Tom Petty - The Ultimate Guide to His Music & Legend
Subtitle: Special Tribute Edition
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781547840946
Other titles: Rolling Stone Special Tribute Edition: Tom Petty (1950-2017) The Ultimate Guide to His Music and Legend
Description: The ultimate Petty guide. Featuring four decades of in-depth profiles, the stories behind his 50 greatest songs, revealing new Q&A's with The Heartbreakers, plus over 50 rare photos from the life of a rock star. An Updated Rolling Stone Reissue.
Notes: An Updated Rolling Stone Reissue
Table of contents: label: Introduction
pagenum: 7; label: Tom Petty's Gonna Get It
title: In Rolling Stone's first feature on Petty, the rising star shared his frustrations with the music business -- and told us why he was definitely not a punk.
pagenum: 8; title: Excerpted from RS 276 - October 19th, 1978; label: The Heartbreakers' Breakthrough
title: Rolling Stone's original rave review for 1979's instant classic "Damn the Torpedoes."
pagenum: 15; title: From RS 306 - December 19th, 1979; label: Real-Life Nightmares
title: Angry, anxious and absolutely brilliant: Petty at the moment of his triumph with "Damn the Torpedoes."
pagenum: 16; title: Excerpted from RS 311 - February 21st, 1980; label: Live in Concert: The Heartbreakers Take a Star Trip
title: At a show in Chicago, the band shines most when it lets loose.
pagenum: 25; title: From RS 325 - September 4th, 1980; label: The Hard Way
title: How did Petty top his success with 'Damn the Torpedoes'? By picking a fight with the world in the name of rock and roll.
pagenum: 26; title: Excerpted from RS 348 - July 23rd, 1981; label: If It's Monday, This Must Be Miami
title: Dispatches from Petty's first tour with the Heartbreakers in two years: Hanging with the Replacements, fending off groupies and more.
pagenum: 34; title: Excerpted from RS 562 - October 5th, 1989; label: Back on Top, Believe It Or Not
title: After suffering through a long period of personal crises and career doldrums, Petty re-emerged as one of rock's most vital artists.
pagenum: 42; title: Excerpted from RS 610 - August 8th, 1991; label: Last Dance
title: After he lost a bandmate and watched his marriage collapse, things got dark for Petty -- then he climbed back for one more tour with the Heartbreakers.
pagenum: 50; title: Excerpted from RS 1004/1005 - June 13th, 2006.; label: It's Good to Be the King
title: Finally at peace, Petty looked back on his origins and his remarkable history playing with the Heartbreakers.
pagenum: 58; title: Excerpted from RS 1093 - December 10th, 2009; label: The End of the Line
title: Behind the scenes as Petty and the Heartbreakers celebrated a 40-year bond on their final tour.
pagenum: 68; title: Excerpted from RS1291/1292 - July 13th-27th, 2017; label: Meet the Heartbreakers
title: Interviews with Mike Campbell, Ron Blair and Benmont Tench, covering their history as Petty's musical backbone.
pagenum: 72; label: Mike Campbell
title: Petty's guitarist and co-writer has been his steadiest collaborator.
pagenum: 74; label: Ron Blair
title: The band's original bassist took 20 years off and returned stronger than ever.
pagenum: 76; label: Benmont Tench
title: From seeing Tom Petty play in high school to becoming his lifelong keyboardist.
pagenum: 78; label: The 50 Greatest Songs
title: Petty's anthemic hits have defined rock radio since the Seventies, and he's never stopped writing great music. Here's the definitive guide to his best moments.
pagenum: 80; label: Credits
pagenum: 97