Friday, November 13, 2009

Private Stock, Tom Petty.


Welcome to PRIVATE STOCK. Tom Petty is a great American musician with a long career, we have been enjoying his music since 1976 and he still rocking. He has a long discography, solo albums, with the Heartbreakers, with the Traveling Wilburys and with Mudcrutch. Tom Petty has a unique sound, here check out Tom with the Heartbreakers performing "I Won't Back Down"

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first album was released in 1976 and this was the line up:
Tom Petty- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica.
Mike Campbell- lead guitar.
Ron Blair- bass guitar, vocals.
Benmont Tench- keyboards, vocals.
Stan Lynch- drums, percussion, vocals.
In 1988 he formed "The Traveling Wilburys" with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne.
Tom Petty has a solo career as well and he has been acting a little bit.
Here is Tom Petty performing "Breakdown"


Tom Petty has many awards, these are just some of them:
1996- The Golden Note Award.
1996- Tom received the UCLA's George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement.
1999- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2002- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2005- Tom Petty received the Billboard Century Award for his lifetime achievements.
Check your collection and see what you have from Tom Petty, you can listen to his music when you are working, having fun, reading or doing anything, is great.
Here enjoy Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing Free Fallin'

For those of you that want to add some Tom Petty to your collection here is the discography:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers:
1976- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
1978- You're Gonna Get It!
1979- Damn the torpedoes.
1981- Hard Promises.
1982- Long After Dark.
1985- Southern Accents.
1987- Let Me Up (I've Had Enough).
1991- Into the Great Wide Open.
1999- Echo.
2002- The Last DJ.
The Traveling Wilburys:
1988- Traveling Wilburys Vol.1
1989- Traveling Wilburys Vol.2
1990- Traveling Wilburys Vol.3
2007- The Traveling Wilburys Collection.
Solo Albums:
1989- Full Moon Fever.
1994- Wildflowers.
2006- Highway Companion.
That's all this week and to end this edition of PRIVATE STOCK, here is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing another great song, "You Don't Know How It Feels"

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