The Tom Petty Project

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When the Time Comes Nov 24, 2021

Show notes

Hey folks! We're back for season two and I'm happy to be moving onto the second album, You're Gonna Get It. Today's episide looks at the lead track from that album, When the Time Comes.

If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/ykCmB_ZlI68

I mentioned a slight similarity that I hear to Eight Miles High by The Byrds, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/J74ttSR8lEg and also mentioned a live version from March 7th, 1980, recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. The song was part of the encore that night and you can find that version here: https://youtu.be/0GRh_d2-uTo

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

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All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

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Dog on the Run Nov 17, 2021

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I hope you enjoyed last week's chat with the marvellous Dallas Heliker! I'm looking forward to having more guests on the show but I know I'll be chatting to Dallas again at some point.

If you want to listen to Dog on the Run before this episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/3KaZBwsSLqE

Today's episode covers the live rarity, taken from 1977's Official Live 'Leg, recorded at the legendary Paul's Mall in Boston, Dog on the Run. An epic 10-minute experimental jam, this one features some extraordinary performances from every member of the band. Thanks to Paul Roberts for pushing me to cover this one in sequence, rather than once I've been through the rest of the catalogue, when I will be circling back to B-sides, previously-unreleased material etc.

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

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Dallas Heliker Nov 10, 2021

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Today's episode is a great conversation I had with superfan, Dallas Heliker. Dallas has seen Tom more than a couple of dozen times, been lucky enough to meet him twice, and also contributed a killer Last DJ set to Tom Petty Radio on SiriusXM! I can't overstate how much fun I had chatting to Dallas and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Dallas has mixed a couple of incredible live performances that Tom and the Heartbreakers performed and you can find them here:

Willin' (June 3rd at the Fonda) originally by Little Feat https://youtu.be/4NIJAEm4kD8, and this incredible version of Dogs on the Run, from Southern Accents; https://youtu.be/Fh5nNLSAlco

Check out Dallas' Last DJ setlist here. Seriously, this is a tight, tight five songs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDPq1QbGAAk&list=PL9JRklgBG7Nz3Twaf2scPKIQribxcgfIS

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

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American Girl Nov 03, 2021

Show notes

I hope you enjoyed the last couple of episodes talking to Jon Scott. It was a real highlight of the year for me! We're back to the song reviews though and just in time to wrap up the debut album by talking about the iconic track, American Girl.

One of my very favourite live versions of this song is from the 30th Anniversary tour concert in Tom's hometown of Gainesville, Florida that was included as part of Peter Bogdanovich's fantastic Runnin' Down a Dream documentary. If you haven't seen that yet, you can find it on Amazon Prime. The band closed their set with this song, as they did on the 40th Anniversary tour, making it the last song Tom played live before an audience. Check out the Gatorville performance here: https://youtu.be/-lAz7SPRLKk. As they closed that show with American Girl, they opened the halftime show of Superbowl 42 in Glendale, Arizona with it. Listen to the crowd go crazy when they hear that opening lick: https://youtu.be/Vul_EYQEJJU

I also talked about Roger McGuinn's connection to the song and you check out his 1977 cover here: https://youtu.be/DGunZd732qQ

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

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Jon Scott (Part Two) Oct 27, 2021

Show notes

Today's episode is part two of the fantastic conversation I had with Jon Scott. This episode is much more conversational as we talk about Jon's relationship with Tom, Tom's relationship with his fans, and a wide range of topics that were fun to dig into, including Tom's generosity with both his friends and his fans, his quiet advocacy for certain causes, and his passion for making great music.

Please note that there is some occasional miled profanity in this episode.

Make sure you check out Jon's website. If you're downloading this today, he has a two for one offer to purchase his fantastic book right now. I cannot recommend it highly enough and if you're a Pettyhead who hasn't read it, you're really missing out. Go to Jon's website at https://tompettyandme.com/

In the episode, Jon talks about Steely Dan's super-Jazzy "Deacon Blues", which you can check out here: https://youtu.be/52EeVLOeM0w as well as the classic Tommy and the Two Tones hit 8675390, which convinced Tom to bring the band out on the road with him. Check out a great live version of that song here: https://youtu.be/axLRUszuu9I

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

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Jon Scott (Part One) Oct 20, 2021

Show notes

Today's episode is a very special one for me. I threw a hail mary and contacted Jon Scott a few weeks ago to see if he'd be willing to jump on a call with me to discuss Tom Petty and dig into his Memoir, Tom Petty and Me (My Rock n Roll Adventures With Tom Petty). To my delight, he agreed, and we recorded a long, wide-ranging conversation on the 18th of October. Rather wonderfully, this means that I'm able to release the episode on Tom's birthday by way of a small tribute. The conversation has been broken into two parts as I wanted to preserve as much of our discourse as possible as I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope that you will to!

Please note that there is some profanity in this episode, which is all used in context of actual quotes from Jon's book.

In the episode, Jon talks about the live version of Breakdown recorded at the Capitol in 1977, which you can listen to hear: https://youtu.be/mx0JBnvJk24. He also mentions the Mudcrutch song Depot Street, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/wHPe2yPAQYY

This was an absolute thrill for me to record and edit and I hope you enjoy listening to Jon as much as I did.

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

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Luna Oct 13, 2021

Show notes

Today, we're talking about track 9 from the debut TPATH record, Luna. Kev is a little bit worse for wear so there are very few links in this podcast detail other than the following link to the song that you'll need! https://youtu.be/9fOKtWW8Xvo

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mystery Man Oct 06, 2021

Show notes

Today's track is number 8 from the debut TPATH record, Mystery Man. This one is a real favourite with people who are physically attracted to Tom Petty! If you're not familiar with the song, check out at the following link on the official Tom Petty YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/wPRSc6IBPtY

In the episode, I talk about two live versions of the song that are well worth checking out:

A performance at the 1978 New Year's Eve bash in Santa Monica: https://youtu.be/JefjmSB27fw

And a great version from the Fillmore Residency in 1997: https://youtu.be/SccsfBFfJ08

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fooled Again (I Don't Like it) Sep 29, 2021

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Today's song is the brilliant Fooled Again (I Don't Like It). Head over to the official Tom Petty youtube channel and go listen to the song: https://youtu.be/iIh3hMRIAbk.

You should also check this super heavy live version of the song from 1977 which sees some intro shredding from Mike. https://youtu.be/u18JPFFFIS8

In the episode I discuss some sonic similatiries I hear with an English band from around the same period called Sad Cafe. Here's probably my favourite track they released: https://youtu.be/K75Q-0wMgn0

I also mentioned that you check out the music of my very good friend Randy Woods. Two of my favourite tracks from the new Randy Woods Band new album, Soul Hammer, are Space Queen (https://youtu.be/pq_mCwY_a6Y) and Bottom End Machine (https://youtu.be/efBpffvB84k). They don't sound a damn thing like Tom Petty, but they're a great band. I also mentioned that you should check out Jake Thistle. Watch him do a great cover of Learning to Fly, in some pretty esteemed company! https://youtu.be/TsnNQrJ4lao

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strangered in the Night Sep 22, 2021

Show notes

Today's episode covers Strangered in the Night, which is a seminal moment in the history of the Heartbreakers as a band. Go listen to the track on the official Tom Petty YouTube Channel here https://youtu.be/gC9FDx3HISw and then come back and listen to the episode!

Here's a link to the Dwight Twilley song that Tom plays bass on and appears in the video for (Looking for the Magic): https://youtu.be/l24DFbedbJ0

And here's a live version of the song from way back in June 1977, in Köln, Germany! https://youtu.be/sb5Zwm2JAzw

Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.

Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475

All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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