The Traveling Wilburys bandmate Tom Petty considered the ultimate songwriter: “I learned so much from watching”
The model for any lyricist to study.
Tom Petty Archives: 12/2025
The one Beatles song Tom Petty was in awe of: “Like nothing I’d heard in rock”
Changing the way Petty thought about rock.
The one singer Tom Petty said never got boring: “A great inspiration”
Always saying what’s on his mind.
The support band that nearly made Bob Dylan quit music entirely: “It would be my last”
“I couldn’t wait to retire”.
The singer Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty agreed was the greatest: “God, he could sing!”
The true operatic voice of rock and roll.
The Traveling Wilbury Tom Petty said helped heal him: “We were pals within minutes”
Putting his soul back into place.
Tom Petty once named the greatest strength of the Traveling Wilburys: “That’s what we did the best”
The perfect sound of the perfect supergroup.