Why Tom Petty gave his most American-sounding song to Rod Stewart in 1995
An interesting choice.
Tom Petty
The forgotten 1999 song Tom Petty called one of his greatest: “My best songs ever”
Flying too far under the radar.
“Knocking you dead”: The only group who could compete with The Beatles’ vocals
“Voices were incredible…”
“I loved doing that”: The 1996 song Tom Petty called the “greatest compliment”
The highest kind of praise.
The 1988 solo that was never good enough for Traveling Wilburys: “Wasn’t my best”
The right player with the wrong track.
The 1996 album Tom Petty never cared about: “I was just not happy”
Sleepwalking through the sessions.
The song The Traveling Wilburys forced themselves to make: “We did it very quick”
Getting a tune together.
