The 1981 song Tom Petty struggled to write: “Went on for weeks”
A classic.
Tom Petty
The 1994 song Tom Petty said was so good it confused him: “A state of consciousness”
All coming through in one gulp.
The songwriter The Traveling Wilburys could never match: “I don’t think we knew”
Not nearly as well-versed.
The 1985 song Tom Petty was “lucky” to have written: “It was one of those magic moments”
Catching an emotion in the moment.
The 1989 song Tom Petty wrote just to make Jeff Lynne laugh: “I love it”
The Heartbreakers weren’t that happy at first with Tom Petty going solo.
The 1981 song Stevie Nicks never quite got over: “A huge favour”
Sending her career into the stratosphere.
“I’m a Sidebury”: The background musicians who turned down the Traveling Wilburys
Not cut out for legendary status.
How The Traveling Wilburys almost broke up the Heartbreakers: “They were pissed off”
Getting in trouble back home
The fire that almost “wiped out” Tom Petty and the song it inspired
Turning a brush with mortality into art.
The Tom Petty song that nobody had faith in: “It became our first top ten hit”
Not seeing the appeal of the classic.