All are rendered beautifully here. Want to know how a five-piece band should play together? This track is required listening.
Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)Driven by Stan Lynch's breakneck drumming (his artful use of his ride cymbal makes the pre-chorus come alive) and the uncredited bongos of Phil Jones, Petty belts out a tale that marries melancholy lyricism with spirited determination.
The guitars glide along gracefully - there's chiming chords and jagged little lines here and there - until Campbell takes a full-spotlight top-string solo, the kind of which is guaranteed to get even the faintest of pulses racing.
Century CityThe Rolling Stones were also a major influence on TP, and a year after their punk-flavored Some Girls, Petty and the boys paid hommage to their British heroes with this ragged slice of take-no-prisoners white-knuckled rock.
Petty's sneering vocal (which includes the occasional scream and whoop) is an emotional highlight, as is Stan Lynch's punchy drumming. But the song truly belongs to Mike Campbell, who turns in a galvanizing double-stop-infused Keef-like guitar solo.
Don't Do Me Like ThatAnd to think that the first single from Damn The Torpedoes, one which would eventually reach No. 10 on Billboard's Hot 100, almost went to the J Geils Band - the song failed to make the cut on Petty's first two albums, and he was ready to let the Boston-based R&B rockers have it before giving the tune one last shot.
Good thing, too, for it's still a standout - catchy as the flu, full of playful drumming (those stop-starts at the beginning - you know what song it is within seconds) and tricky guitar answer lines. As middle-eights go, it doesn't get more memorable than this. Throughout, Petty proves to be a master vocalist, alternating between a spurned lover's plea and youthful stoicism.
You Tell MeAmidst the barrage of hits that Damn The Torpedoes yielded, one or two tracks were inevitably overlooked, and this tough-yet-soulful, mid-tempo, keyboard heavy number was one of them.
Benmont Tench, the Heartbreakers' secret weapon, gets his moment in the sun here, sprinkling sweeping piano lines that meld with Hammond B3 swells to a stunningly effective degree. Petty, like most great singers, has a couple of different voices in his quill, and on You Tell Me he alternates between the hard and soft - one moment he's caressing your ear with a whisper, the next he's spitting his words with unmasked venom. And check out Mike Campbell, whose guitar lines scream into the night.
While not a smasheroony, the song isn't a piker by any stretch.
What Are You Doin' In My Life?
An all-hands-on-deck rocker that wastes little time getting down to serious business. Underpinned by Benmont Tench's boogie-woogie piano, Petty rages in a chorus that you don't have to hear more than once to remember your entire life.
Mike Campbell is all things Keith and Ron Wood, tossing out greasy slide runs and a gleeful solo that recalls mid-period Stones. At 2:19, it's the shortest and most un-fussed-over song on Damn The Torpedoes, but it's one which makes an indelible impact.
Louisiana RainDon't let that goofy bit of sped-up tape rewind and sound effects at the beginning fool you - Louisiana Rain is a poignant, aching folk-flavored ballad about lost love, yearning and regret.
Gently strummed acoustics, glowing keyboard lines and Stan Lynch's thoughtful drumming serve Petty well throughout as he sings "Louisiana rain is falling just like tears/running down my face, washing out the years/ Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes/ I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge."
Mike Campbell, always the ace, turns in a weeping slide solo that feels like a musical climax...that is, until Petty joins him on harmonica (ahhh, the Dylan influence!). There's many reasons why these two have become one of rock's most acclaimed duos, and their interplay on Louisiana Rain is a shining example.

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 Отправлено: 09.11.10 13:00. Заголовок: Торпеды в блю-рее вр..

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 Отправлено: 09.11.10 13:03. Заголовок: В сентябре по радио ..

В сентябре по радио Финам ФМ была передача "Историческая справедливость", посвящённая Тому Петти. Послушать и скачать можно здесь<\/u><\/a> (внизу страницы).

 Отправлено: 09.11.10 14:14. Заголовок: stvol большое спасиб..

stvol большое спасибо и вам и Коле Арутюнову,все таки не зря он похож на Джеффв.

 Отправлено: 09.11.10 16:53. Заголовок: stvol Cпасибо!!..

stvol, спасибо!!

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 00:20. Заголовок: Мне - не за что! Спа..

Мне - не за что! Спасибо радиостанции, она радовала этой осенью: то весь день Битлз, то про Томушку передача.

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 11:02. Заголовок: Хорошая передача! Жа..

Хорошая передача! Жаль, что такая короткая - 50 минут чтобы рассказать о Томушке маловато.

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 12:05. Заголовок: Ну для нашего радиоэ..

Ну для нашего радиоэфира это просто прорыв,потому что такое впечатление,что Тома у нас вообще не знают.

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 12:28. Заголовок: Voldar пишет: Ну дл..

Voldar пишет:

цитата:

Ну для нашего радиоэфира это просто прорыв,потому что такое впечатление,что Тома у нас вообще не знают.

Это точно. Разве что Миша Кузищев делал про Тома передачи на " Эхе Москвы" году в 2002.Кажется было 3 или 4 выпуска. Но это уже так давно было.
У нас на Радио Рокс в Питере иногда песни передают, но часто все очень известное.

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 12:38. Заголовок: Миша Кузищев просто ..

Миша Кузищев просто молодец,он просто наш человек,наверно именно он написал лучшие статьи про наших любимцев.

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 13:18. Заголовок: Да, у Миши и про Том..

Да, у Миши и про Тома и про ELO замечательные статьи выходили.

 Отправлено: 10.11.10 13:24. Заголовок: SLQ пишет: про Тома..

SLQ пишет:

цитата:

про Тома и про ELO замечательные статьи выходили.

+1 Считаю, что лучше него у нас пока никто не написал про них.

 Отправлено: 11.11.10 15:10. Заголовок: На блюрее выходит и ..

На блюрее выходит и фильм Питера Богдановича Running Down a Dream.

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 Отправлено: 11.11.10 17:13. Заголовок: мне даже смотреть ег..

мне даже смотреть его не на чем :/ ну да ладно. в вишлист явно.

 Отправлено: 13.11.10 10:55. Заголовок: Если это попадет в с..

Если это попадет в сеть(в чем я мало сомневаюсь),то можно будет прямо на компе посмотреть.

 Отправлено: 13.11.10 10:58. Заголовок: Ещё одна торпедная а..

Ещё одна торпедная атака...В статье есть интересный факт,что тот самый Риккенбакер с которым Том красуется на обложке,был куплен Майком за 150$ на распродаже.

When Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers said 'Damn the Torpedoes'

The adage about what doesn't kill you makes you stronger hardly has a more powerful musical manifestation than the story behind Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' 1979 album "Damn the Torpedoes."

That tale has become a central part of the mythology of rock ‘n’ roll, one that aspiring artists of any stripe might look to as a source of inspiration and reassurance in the face of the hurdles that inevitably spring up in front of those who are pursuing a grand vision.

It's a story worth revisiting, what with this week's deluxe reissue of the original album, which catapulted the group to a new level of commercial success and critical respect with its bold ambition and fearless musical execution. The album reissue follows the recent release on DVD and Blu-ray disc of a new "Classic Albums" documentary about what went on behind the scenes between the release of the group's 1977 sophomore album "You’re Gonna Get It" and the arrival more than two years later of "Torpedoes," which yielded the hits "Refugee," "Here Comes My Girl" and the band's first top-10 single, "Don't Do Me Like That." They make excellent companion pieces, the home video edition of the documentary containing an additional 42 minutes of material not included in the August airing of a 56-minute cut on VH1.

Along with new and vintage interview and performance footage of Petty, guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch, director Matthew Longfellow gets album producer turned often-elusive industry titan Jimmy Iovine on camera for his typically colorful insights. At one point, Iovine recalls telling Petty they had enough songs for the record. "It was the last time I ever said that to a band," Iovine says with a laugh. They also get engineer Shelley Yakus to elaborate on his perspective about what made "Torpedoes" successful on so many levels.

The creative process of songwriting and recording became inextricably tied up in the band's fight with MCA Records when the company bought the ABC Records label, parent of Shelter Records, which had signed and released Petty's first two albums. As the battle for control raged between a giant corporation and a band of rock ‘n’ roll brothers who'd driven across country from Gainesville, Fla., in hopes of making records, it became a classic David-versus-Goliath tale.

Petty didn't want their music -- to them, their lifeblood -- treated like just another company asset, and the wily strategies they used to outmaneuver MCA's high-priced Century City lawyers showed them to be as smart as they were passionate about what they were working on in the recording studio. Petty recounts ordering band members to hide the tapes at the end of each recording session and not tell him where they were, so he could honestly go into court if necessary and testify that he didn't know their location.

Ultimately, as noted in the film, "MCA blinked," and Petty and the band won their freedom, which allowed them to sign with Danny Bramson’s new MCA-affiliated Backstreet Records and put them out with an executive and a label that shared their commitment to the project, not simply the financial bottom line.

Musically inclined viewers should revel in what are effectively tutorials from Petty, Campbell and Tench about how they created what became the Heartbreakers' signature sound. Guitarheads will love -- or cringe at -- Campbell's story of how he came to own the iconic Rickenbacker guitar Petty holds on the album cover -- he paid $150 for it from an Anaheim musician he found through a Recycler ad. Recording studio enthusiasts also should relish the light that Iovine and Yakus offer on the technical aspects of making the album. Petty, like Neil Young and some other audiophile-minded rockers, is a big fan of the Blu-ray disc's ability to capture many more nuances of recorded music than can a CD, much less sonically watered down mp3s.

Any Petty fans with a Blu-ray player owe it to themselves to hear the album as close to the way the Heartbreakers heard it in the studio three decades ago. (In the Blu-ray version, the "Classic Albums" documentary also benefits from heightened video and audio quality.) But both the Blu-ray and CD versions of the album serve up nine bonus tracks, including one, "Nowhere," that even Petty had given up for lost decades ago. The Blu-ray adds videos of "Here Comes My Girl" and "Refugee."

In conjunction with other studio tracks left off "Damn the Torpedoes," such as "Surrender," "Casa Dega" and "It's Rainin' Again," and live or alternative versions of several of the songs that did make the cut, the bonus material fleshes out the picture of just how strong one American band became through its just-less-than killer struggles.

-- Randy Lewis

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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Tom Petty (L) and Dana York attend a game between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on November 14, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)



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 Отправлено: 15.11.10 21:38. Заголовок: Ну понятно,надо расс..

Ну понятно,надо расслабиться после работы.

 Отправлено: 15.11.10 22:12. Заголовок: Товарищ опять в кеда..

Товарищ опять в кедах.

 Отправлено: 16.11.10 13:30. Заголовок: ТНЮ пишет: Товарищ ..

ТНЮ пишет:

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Товарищ опять в кедах.

Я так понимаю, он только на концерты другую обувь надевает.

 Отправлено: 16.11.10 13:31. Заголовок: Tom Petty Damn the T..

Tom Petty
Damn the Torpedoes (Deluxe Edition)

By Paula Carino on November 15th, 2010

Rating: 4 звезды

Although he was famously irked by being mis-tagged as “new wave,” Tom Petty nevertheless created an album (his third) in 1979 that bridged old and new so seamlessly that listeners and critics from every corner of the pop-rock map were charmed. After a promising ’76 debut (that yielded the anthem “American Girl”) and an okay follow-up, Damn the Torpedoes was where Petty and his Heartbreakers truly defined their sound. Combining old-guard, Byrds-ian jangle, crystalline harmonies, and a hint of Southern-rock strut, Petty turned his nose up at AOR bombast and pretension. On now-classic cuts like “Refugee,” “Don’t Do Me Like That,” “Here Comes My Girl” and “Even The Losers,” his rough-hewn vocals alternated convincingly between cockiness and vulnerability, and sounded refreshingly real.

This 2010 re-release is digitally remastered from the original tapes and sounds fantastic, reinforcing its impact as an ageless document of quality roots-pop. The extras are cool, too. The track “Nowhere”–literally lost in a box for years–is a catchy power-popper with a burrowing guitar hook that could easily have been one of the singles. The similarly affecting “Surrender”–which Petty fans will be familiar with as a frequent live selection–appears in its original studio incarnation for the first time. A leaner, less keyboard-heavy version of the flawless “Refugee,” seemingly without overdubs or backing vocals, brings the song’s power–and Petty’s desperate vocal–into sharp focus. Two versions of “Case Dega” (the B-side of “Don’t Do Me Like That”) underscore its quiet brilliance. The balance of the bonuses are live tracks (two originals and a cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Something Else”) that don’t add much but will please completists.

With its solid songwriting, heart-on-the-sleeve performances, Mike Campbell’s simple and stunning guitar work, and the conviction of a band just hitting its stride, few classic rock albums have aged as well as Damn The Torpedoes.

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/11/tom-petty-damn-the-torpedoes-deluxe-edition/<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 16.11.10 22:08. Заголовок: Елена,Вас можно позд..

Елена,Вас можно поздравить.Вы в авторитете даже по ту сторону атлантики или северного ледовитого океана.Сегодня на оффоруме один из пользователей стал выкладывать фоты Тома,в том числе юбилейный коллаж и тут же ему указали,что неплохо бы дать ссылочку на ваш блог.

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 Отправлено: 17.11.10 10:28. Заголовок: Voldar пишет: Елена..

Voldar пишет:

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Елена,Вас можно поздравить.Вы в авторитете даже по ту сторону атлантики или северного ледовитого океана.Сегодня на оффоруме один из пользователей стал выкладывать фоты Тома,в том числе юбилейный коллаж и тут же ему указали,что неплохо бы дать ссылочку на ваш блог.

Спаисбо. Да, я видела . Ну приятно конечно, что и мы из своей глубинки можем их чем-то порадовать и удивить

 Отправлено: 17.11.10 11:26. Заголовок: Petty's rereleas..

Petty's rereleased album revisits career-defining moments
By Bill Dean
Entertainment editor


Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 2:29 p.m.

By the start of 1980, Tom Petty was a 29-year-old Gainesville rocker pursuing the rock 'n' roll dream in the halcyon land of Los Angeles. He and his band the Heartbreakers had had some success; their self-titled debut album introduced the songs “Breakdown” and “American Girl” in 1976, and their follow-up, “You're Gonna Get It,” crept up to No. 22 on Billboard's top 200 albums chart two years later.

But it was the group's third and decisive album — the hit-filled “Damn the Torpedoes” — that announced to the world that the band had fully arrived. It hit No. 2 on Billboard, sold more than 2 million copies and contained four songs that would become kings on album-rock radio, “Here Comes My Girl,” "Event the Losers," “Don't Do Me Like That” and the ultimate kiss-off to authority, “Refugee.”

The latter song and the album itself — which has just been rereleased in a two-CD, deluxe edition with nine bonus cuts including the unreleased, studio tracks “Surrender” and “Nowhere” — became simultaneously a statement of defiance to record-company meddling and proof that young rock 'n' rollers could prevail without becoming “refugees.”

After releasing the group's first two albums, Petty found himself in an acrimonious swirl that sent him into bankruptcy and threatened to keep him in the depths of record industry servitude unless something changed. MCA had purchased the parent company of the Heartbreaker's original record label and had no intention of changing the typically unfair terms that greeted new artists at the time — essentially that they didn't own the rights to their own songs and had no creative control.

As recounted in “Runnin' Down a Dream,” the 2007 film and book chronicling the band's story, Petty faced a patronizing, defiant onslaught from high-powered, record-company attorneys, who attempted to swat him away like an annoying, rock 'n' roll gnat.

“MCA brings me to this big lawyer,” Petty said in the book version, referring to the attorney as “the big guy.” “He says ‘Let me tell you something kid. You're going to forget this whole thing. You don't have a leg to stand on here. You shut up and go make your records.'”

But that set Petty off like lighting the fuse to a bottled-up firecracker.

“Look, I will sell ------- peanuts before I give in to you,” Petty retorted. “You can break me, but you can't make records,” Petty said. “And I ain't going to buckle ... I will file for bankruptcy and take it all the way to the Supreme Court if I have to.”

The rest is musical history: Petty did file for bankruptcy — thus voiding his original contract — and won back his publishing rights and creative control.

And “Damn the Torpedoes”? It shot through the music-world stratosphere to become a career-defining work, one that still resonates decades later to fans and artist alike.

“‘Damn The Torpedoes' I think is a classic record, and will always be around,” Petty said in Paul Zollo's 2005 book, “Conversations with Tom Petty.”

“It really broke some ground as far as sound and creating a style of music. That one I'm very proud of. I always like to hear it.”

“MCA brings me to this big lawyer,” Petty said in the book version, referring to the attorney as “the big guy.” “He says ‘Let me tell you something kid. You're going to forget this whole thing. You don't have a leg to stand on here. You shut up and go make your records.'”


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 Отправлено: 17.11.10 14:31. Заголовок: Да,знаменательное дл..

Да,знаменательное для Тома событие,может именно поэтому он назвал одну из песен Runnin' Down a Dream.

 Отправлено: 22.11.10 21:54. Заголовок: Все таки отличный ме..

Все таки отличный менеджмент у Тома,тут вам и постпродакшн, пожалуйста.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mojo (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook)

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 Отправлено: 23.11.10 01:13. Заголовок: Да, всё грамотно и п..

Да, всё грамотно и по делу.

 Отправлено: 23.11.10 12:13. Заголовок: ольшая статья посвящ..

Большая статья посвященная Хауи Эпстену. Хорошо, что его до сих пор пресса не забывает.

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Heart Breaker
Acclaimed musician Howie Epstein was the longtime bassist for Tom Petty’s band. But all that talent couldn’t save him from tragedy.
by Tom Matthews -- Photo by Jim Schnepf
Milwaukee Magazine -- November 22, 2010
Itwas late June of 2010, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had settled into the Marcus Amphitheater for a two-night Summerfest stand. A week earlier, the band had released Mojo, a new album that included a dark rocker called “Running Man’s Bible.” The song is about mortality, close calls and the unexpected death of a friend (“It was not in my vision, it was not in my mind/To return from a mission, a man left behind”).

The dead man in the lyric, Petty had told Rolling Stone a few days before, was Milwaukee’s Howie Epstein, bassist and harmony singer in the Heartbreakers for 20 years before a devastating drug habit got him fired from the band in 2002. He died a bleak junkie death less than a year later.

A sincerely loved man in an industry not known for its kindness, Epstein’s death was a brutal loss not just for his bandmates but for anyone who ever made music with him. Besides Petty, Epstein had recorded or performed with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, John Hiatt, The Rolling Stones, Warren Zevon, Stevie Nicks, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Linda Ronstadt. As a producer, he had revived the career of country singer Carlene Carter and helped create two of John Prine’s most acclaimed albums.

Now Tom Petty had memorialized his fallen comrade in a song. Playing in Epstein’s hometown, Petty could have acknowledged the friend he “left behind.” But the mention didn’t come. Though the Heartbreakers performed “Running Man’s Bible” that night, Petty didn’t explain its significance to the one crowd that would have been most affected by it. And the song was dropped from the next evening’s Summerfest set list. An opportunity to play a poignant coda, to generously celebrate Howie Epstein’s remarkable musical journey, was lost. The Heartbreakers, it seemed, had moved on.

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The journey for Howie Epstein began, as it did for many kids of his generation, in front of the television on a Sunday night, watching The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Born in July 1955, Epstein was the oldest of three brothers. Already owning a guitar and demonstrating considerable talent for an 8-year-old, he formed his first band within weeks of falling under the spell of the Fab Four.

“There was a guy named Chris down the block who had a snare drum,” his brother Craig recalls. “The rest is history. Music was it.”

Howie was encouraged by his father, a drummer and music lover who had managed local bands. By the late ’60s, Sam Epstein was driving his son all over town with an amp and a piano player, providing music for restaurants like Beyond the Sea on Brady Street. The young Epstein would play backyard cookouts, bar mitzvahs and skating parties at the Blatz Pavilion. It wasn’t cool, but it began a pattern of dues-paying that would serve Epstein well when he embarked on a music career.

Crisis came first, though. In April 1970, Epstein’s father suffered a massive heart attack at age 37; he died five months later. It was a blow from which Howie’s mother Judy would never recover. Coping with her loss by largely retreating from her responsibilities as a single parent, the Epstein house on Lake Drive became band central as the ’60s gave way to the ’70s and bar mitzvahs lost out to rock ’n’ roll. According to Craig and a family friend, there was little parental restraint as Howie and his two brothers hosted raucous jam sessions that were often shut down by Fox Point police, either because the music was too loud or the brothers were beating the hell out of each other.

Howie’s bedroom became the center of the universe for young boys inflamed by music. “His room was full of these bizarre wrestling posters until Springsteen and Petty came along,” recalls Jason Klagstad, one of Epstein’s earliest and most enduring musical partners. “Then the wrestlers had to share space with the musicians.”

Epstein and Klagstad met at a bar mitzvah party in 1967, and both would graduate from Nicolet High School. Klagstad – who later played guitar in such pivotal Milwaukee bands as Semi-Twang, Plumb Loco and Arroyo – instantly bonded with Epstein over a serious devotion to their craft. To Klagstad, his new friend personified cool.

“He was the guy who would always be wearing topsiders with no socks, faded jeans and an untucked shirt,” says Klagstad. “Always a smile on his face, with a slight stubble. Usually some acne, but he didn’t care. There was just never a tense moment when we got together.”

After graduating high school, short-lived bands with names like Egz, the Winks, Forearm Smash and Lord Nose came and went, with Epstein, Klagstad and a core group of musicians contributing to what was a vibrant local music scene throughout the ’70s.

“There was no talk of stardom; it was all about writing and playing music,” says Klagstad. “But it was unspoken. Everybody believed they were going to be the next big thing.”

Maybe it was to run away from a tumultuous family life. Maybe he was more driven than the others. But despite being surrounded by equally talented musicians, it would be Howie Epstein who made it big. In 1976, he and his brother Craig saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Milwaukee’s Uptown Theater. Six years later, Howie would be in the band.

 Отправлено: 23.11.10 12:23. Заголовок: Форум ошибку все вре..

Форум ошибку все время выдает и не позволяет отправить оставшуюся часть статьи.
Так что придется кому интересно читать статью вот тут
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 Отправлено: 25.11.10 14:38. Заголовок: Попалось в сети. Дат..

Попалось в сети. Даты, к сожалению нет.

Rolling Stone: Tom Petty's Playlist: The Best of the British Invasion

1. I Want to Hold Your Hand b/w I Saw Her Standing There- The Beatles, 1963

The Beatles were superior to everything. This came on the radio, and overnight everything was different. If you weren’t there, it’s hard to believe. But everything changed instantly. In “I want to Hold Your Hand,” John and Paul are singing the lead vocal in unison. It almost makes another voice-just a sonic pleasure.

2. You Really Got Me- The Kinks, 1964

I heard this song for the first time at a dance. The DJ played it really loud, and the whole room went still. Then, everyone erupted in applause-for a record. That guitar break-I’de never heard anything that wild in my life.

3. We’ve Got to Get Out of This Place-The Animals, 1964

This made made me want to run away from home. That bass riff is classic. These arrangements were tidy. Each instrument had a job to do.

4. She’s Not There-The Zombies, 1964

The piano break was over our heads at the time, but so right. Colin Blunstone’s voice was a sound I had never heard before. I thought if a zombie sang, that’s how he would sound.

5. When You Walk In the Room- The Searchers, 1964

I restrained myself from listing a bunch of their records. The 12-string guitar fascinated me, and they had great voices.

6. I’m Alive-The Hollies, 1965

Those voices were so incredible. They were the best singers, other than the Beatles, as far as singing harmony and knocking you dead.

7. I’m a Man-The Yarbirds, 1965

That break, when they go into double time, is downright psychedelic. And Jeff Beck is playing in unison with the harmonica. It’s a short record - and they still have the rave-up at the end. They got it all in.

8. Anyway You Want It- Dave Clark Five, 1964

They were badass. This song sounds like a runaway train, with that sax honking down low. That was a big step, to blow the echo out that heavy. I’d go crazy every time I heard it.

9. I Can’t Explain-The Who, 1965

What was great about Pete Townshend’e early stuff was you identified with what he was saying. And he’s using a Rickenbacker 12-string in a way no one else did. The guitar break is almost not a guitar break-he’s moving the tone switch back and forth.

10. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones, 1965

They had so much attitude, it dripped off the plate. The riff and distortion grab you, and the lyric is so worldly. It’s hard to talk about “Satisfaction” because everyone knows it so well. But it’s a great moment in rock history. Just the phrase is worth a million bucks.

 Отправлено: 25.11.10 15:26. Заголовок: Готов подписаться по..

Готов подписаться под каждой песней.

 Отправлено: 26.11.10 20:41. Заголовок: Nowhere/Surrender Li..

Nowhere/Surrender Limited Edition 7-Inch To Be Released On Friday At Indie Record Stores

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are participating in “Back To Black Friday” by releasing a limited edition 7 inch vinyl at indie record stores across the country this Friday November 26. The 7 inch includes two previously unreleased studio tracks from the bonus disc of Damn The Torpedoes – Deluxe Edition: Nowhere and Surrender.

"Back to Black Friday" is being organized by Record Store Day, a cooperative project of hundreds of independent record stores.

The day after Thanksgiving has long been the red-letter day for big-box and chain retailers. This year, indie record stores will be the center of attention among true music fans, who will find special releases unavailable anywhere else from Tom and The Heartbreakers plus Metallica, U2, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Drive-By Truckers, and others.

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 Отправлено: 28.11.10 02:15. Заголовок: Очередная хорошая но..

Очередная хорошая новость в уходящем 2010 году.

 Отправлено: 29.11.10 12:24. Заголовок: Петтиманам на заметк..

Петтиманам на заметку: если вы в ближайшие дни отправляетесь в Лондон, ищите в магазинах книжку "Runnin' Down A Dream", сейчас она там распродаётся за 6 (шесть) фунтов (300 рублей). А в российском Озоне по-прежнему<\/u><\/a> 3996 рублей.
Мне привезли. Альбом прекрасен!

 Отправлено: 29.11.10 12:31. Заголовок: Чего-то Озон совсем ..

Чего-то Озон совсем загнул цену.

 Отправлено: 29.11.10 13:19. Заголовок: В английском амазоне..

В английском амазоне тоже не дёшево: 23 фунта. Спрашивайте в обычных магазинах Лондона за 6 фунтов.
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 Отправлено: 29.11.10 22:50. Заголовок: stvol пишет: Спраши..

stvol пишет:

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Спрашивайте в обычных магазинах Лондона за 6 фунтов.

У нас даже в собянске днем с огнем не найдешь...

 Отправлено: 02.12.10 13:48. Заголовок: MOJO выдвинут в номи..

MOJO выдвинут в номинации лучший рок альбом на Гремми 2011.

2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES

Album of the Year "The Suburbs," Arcade Fire "Recovery," Eminem "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum "The Fame Monster," Lady Gaga "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry Song of the Year "Beg Steal or Borrow," Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs) "F*** You," Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green) "The House That Built Me," Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) "Love the Way You Lie," Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna) "Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum) New artist Justin Bieber Drake Florence & The Machine Mumford & Sons Esperanza Spalding Female pop vocal performance "King of Anything," Sara Bareilles "Halo (Live)," Beyonce "Chasing Pirates," Norah Jones "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry Male pop vocal performance "Haven't Met You Yet," Michael Buble "This Is It," Michael Jackson "Whataya Want From Me," Adam Lambert "Just The Way You Are," Bruno Mars "Half Of My Heart," John Mayer Pop performance by a duo or group with vocals "Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)," "Glee" Cast "Misery," Maroon 5 "The Only Exception," Paramore "Babyfather," Sade "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)," Train Pop collaboration with vocals "Airplanes, Part II," B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams "Imagine," Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare "If It Wasn't For Bad," Elton John & Leon Russell "Telephone," Lady Gaga & Beyonce "California Gurls," Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg Pop instrumental performance "Flow," Laurie Anderson "Nessun Dorma," Jeff Beck "No Mystery," Stanley Clarke "Orchestral Intro," Gorillaz "Sleepwalk," The Brian Setzer Orchestra Pop instrumental album "Pushing the Envelope," Gerald Albright "Take Your Pick," Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto "Heart And Soul," Kenny G "Singularity," Robby Krieger "Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway," Kirk Whalum Pop vocal album "My World 2.0," Justin Bieber "I Dreamed a Dream," Susan Boyle "The Fame Monster," Lady Gaga "Battle Studies," John Mayer "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry Dance recording "Rocket," Goldfrapp "In For The Kill," La Roux "Dance in the Dark," Lady Gaga "Only Girl (In The World)," Rihanna "Dancing On My Own," Robyn Electronic/dance album "These Hopeful Machines," BT "Further," The Chemical Brothers "Head First," Goldfrapp "Black Light," Groove Armada "La Roux," La Roux Traditional pop vocal album "Crazy Love," Michael Buble "The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time," Barry Manilow "Let It Be Me: Mathis In Nashville," Johnny Mathis "Fly Me to the Moon ... The Great American Songbook: Volume V," Rod Stewart "Love Is the Answer," Barbra Streisand Solo rock vocal performance "Run Back to Your Side," Eric Clapton "Crossroads," John Mayer "Helter Skelter," Paul McCartney "Silver Rider," Robert Plant "Angry World," Neil Young Rock performance by a duo or group with vocals "Ready to Start," Arcade Fire "I Put a Spell on You," Jeff Beck & Joss Stone "Tighten Up," The Black Keys "Radioactive," Kings of Leon "Resistance," Muse Hard rock performance "A Looking in View," Alice in Chains "Let Me Hear You Scream," Ozzy Osbourne "Black Rain," Soundgarden "Between the Lines," Stone Temple Pilots "New Fang," Them Crooked Vultures Metal performance "El Dorado," Iron Maiden "Let the Guilt Go," Korn "In Your Words," Lamb of God "Sudden Death," Megadeth "World Painted Blood," Slayer Rock instrumental performance "Hammerhead," Jeff Beck "Black Mud," The Black Keys "Do the Murray," Los Lobos "Kundalini Bonfire," Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds "The Deathless Horsie," Dweezil Zappa Rock song "Angry World," Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young) "Little Lion Man," Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons) "Radioactive," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings of Leon) "Resistance," Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse) "Tighten Up," Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys) Rock album "Emotion & Commotion," Jeff Beck "The Resistance," Muse "Backspacer," Pearl Jam "Mojo," Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers "Le Noise," Neil Young

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_16754117?nclick_check=1<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 03.12.10 01:41. Заголовок: Будем ждать 12 февра..

Будем ждать 12 февраля 2011, Voldar. Приятно, конечно,
но для меня "Грэмми" не авторитет. Все их попытки угодить всем, раздутые номинации, не_меньше_дюжины_граммофонов_в_одни_руки и пр.
Выиграет Томушка и компания - отлично. Нет - ну и ладно.

 Отправлено: 03.12.10 10:47. Заголовок: На мой взгляд ,Гремм..

На мой взгляд ,Гремми,как и Оскар все ругают,но одновременно все хотят заполучить,а шансы среди претендентов вроде неплохие.Я все альбомы - номинанты слушал,MOJO посильнее будет.

 Отправлено: 03.12.10 14:28. Заголовок: Хотя на мой взгляд, ..

Хотя на мой взгляд, у Тома есть альбомы не хуже, а может даже и получше Mojo, Грэмми он по любому давно заслужил, хотя бы за заслуги перед Отечеством. Музыкальные.

 Отправлено: 06.12.10 12:21. Заголовок: Картинка с фермы из ..

Картинка с фермы из Ролинг Стоун,где Том объявил о своих 10 любимых песнях.

 Отправлено: 08.12.10 18:01. Заголовок: Rolling Stone's ..

Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010

29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "The Trip to Pirate's Cove"

1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T, "Runaway"
2. Cee Lo Green, "Fuck You"
3. Sade, "Soldier of Love"
4. Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"
5. Arcade Fire, "We Used to Wait"
6. Mavis Staples, "You Are Not Alone"
7. Vampire Weekend, "White Sky"
8. Janelle Monбe feat. Big Boi, "Tightrope"
9. Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside"
10. Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver, "Monster"
11. The Black Keys, "Everlasting Light"
12. Mark Ronson and the Business International feat. Q-Tip and MNDR, "Bang Bang Bang"
13. The Dead Weather, "Hustle and Cuss"
14. Big Boi feat. Cutty, "Shutterbugg"
15. Drake, "Over"
16. Cold War Kids, "Coffee Spoon"
17. LCD Soundsystem, "I Can Change"
18. Jenny and Johnny, "Scissor Runner"
19. The New Pornographers, "Your Hands (Together)"
20. Best Coast, "Boyfriend"
21. Sleigh Bells, "Infinity Guitars"
22. Rick Ross feat. Styles P, "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
23. Jamey Johnson, "Macon"
24. Eminem, "Not Afraid"
25. Nicki Minaj, "Did It On'em"
26. Robyn, "Dancing on My Own"
27. The National, "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
28. Band of Horses, "Laredo"
29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "The Trip to Pirate's Cove"
30. Jakob Dylan, "Nothing but the Whole Wide World"
31. Gil Scott-Heron, "I'm New Here"
32. Die Antwoord, "Enter the Ninja"
33. Wavves, "Post Acid"
34. Gorillaz feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack, "Stylo"
35. Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval, "Paradise Circus"
36. Drake feat. Nicki Minaj, "Up All Night"
37. Lloyd Banks feat. Juelz Santana, "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley"
38. Spoon, "The Mystery Zone"
39. The Gaslight Anthem, "The Diamond Church Street Choir"
40. Kanye West, "Power"
41. Junip, "In Every Direction"
42. Surfer Blood, "Floating Vibes"
43. B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars, "Nothing on You"
44. Neil Young, "Love and War"
45. The Rolling Stones, "Plundered My Soul"
46. MGMT, "Congratulations"
47. Kid Rock, "Born Free"
48. Das Racist, "hahahaha jk?"
49. Elizabeth Cook, "El Camino"
50. Ke$ha, "We R Who We R"

 Отправлено: 12.12.10 10:32. Заголовок: Тридцатый Дилан. Мла..

Тридцатый Дилан. Младший

 Отправлено: 14.12.10 10:39. Заголовок: Похоже выйдет концер..

Похоже выйдет концертный альбом с прошедшего тура.Уже доступны для скачивания 14 треков для членов клуба Highway Companions и 8 треков посетившим любой концерт.



We are pleased to present TomPetty.com Highway Companions Club Members with 14 live tracks from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded during the 2010 Mojo Summer Tour. These Mojo Tour 2010 Expanded Edition Live Tracks are included as part of the membership package*.

We will be emailing each Highway Companions Club member tomorrow December 14 with a unique coupon code and instructions on how to download the songs. Keep an eye out for that email.

The Mojo Tour 2010 Expanded Edition Live Tracks are available in a choice of one of three high quality audio formats.

1) High Quality: 320K mp3
Smaller file size, plays on all mp3 players. Made from the master CD files (16 bit 44.1K).

2) Higher Quality: Apple Lossless
Medium file size. Only plays in iTunes and iPods. Made from the master CD files (16 bit 44.1K).

3) Highest Quality: FLAC
Large File Size. Needs FLAC compatible software to play back (will not play on iTunes). Made from the master high-resolution files (24 bit 48K) .

Information about each digital format can be found on the download page.


MOJO TOUR 2010 EXPANDED EDITION TRACK LISTING

1. Listen To Her Heart
June 25, 2010
Summerfest-Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI

2. King’s Highway
June 16, 2010
Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB

3. You Don’t Know How It Feels
July 31, 2010
Wachovia Arena, Philadelphia, PA

4. I Won’t Back Down
September 19, 2010
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC

5. Drivin’ Down To Georgia
August 11, 2010
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

6. Breakdown
August 15, 2010
Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA

7. Jefferson Jericho Blues
August 1, 2010
Wachovia Arena, Philadelphia, PA

8. First Flash Of Freedom
August 1, 2010
Wachovia Arena, Philadelphia, PA

9. Running Man’s Bible
September 18, 2010
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, Raleigh, NC

10. I Should Have Known It
June 16, 2010
Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB

11. Good Enough
July 31, 2010
Wachovia Arena, Philadelphia, PA

12. Refugee
June 12, 2010
Gorge Amphitheater, Quincy, WA

13. Runnin’ Down A Dream
October 7,2010
U.S. Airways Arena, Phoenix, AZ

14. American Girl
June 16, 2010
Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB

Enjoy!

*Mojo Tour 2010 Expanded Edition Live Tracks are available to Highway Companions Club members who joined the club between February 23, 2010 and February 24, 2011.

1. King's Highway
June 16, 2010
Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB

2. You Don't Know How It Feels
July 31, 2010
Wachovia Arena, Philadelphia, PA

3. I Won't Back Down
September 19, 2010
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC

4. Drivin' Down To Georgia
August 11, 2010
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

5. Breakdown
August 15, 2010
Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA

6. I Should Have Known It
June 16, 2010
Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB

7. Good Enough
July 31, 2010
Wachovia Arena, Philadelphia, PA

8. Runnin' Down A Dream
October 7, 2010
U.S. Airways Arena, Phoenix AZ

http://www.tompetty.com/news/title/14-live-tracks-from-summer-tour-ready-for-download-<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 14.12.10 13:57. Заголовок: Voldar пишет: посет..

Voldar пишет:

цитата:

посетившим любой концерт.

Как бы такое осуществить?

 Отправлено: 14.12.10 14:20. Заголовок: ­Судя по отличной раб..

*PRIVAT*

 Отправлено: 15.12.10 14:33. Заголовок: Жаль, что моё членст..

Жаль, что моё членство в Хайвей Клубе кончилось.

 Отправлено: 16.12.10 11:06. Заголовок: Доченька подсобила п..

Доченька подсобила папе.

Don't Pull Me Over - New Video Now Playing

The video was directed by Adria Petty.



I made this clip in my studio in Venice, CA with some pals one fine day a few months ago.

For me it was a cool opportunity to collaborate with one of my favorite visual artists, the LA-based Patrick Roberts, who created all of the collage and set elements.

It was also an opportunity to support my dad's consistent output of really great music.

Thirty some odd years into living in a family that makes music I still feel so lucky and excited to be one of the first to hear a new record.

This song "Don't Pull Me Over" is a special one on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' latest blues album, Mojo.

On first listen it is sort of the "weird track" similar to the anomalies "Don't Come Around Here No More" or "You Don't Know How It Feels". It doesn't fit on the record but in a way it is the stand out moment on the record. It is the comic relief. And the first time you hear the entire record it makes a big impression.

In his reclusive way my pop did not want to do any traditional promotion for Mojo. But with some nepotism and coaxing I was allowed to produce this strange and humble offering.

So trip out and have a giggle and dig that guitar solo. I really hope you enjoy this music video for "Don't Pull Me Over".

Посмотреть можно здесь: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adria-petty/tom-pettys-dont-pull-me-over_b_797020.html<\/u><\/a>

или здесь http://www.tompetty.com/news/title/dont-pull-me-over-new-video-now-playing<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 16.12.10 11:33. Заголовок: Забавный клип. Хотя..

Забавный клип. Хотя немного неожиданный.

 Отправлено: 22.12.10 11:20. Заголовок: Встречал ли кто нибу..

Встречал ли кто нибудь такое?Выложено на муле,причем релизером указан один из участников нашего форума dmvitaly32

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits 2CD (2010)

Треклист:
CD 1
01. Jefferson Jericho Blues - 3:25
02. Saving Grace - 3:49
03. Mary Jane`s Last Dance - 4:32
04. Learning To Fly - 4:03
05. Free Falling` - 4:18
06. It`s Good To Be King - 5:13
07. The Last DJ - 3:30
08. Flirting With Time - 3:15
09. Into The Great Wide Open - 3:44
10. Running Down A Dream - 4:25
11. Something In The Air - 3:19
12. All Or Nothin` - 4:10
13. I Won`t Back Down - 2:59
14. Waiting For Tonight - 3:29
15. You Wreck Me - 3:25
16. Makin` Some Noise - 3:28
17. Yer So Bad - 3:09
18. Out In The Cold - 3:33
19. I Should Have Known It - 3:38
20. Room At The Top - 5:03
21. Breakdown - 2:43

CD 2
01. Kings Highway - 3:09
02. A Higher Place - 3:58
03. Big Weekend - 3:18
04. Good Enough - 5:51
05. You And Me - 2:58
06. Free Girl Now - 3:32
07. Night Driver - 4:30
08. Two Gunslingers - 3:10
09. I`ll Feel A Whole Lot Better - 2:50
10. Walls (Circus) - 4:25
11. You Don`t Know How It Feels - 4:50
12. Love Is A Long Road - 4:09
13. So So You Want To Be A Rock`n`Roll Star - 3:39
14. Jummin`Me - 4:07
15. I Need To Know - 2:26
16. Refugee - 3:23
17. The Waiting - 4:00
18. Listen To Her Heart - 3:04
19. Don`t Do Me Like That - 2:43
20. You Got Lucky - 3:37
21. Don`t Come Around Here No More - 5:04

 Отправлено: 22.12.10 12:32. Заголовок: Надо у него и спроси..

Надо у него и спросить. А что, Мул заработал?

 Отправлено: 22.12.10 13:32. Заголовок: Да,Димка,мула реаним..

Да,Димка,мула реанимировали и релизы очень интересные попадаются.

 Отправлено: 22.12.10 22:27. Заголовок: Да это мой релиз, ди..

Да это мой релиз, диск купил в Москве.
Очередное издание Star Mark. Качество записи достаточно хорошее.
Отмечено на http://www.discogs.com/Tom-Petty-And-The-Heartbreakers-Greatest-Hits/release/2487075<\/u><\/a>

Скрытый текст

http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3320241<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 24.12.10 10:49. Заголовок: dmvitaly32, спасибо ..

dmvitaly32, спасибо за трекер! А возможно ли закачать на файлообменник, какой вам удобнее и выложить у нас в коллекции Тома?

 Отправлено: 24.12.10 11:47. Заголовок: Прекрасный подарок к..

Прекрасный подарок к новому году. Спасибо!

 Отправлено: 24.12.10 11:52. Заголовок: http://www.youtube.c..

 Отправлено: 24.12.10 15:18. Заголовок: SLQ! Спасибо за виде..

SLQ! Спасибо за видео-ролик со Стиви. Ее голос узнаваем из тысяч и репертуар интересный. Такую музыку можно слушать часами. И все-таки свой суперзвездный период с Флитвуд Мэк ей превзойти невозможно. Хотя, это мое мнение не смею навязывать.

 Отправлено: 30.12.10 18:50. Заголовок: http://img.beatles.r..

по данным агентства PollStar

 Отправлено: 05.01.11 12:18. Заголовок: 1. Tom Petty attends..

1. Tom Petty attends a game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on December 31



2. Tom Petty attends a game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on January 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, California

 Отправлено: 05.01.11 21:15. Заголовок: Елена,приятно,что да..

Елена,приятно,что дамы первые могут отбросить алкогольную зависимость и таки открыть общение в новом году.Я вот подумал,если Том такой завзятый болельщик Лейкерс,то может он у них в почетных фанах?

 Отправлено: 06.01.11 00:02. Заголовок: Только взгляд у него..

Только взгляд у него какой-то скучающий.

 Отправлено: 06.01.11 01:09. Заголовок: Видать, счёт игры не..

Видать, счёт игры не радовал.

 Отправлено: 06.01.11 20:42. Заголовок: А я вот ещё заметил,..

А я вот ещё заметил,что в ЛА видать суровая зима,раз Том уги надел.

 Отправлено: 06.01.11 23:31. Заголовок: :sm64: А где ж его..

А где ж его кеды????

 Отправлено: 07.01.11 18:36. Заголовок: Наверно Том валенки ..

Наверно Том валенки прямо на кеды надевает.

 Отправлено: 07.01.11 20:57. Заголовок: Если кто-нибудь натк..

Если кто-нибудь наткнётся в сети на фото Линна в зимней обуви, просьба выложить в его тему.

 Отправлено: 10.01.11 17:32. Заголовок: ТНЮ пишет: я вот е..

ТНЮ пишет:

цитата:

я вот ещё заметил,что в ЛА видать суровая зима,раз Том уги надел.

Суровая зима - это +5 , видимо, а то и
+ 15

 Отправлено: 08.01.11 21:25. Заголовок: В одном их хьюстонск..

В одном их хьюстонских блогов есть материал о непростых отношениях Тома с звукозаписывающими лейблами.

Top Six Artist Vs. Record Label Feuds

6. Tom Petty vs. MCA

When Tom Petty presented the recordings of his first solo album, Full Moon Fever, to MCA executives, he was "stunned" at their reaction. Get ready to crack the all-too-obvious but ever-so-apt "Into the Great Wide Open" joke--they "didn't hear a single," explains Petty in Paul Zollo's Conversations With Tom Petty.

This record ultimately produced a handful of hit singles, including "I Won't Back Down," "Runnin' Down a Dream," and what would become Petty's highest-charting Billboard song, "Free Fallin'."

Rather than dwelling on the rejection - which Petty admitted had "never happened" to him - he instead focused his efforts on the newly formed Traveling Wilburys, releasing the band's debut LP Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 in 1988.

After the Wilburys release, Petty returned to MCA, which had since undergone a regime shift of sorts. Full Moon Fever was finally accepted and released in 1989. The album marked Petty's commercial peak as an artist, produced five singles - two of which hit the Billboard Top 20 - and has now sold more than five million copies.

So much for not hearing a single.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/01/top_six_artist_vs_record_label.php<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 11.01.11 11:42. Заголовок: Runnin' Down A D..

Runnin' Down A Dream cover

 Отправлено: 12.01.11 22:57. Заголовок: 1. Барабанщих не рок..

1. Барабанщих не рокер не фига.
2. Про голый зад не понял, что означал сей кадр.

 Отправлено: 14.01.11 15:13. Заголовок: Tom Petty and The He..

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Damn The Torpedoes (Deluxe Edition)By Doug Collette
January 14, 2011

Rate 3 звезды из 5

http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/56779/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers.html<\/u><\/a>

Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker’s Damn the Torpedoes was the band’s breakthrough album, launching an ascent to rock icon status via a painstaking (and often painful) creative process. The combination of the band’s third album in an expanded package with a simultaneously released DVD would’ve made for a truly deluxe edition.

The audio remastering illustrates how Damn the Torpedoes marked a greater progression in production for TP & co than in songwriting or in performing. In fact, the album contained its share of lightweight tunes such as “Century City” and “Don’t Do Me Like That” made memorable only by the highly-polished sound of the original quintet’s nimble musicianship. Yet it’s in this re-released context too, the moments where the sound and style become tougher, as on “Refugee,” represent high points in the band’s discography to this day.

On the ‘Classic Album’ DVD from Eagle Vision, the content originally broadcast on VH1 is expanded to include more insightful footage recorded for that project, all of which is well complemented through David Fricke’s customarily insightful and passionate liner notes on the CD booklet. As Petty, guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench, plus producer Jimmy Iovine and engineer Shelly Yakus, good-humoredly recount the process through which they fashioned the final product of their labor, it seems almost surprising they were able to collaborate so successfully. Concentrating on the technical and musical aspects of the work doesn’t exclude discussion of the business aspects surrounding Damn the Torpedoes either, in the form of veiled but nonetheless emotionally pointed observations on the relationship with the MCA label with whom they engaged in more than one standoff during this interval.

Because of the extensive archiving Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have already done, in the form of the box set Playback, last year’s multi-discs in The Live Anthology, not to mention the Peter Bogdanovich documentary Running’ Down A Dream, it’s not altogether surprising this double CD set (shorn of the plastic slipcase that adorned titles in the series previously) falls short of fulfilling its expansive concept. Tracks on the half-hour long second disc exhibit the style though not the substance of the official album (except for the demo of “Refugee”), alongside selected live cuts that might well have been included on on audio disc with the original album, then paired with the DVD (or Blu-Ray). Such packaging would be a more accurate reflection of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers as the superior rock and roll band they have been for over three decades now.

 Отправлено: 17.01.11 11:55. Заголовок: Том зачастил на баск..

Том зачастил на баскетбол

Tom Petty attends a game between the New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on January 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, California

 Отправлено: 17.01.11 16:26. Заголовок: Очень здорово папара..

Очень здорово папараци схватил момент , сразу видно,что гастроли Тома здорово укатали....ну ни чего уже не хочется.Надеемся он отдохнет,Майк полечит сердце и приедут парни в Европу.Кстати,специально заходил на сайт Лейкерс,там к сожалению нет почетных фанов.

 Отправлено: 17.01.11 16:45. Заголовок: Да, чего-то он часто..

Да, чего-то он часто грустный последнее время.

 Отправлено: 17.01.11 23:19. Заголовок: Может, опять "сч..

Может, опять "счёт не радует"......

 Отправлено: 18.01.11 11:12. Заголовок: Ну это смотря какой ..

Ну это смотря какой "счёт".

 Отправлено: 19.01.11 11:18. Заголовок: Обзор скаченных трек..

Обзор скаченных треков .

Tom Petty - Live Tracks

Tom Petty has certainly been generous to fans who bought online tickets to the summer-fall 2010 “Mojo” tour. In addition to offering a free download of the blues-oriented “Mojo” album, last month Petty also released eight free live MP3 tracks recorded at various stops on the tour. Taken together, the songs essentially constitute something between a long EP and short full-length album documenting a tour that found Petty and his band the Heartbreakers appearing to be as loose and having as much fun as any time in recent years.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are not typically noted for extensive jamming or tinkering with their songbook when they play live. True to form, three of the eight songs in this collection are played pretty close to their original studio versions: “King’s Highway,” “I Won’t Back Down,” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream.”

Fortunately, all three are superbly crafted songs that don’t need a lot of tinkering to sound fresh live, especially when played with the energy that pulses throughout these songs. Drummer Steve Ferrone (a “new” Heartbreaker having only been with the band close to 20 years) keeps a steady backbeat throughout, and in particular “I Won’t Back Down” benefits from the short, driven version here that supports the pointed message of the lyrics.

Stoner anthem “You Don’t Know How It Feels” is livened up by crisp harmonica from multi-instrumentalist Scott Thurston and some funky boogie-woogie from keyboardist Benmont Tench. Toward the end of the song, the band veers into some trippy improv including interplay between Tench and lead guitarist Mike Campbell that is surprisingly reminiscent of the Dead. This leads to a rollicking, bluesy conclusion more typical of a Petty show.

“Drivin’ Down to Georgia,” a number that can only be found in official version on the 2009 “Live Anthology” box set, is probably the highlight of the set. With wry lines like “Hear that engine knockin’, we’ve both seen better days,” this tale of a mindless cross-country drive is vintage Petty: characters in his songs are usually not getting the best of life, but they keep dreaming, scheming and partying in the face of adversity.

The song is fast-paced and upbeat, featuring a lively Campbell solo followed by a jazzy Tench piano interlude which backs Petty delivering a spoken word monologue about peaches and red clay in Georgia, with a warning the peaches “won’t last long, wintertime will get ‘em.” The blistering jam following this segment underscores Petty’s general message that when life gives you lemons, give it the finger and turn up the radio.

Also provided is a slinky rendition of all-time Petty classic “Breakdown,” complete with an audience singalong of the chorus and a call and response between Petty and the crowd of “Wooah, yeah yeah yeah.” Although this version is longer than the studio version, it ends abruptly (a minor complaint I also had about the “Breakdown” I saw at the Verizon Center in Massachusetts in August.)

“Mojo” is one of the strongest studio albums Petty has put out solo or with the Heartbreakers in years (and let’s be honest, the difference between his solo and Heartbreakers work is mostly in whose name goes on the album cover), and the energy of having solid new material clearly carried over into the tour. So it’s fitting that two new songs, “I Should Have Known It” and “Good Enough,” are included.

“I Should Have Known It” is a hard rock nugget with a very ‘70s sound featuring guitar soloing in the style of Florida’s other favorite musical sons, Lynyrd Skynyrd. “Good Enough” is a slow blues where Tench again veers into Dead territory with psychedelic organ that sounds inspired by Pigpen.

Right now, the only way to get these tracks is to have bought “Mojo” tickets online. There is no word on whether at some point they will be released to the general public. Until and unless that happens, if you didn’t buy tickets to the tour, make friends with somebody who did and get copies. If you’re not already a Petty fan, these tracks might do the trick.

http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2011/01/17/tom-petty-live-tracks<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 24.01.11 14:42. Заголовок: К сожалению насчет в..

К сожалению насчет выступлений Тома в этом году,пока ничего неизвестно,тем более в Европе.Есть анонс о возможном выступлении Тома и его команды в июле на фестивале ROCK USA 2011.



ROCK USA 2011. Coming up on its 16th year, Country USA at Oshkosh has grown to become one of the largest outdoor Country Music festivals in the nation. Starshow Presents, Inc., parent corporation of Country USA, has now announced that it will create a sister event to Country USA next summer. The event is named Rock USA, a rock festival modeled very closely after the hugely successful Country USA. and will present the same stellar level of multi-million dollar entertainment.

SOLID ROCK. NO LIMITS. Rock USA will brand itself as ’Solid Rock. No Limits.‘ and will present a broad mix of rock in an effort to kick up the rock festival experience. The key is listening to exactly who the rock fans want to see. Some of the names that are being considered are Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Nickelback, Lynryd Skynyrd, Journey, and Daughtry. Obviously, this is a wish-list that is driven by input from fans but the plan is to present major caliber rock.

We can tell you right now that we are planning on pulling out all the stops to make Rock USA a smash hit but we need your input… who do you want!? You tell us and we‘ll go for it.

BIG EVENT. DISCOUNT TICKETS. The biggest news yet is Rock USA‘s highly aggressive ticket marketing concept of presenting three incredible days of world-class rock at discount pricing.

In a troubled economy we need to pay attention to the fact that fans have fewer hard earned dollars available. The money doesn‘t come easy and it‘s tough out there. Our goal is to offer the biggest entertainment value possible and we intend to sell Rock USA tickets at prices we feel will be the lowest festival ticket prices ever. We are working hard on getting our talent lineup booked and if all goes according to plan we will be announcing the lineup, ticket pricing and on-sale date soon! Watch for the big ’on-sale‘ news because you are going to get more and pay less!

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 Отправлено: 24.01.11 14:47. Заголовок: После гастролей орло..

После гастролей орлов в прошлом году не только Джо Уолш решил отметиться сольным альбомом.Полетать вокруг гнезда решил и Дон Хенли,причем в записи его сольника участвует продюсер и барабанщик Heartbeakers Стен Линч.

Don Henley Working On Country Covers Album

Don Henley is in the studio working on an album of country covers.

The Eagles founder is reported to be spending this week in Nashville working on the record with producer/drummer Stan Lynch (Tom Petty & the Heartbeakers), according to Eagles fan site L&M's Eagles Fastlane. The album is also expected to feature an all-star cast.

The album will make an interesting bookend to the 1993 album of country covers of Eagles songs ‘Common Thread’. That record featured acts like Travis Tritt, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill. Tanya Tucker and Brooks & Dunn singing the songs of the Eagles. The ‘Common Thread’ album was the catalyst for the Eagles reforming one-year later.

Don Henley has recorded four solo albums, ‘I Can’t Stand Still’ (1982), ‘Building The Perfect Beast’ (1984), ‘The End of the Innocence’ (1989) and ‘Inside Job’ (2000).

Also during that period, the Eagles released the live album ‘Hell Freezes Over’ and the studio album ‘Long Road Out Of Eden’.

The album will be the second of the solo albums we can expect this year. Joe Walsh told Undercover in December that he will release his first solo album in 18-years in May, 2011.

Last year, Timothy B. Schmit released his solo album ‘Expando’. Glenn Frey’s last solo album was ‘Strange Weather’ in 1992.

http://www.undercover.fm/news/13472-don-henley-working-on-country-covers-album<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 26.01.11 10:45. Заголовок: Tom Honored For His ..

Tom Honored For His Support of the Special Olympics

Last Friday January 21 Tom Petty was honored in a private ceremony by Special Olympics Southern California for his long-time support of the organization and individuals with intellectual disabilities. At the ceremony Tom was presented with an original watercolor of Leo Carrillo State Beach painted by Michael Bluechel, a 26-year-old Special Olympics athlete from Ventura, Calif.

Tom has been donating royalties from his song It's Christmas All Over Again which he wrote and recorded with The Heartbreakers for the A Very Special Christmas 2 album. This album was released in 1992 and is the second in a series of albums with Christmas themed music to benefit the Special Olympics. Tom has now contributed more than $200,000 in royalties for It's Christmas All Over Again to the Special Olympics.

Joining Petty and his wife Dana at the ceremony were Michael Bluechel and his parents, Carol and Ted. Ted Bluechel was the drummer with the legendary pop-rock group, The Association. Representing Special Olympics Southern California were assistant vice presidents, Monica McDade and Kim Pine.

On the reverse of Bluechel’s painting is a thank you to Petty, which describes the artwork and significance of the gift: “Please accept this gift of our esteem and friendship on behalf of the athletes we serve. We hope that as you enjoy Michael’s painting, it will bring to mind the belief that artistic creativity, ability, achievement and talents can be found in us all.”

About Special Olympics Southern California
Special Olympics Southern California has been changing lives through the power of sport for more than 40 years and offers opportunities for children and adults with intellectual disabilities to participate in year-round sports training and competition. Special Olympics Southern California appreciates the support of its year-round Mission. Partners: KTLA, Law Enforcement Torch Run, Summit Entertainment, Toyota, and The Vons Foundation. For more information about how to compete, coach or contribute, visit www.sosc.org.Rock icon Tom Petty was honored on Jan. 21 by Special Olympics Southern California for his long-time support of the organization and individuals with intellectual disabilities. In a private Pacific Palisades home, Petty was presented with an original watercolor of Leo Carrillo State Beach painted by Michael Bluechel, a 26-year-old Special Olympics athlete from Ventura, Calif.

http://www.tompetty.com/news/title/tom-honored-for-his-support-of-the-special-olympics<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 26.01.11 12:03. Заголовок: Несколько фото в хор..

Несколько фото в хорошем качестве

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 Отправлено: 27.01.11 11:43. Заголовок: Rock Royalty Provide..

Rock Royalty Provide ‘Flood Relief’

Songs from some of the biggest names in rock will feature on Sony Music’s huge three-CD set aimed at helping victims of the flood crisis affecting the country.

The release is entitled Flood Relief - Artists For The Flood Appeal and contains tracks from Bon Jovi, Midnight Oil, Foo Fighters, Crowded House and Kings Of Leon.

The triple disc will be available on Monday and all proceeds will go to the Salvation Army Flood Appeal.

Other acts included on the release are: Sting, Powderfinger, Bob Dylan, Hoodoo Gurus, Tom Petty, Grinspoon, Jeff Buckley, The Verve, The Screaming Jets, Birds Of Tokyo and Lifehouse.

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news//blog/rock-royalty-provide-flood-relief/20110121-b602.html<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 01.02.11 10:50. Заголовок: По моему мнения один..

По моему мнения один из диджеев решил испортить две песни сразу.Послушайте сами.

TOM PETTY VS BEYONCE - "If I Were A Free Fallin' Boy" A DJ Earworm Mashup



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 Отправлено: 01.02.11 12:28. Заголовок: Ощущение такое, что ..

Ощущение такое, что во время интимного разговора вклинился третий и начал громко рассуждать о своём, чихая на остальных. Гадость.

 Отправлено: 01.02.11 11:04. Заголовок: А по мне так и ничег..

А по мне так и ничего. Пусть.

 Отправлено: 01.02.11 14:30. Заголовок: :sm57: ..

 Отправлено: 02.02.11 11:18. Заголовок: Новость из серии слу..

Новость из серии слухов или вилами по воде писано...

Rock And Pop Tours Announce New Tour To New Orleans Jazz Fest 2011

Rock and Pop Tours announce the latest of their eagerly anticipated music discovery tours, travelling to arguably one of the biggest and most diverse music festivals on the planet – The 42nd New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

The 12 Day ‘New Orleans Jazz Fest Tour 2011’ will depart Sydney & Melbourne on April 28 returning May 9, 2011.

The tour will be escorted by James Valentine, Sydney broadcaster and jazz muso. Joining him will be Melbourne music industry stalwart, promoter and Jazz Fest veteran, Patrick Delves.

Founder/Director of Rock and Pop Tours, Ian Hunter Gray is delighted to have both Valen-tine and Delves on board and says, “James will add humour and musical knowledge whilst Pat provides his experience of Jazz Fest to our already jam-packed musical tour” said Gray, “and our groups will be in great hands all the way there and back!

The tour initially ventures to the ‘City Of Angels’, Los Angeles, for 3 nights of Rock and Pop, then on to the Birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans, for 8 nights of Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Zydeco, Cajun and much, much more.

The New Orleans Jazz Fest has always blended a wide variety of internationally renowned guests, including Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Santana, Pearl Jam, Paul Simon, Jimmy Buffett, B.B. King, Dave Matthews Band, Patti LaBelle, The Allman Brothers Band, Joni Mitchell, Al Green, Linda Ronstadt, Lenny Kravitz, Sonny Rollins, Bonnie Raitt, James Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, The Temptations, Van Morrison, LL Cool J, Gladys Knight, Youssou N’Dour and many, many others.

The 2011 official line-up will be announced later in December, with Sir Paul McCartney and Tom Petty hotly rumoured to be headlining.

http://www.eglobaltravelnews.com.au/wholesaler/rock-and-pop-tours-announce-new-tour-to-new-orleans-jazz-fest-2011.html<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 02.02.11 12:01. Заголовок: http://pics.qip.ru/2..

Tom Petty attends a game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on February 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Видимо у него абонемент на все игры Los Angeles Lakers

 Отправлено: 02.02.11 12:05. Заголовок: Ура,Том опять в кеда..

Ура,Том опять в кедах.Надо сказать,что появление Тома в угах вызвало нешуточную дискуссию не только у нас.

 Отправлено: 03.02.11 01:00. Заголовок: Да, видать..... отте..

Да, видать..... оттепель у них.

 Отправлено: 04.02.11 11:00. Заголовок: Размышления американ..

Размышления американского звукоинженера о качестве живого звука на последнем туре Тома и его команды.

About Robert Scovill
I am a 30 year veteran of live sound and 6 time TEC Award winner for Sound Reinforcement Engineer. I serve as Senior Market Specialist for live sound for Avid and am currently mixing front of house sound for the 2010 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers North American Tour.

Tom Petty, VENUE Technology and The Future of The Concert Experience

Venue owners; (Not VENUE owners) if you’re listening, PLEASE dedicate some resources to upgrading and maintaining these systems. The fans will thank you and they might even come to the shows a little more often. Don’t believe me? Here is an excerpt from a post on a popular live sound chat site regarding the lawn experience during the current Petty tour. “I have to say, I needed that show to sound good. I have been to so many big shows that were very disappointing sound-wise. I swore off big sheds a LONG time ago … The mix was just so right for TP, and the venue … There seemed to be studio like separation in the mix, but yet it all blended just right.”

We take audio very seriously in Tom Petty land for every show and I’m shocked at how many local venue techs have told us that rarely does a visiting engineer even go out to listen to the lawn during the day to evaluate it let alone adjust it. It’s kind of like we say at Avid regarding the world of VENUE technology “great sound quality is not a feature it comes with every console.” It should come with every show too … But I digress …

If you consider the shear quantity and quality of the technology combined with the personnel that comes with it for even a relatively modest tour such as Tom Petty, I’m shocked that ticket prices are not even higher. In Tom’s case it’s a testimonial to his loyalty to his fans along with the fact that he’s been an advocate for keeping prices under control for his entire career. I think his fans are in many ways rewarding him for it this summer. From my perspective, and his fan’s apparently, his “value add” appears to be quality and consistency and at a pretty appetizing ticket price.

полностью здесь: http://community.avid.com/blogs/avid/archive/2010/08/24/tom-petty-venue-technology-and-the-future-of-the-concert-experience.aspx<\/u><\/a>

 Отправлено: 04.02.11 13:01. Заголовок: Правильно я понял из..

Правильно я понял из всего сказанного, что по сути поклонники должны радоваться умеренной цене билетов, поскольку качество звука на концертах Тома заслуживает гораздо более высокой оплаты?

 Отправлено: 04.02.11 13:14. Заголовок: Это ты понял очень п..

Это ты понял очень правильно.

 Отправлено: 07.02.11 10:39. Заголовок: Может, кому пригодит..

Может, кому пригодится большой логотип.

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 Отправлено: 13.02.11 21:24. Заголовок: Володь, логотип не у..

Володь, логотип не увеличивается при клике на него Это максимальное разрешение?

 Отправлено: 15.02.11 10:17. Заголовок: Димка перезалил лого..

Димка перезалил логотип.

 Отправлено: 09.02.11 11:24. Заголовок: Ресурс часть которог..

Ресурс часть которого посвящена турам Тома и его команды.



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 Отправлено: 09.02.11 16:30. Заголовок: Хороший сайт. И как ..

Хороший сайт. И как приятно, что из года в год Том работает с одними и теми же людьми, котрых знает с ранней юности.

 Отправлено: 11.02.11 12:13. Заголовок: Напомню,что в это во..

Напомню,что в это воскресенье состоится церемония вручения Гремми,как номинант там естественно будет Том,но и Боб тоже приглашен звездой,может ещё и Джефф подтянется.

Jagger, Dylan to join rising stars at Grammys

LOS ANGELES – Legendary rocker Mick Jagger, folk icon Bob Dylan and veteran diva Barbra Streisand will join rising stars and seasoned chart-toppers Sunday at the music industry's annual Grammys awards bash.

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and teen sensation Justin Bieber are also on a star-studded roster of performers at the show in Los Angeles, where rapper Eminem hopes to seal a comeback year with a brace of awards.

While showcasing new talent, the glittering evening will also pay tribute to past greats including "The King of Rock 'N Soul" Solomon Burke, who died last year, and ailing soul legend Aretha Franklin.

Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Florence and the Machine singer Florence Welch will stage a combined "Valentine's" and "get-well" tribute for Franklin, recovering from reported cancer surgery.

"The special segment will feature individual and collective performances of some of the Queen of Soul's classic hits," said the organizers ahead of the three-and-a-half hour 53rd Grammys show at the Staples Center in downtown LA.

Dylan, appearing at the Grammys for his fifth time, will perform with country-tinged Brits Mumford and Son and folk-rock band the Avett Brothers in a special salute to acoustic music, organizers said.

In other new announcements Thursday three days before the show, they said rapper Dr. Dre will appear, in his first live television performance for more than a decade.

The Grammys are the music industry's equivalent of the Oscars, the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season that this year takes place in barely two weeks' time, on February 27.

Front-runners for Grammys glory include Eminem, nominated in 10 categories including best album and best song, in what could cap a comeback year for the once-troubled rap star.

The singer -- real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III -- dropped out of music-making in the middle of the past decade as he battled with drug problems. He returned with the album "Relapse" in 2009, before 2010's "Recovery."

Hawaiian-born singer Bruno Mars came second to Eminem with seven nominations including Best Male Pop Vocal, while US rap megastar Jay-Z, Nashville-born country trio Lady Antebellum and Lady Gaga each earned six nods.

Perry is also in the running for Best Album along with Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Lady Antebellum.

Best New Artist nominees were Canadian teen idol Bieber, quirky British singer Florence Welch, country-tinged Brits Mumford and Son, as well as Drake and Esperanza Spalding.

But while much media attention will focus on the rising stars, older viewers may tune in to see if Jagger and Streisand can show the young ones how to strut their stuff.

Here are the nominations in the main categories:

- Record of the Year: "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B with Bruno Mars; "Love the Way you Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna; "Fuck You!" by Cee Lo Green; "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys; and "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum.

- Best Album: "The Fame Monster" by Lady Gaga; "Recovery" by Eminem; "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire; "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum; and "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry.

- Best Rock Album: "Emotion & Commotion" by Jeff Beck; "The Resistance" by Muse; "Backspacer" by Pearl Jam; "Mojo" by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, and "Le Noise" by aging folk rocker Neil Young.

- Best Female Pop Vocal: "King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles; "Halo" by Beyonce; "Chasing Pirates" by Norah Jones; "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga; and "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry.

- Best Male Pop Vocal: "Haven't Met you Yet" by Michael Buble; "This is It" by Michael Jackson; "Whataya Want from Me?" by Adam Lambert; "Just the way You Are" by Bruno Mars, and "Half of My Heart" by John Mayer.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/02/10/11/jagger-dylan-join-rising-stars-grammys

 Отправлено: 14.02.11 15:35. Заголовок: А ранее Том и коллег..

А ранее Том и коллеги по Traveling Wilburys получали Гремми?

 Отправлено: 14.02.11 21:32. Заголовок: Боб точно получал и ..

Боб точно получал и не однажды.

 Отправлено: 11.02.11 17:40. Заголовок: Интересно, Том на це..

Интересно, Том на церемонию придет или нет? Как-то он последнее время там не появлялся .

 Отправлено: 14.02.11 10:47. Заголовок: К сожалению Тома про..

К сожалению Тома прокатили.Гремми за лучший рок альбом достался MUSE.

 Отправлено: 14.02.11 23:53. Заголовок: Muse ещё ничего, у н..

Muse ещё ничего, у них есть что послушать (выборочно). А кумир солиста-клавишника - Рахманинов.

 Отправлено: 15.02.11 00:16. Заголовок: Voldar пишет: К сож..

Voldar пишет:

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К сожалению Тома прокатили

Да ничего страшного... невелика честь стоять на сцене рядом с Эминемом, так что всё к лучшему.

 Отправлено: 15.02.11 10:32. Заголовок: Goldenday пишет: не..

Goldenday пишет:

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невелика честь стоять на сцене рядом с Эминемом

 Отправлено: 15.02.11 10:28. Заголовок: Сколько и чего получ..

Сколько и чего получал Том от Гремми:

Tom has three Grammys, one with Traveling Wilburys, one for best male rock performance ("You Don't Know How it Feels") and one for the Running Down a Dream film .

 Отправлено: 24.02.11 10:55. Заголовок: This Day in Music Sp..

This Day in Music Spotlight: The Heartbreaking Loss of Howie Epstein

Although Howie Epstein wasn’t one of the founding members of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, he quickly became an integral part of the band after joining in the early ’80s. The bassist was present for Petty’s most commercially successful period, playing both on full band releases and on the singer’s “solo” records. Keyboardist Benmont Tench called Howie “the coolest guy in the band.”

Epstein was born on July 21, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He began playing musical instruments at a young age, growing up under the influence of his father Sam, who was a record producer. Sam produced some of the Midwest’s top rock and soul groups in the ’50s and ’60s. As a result, Howie became entrenched in Milwaukee’s music community, getting to know the local acts and going with his dad to shows. As he got older, Howie convinced Sam to let some of those groups serve as backing bands on his own recordings.

In his teenage years and twenties, Epstein was involved in a number of rock and country bands in Milwaukee, most often playing rhythm guitar or mandolin and singing. Tiring of the limitations of the Wisconsin music scene, Howie set off for Los Angeles in the late ’70s to play bass in a band that singer-songwriter John Hiatt was putting together. He toured and recorded with Hiatt, playing on his albums Slug Line and Two Bit Monsters.

Howie soon joined Del Shannon’s backing band, a move that would lead directly to him becoming a full-time Heartbreaker. A huge Shannon fan, Petty was producing an album for the singer (titled Drop Down and Get Me) and Howie was playing on the sessions. Petty was highly impressed with Epstein’s musicianship. The bassist soon would see exactly how impressed Tom was.

By 1982, the Heartbreakers’ founding bass player Ron Blair had had enough. Tired of the touring grind, Blair departed the band, leaving a vacancy for Epstein. Bringing Howie into the fold wasn’t a surprise move, as far as the other Heartbreakers were concerned. “We all kind of thought Howie would get the job,” drummer Stan Lynch said. “He seemed to have a real good feeling for what we were doing. He’s a good bass player, a real good singer, and he fit in real well.”

By all accounts, the transition was seamless. Howie helped the band record 1982’s Long After Dark, bringing his strong backing vocals and steady bass playing to the album. “I had a tendency to play real busy, from all the years of playing rhythm guitar,” Epstein said about his playing. His style was “simplicity, playing in the pocket, getting into a steady groove. I’ve always considered myself a good team player and that’s the way that the Heartbreakers operate. Everyone listens to what everyone else is doing musically.”

He would tour with the band for the next couple of decades and become a well-known and respected member of an already established rock band. After Howie had been in the band for about eight years, Petty sung his praises to Musician magazine: “You gotta love him; I don’t know if I ever tell him how good he is. Tonight, there was a line early in the show I could just barely sing. I was having to work harder than I normally do to make it, I was getting really close on the mike. I was thinking, ‘Oh boy, I hope I can do this...’ I got to it and I heard Howie singing it with me over his mike. It sounded great, it sounded like a double track. I just looked at him, he caught my eye like ‘Yeah!’ It made me feel great, ’cause I know he was thinking the same thing, ‘I know he’s tired, I’ll cover him – wham! Got it!’ That’s what a great band’s all about. That’s what it’s all about.”

By becoming such an important part, Howie became an in-demand recording musician, playing on albums by legends such as Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and others. He also began to work as a producer, starting with Carlene Carter’s 1990 album, I Fell in Love. In fact, Howie had fallen in love with Carter and the pair had begun a relationship that would culminate in a proposal, but never marriage.

Around the same time, Epstein produced a pair of studio albums for songwriting great John Prine, including The Missing Years, which won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. A fair share of Heartbreakers also showed up to play on Prine’s albums.

Although Howie kept up his work with Petty and the boys through the ’90s, some of the excesses of the rock and roll lifestyle began to catch up with him. “He was just degenerating on us to the point where we thought keeping Howie in the band was actually doing him more harm than getting rid of him. His personal problems were vast and serious,” Petty would later say. “We tried everything we could to reach him but it got to the point where his ability to do gigs was diminishing.”

By 2002, Petty replaced Epstein with the same bassist Howie had replaced 20 years earlier – Ron Blair. “Eventually, we realized that we were just contributing to the problem,” Petty said. “When you’re living a life where you really don't have any responsibilities, it’s easy for evil forces to take over.”

Then, in February of ’03, Epstein passed out in his bathroom, possibly due to a mix of drugs that included heroin and antibiotics he had been taking for stomach problems and an abscess on his leg. His girlfriend drove him to the hospital, where he died from drug-related complications on this day in 2003. He was 47. Epstein’s remains were returned to Wisconsin, where they were interred at Second Home Cemetery in Greenfield.

Upon hearing the tragic news, one-time fiancée Carter was despondent. “I’m devastated,” she said. “I loved him very much. My kids thought of Howie as their father.”

Petty shared his grief over his bandmate’s death in a piece for Rolling Stone: “There’s a great sadness, because Howie was never not a Heartbreaker. He just got to where he couldn’t do it anymore... It’s like you got a tree dying in the backyard. And you’re kind of used to the idea that it’s dying. But you look out there one day and they cut it down. And you just can’t imagine that beautiful tree isn’t there anymore.”

To this day, when Petty and The Heartbreakers tour, they keep a bass guitar on a stand on stage to honor the memory of their late comrade.

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