Biography

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“There was a little more to life somewhere else After all it was a great big world”

A kid learning to play guitar in a Florida. Rehearsing with his band in California studios. Making his name in the lager-soaked clubs of England. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers logged some hard miles before finding success. But rock’n’roll is an international language and few are as eloquent as Petty. His guitar chimes like the Byrds, his lyrics cut to bare emotion like Dylan and the Heartbreakers strut like the Stones. Petty’s catalog of songs celebrates and contemplates life’s complexities. No wonder his music continues to sound fresh year after year.

The Byrds influence comes full circle on Heartbreaker: Pickin’ on Tom Petty. Former Byrd Chris Hillman picks his mandolin with a group of equally talented bluegrass musicians. Fiddle two-steps with banjo while guitar calls out the quick rhythm. “I Need to Know” gallops like a bandit’s horse. “American Girl” sounds like daybreak across an infinite field of wheat. Petty says it best: “We got somethin', we both know it.”

Musicians:

Chris Hillman - Mandolin
Tom Ball - Harmonica
Paul Lee - Fiddle
David West - Banjo, Bass, Dobro, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Bayan, 5-string Banjo
Tom Corbett - Guitar,Mandolin
Thomas Martin - Fiddle


Track List:

1. Into The Great Wide Open

2. Running Down A Dream

3. Mary Jane's Last Dance

4. Learning To Fly

5. Breakdown

6. I Won't Back Down

7. Here Comes My Girl

8. I Need To Know

9. You Got Lucky

10. Free Fallin'

11. Refugee

12. Don't Do Me Like That

13. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

14. American Girl

15. Don't Come Around Here No More

16. Even The Losers