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Post by jono1uk on Oct 2, 2017 20:09:08 GMT
Just passed
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 2, 2017 20:46:05 GMT
Thanks Jono for posting this terrible news. The great artist, Tom Petty, has died from a heart attack! He was 66 years old. From CBS News.... Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.
The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night. He was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and put on life support, reports TMZ.
Petty rose to fame in the 1970s with his band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The group put out several hits, including "American Girl," "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," "Breakdown," "Listen to Her Heart" and more. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was also a successful solo artist and sang the megahit "Freefallin'."
Though Petty and his band debuted their first self-titled record in 1976, they continued to perform over the past four decades. Petty played his last show last Monday, performing three sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl to conclude their 40th anniversary tour. The band wrote on their website that the tour included 53 shows in 24 states.
In December, Petty told Rolling Stone that he thought this would be the group's last tour together. He said, "It's very likely we'll keep playing, but will we take on 50 shows in one tour? I don't think so. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was thinking this might be the last big one. We're all on the backside of our sixties. I have a granddaughter now I'd like to see as much as I can. I don't want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid, that's a lot of time."
Petty, who released three solo albums and 13 albums with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, also took part in the 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne. He told Rolling Stone he was hoping to release a deluxe version of his 1994 solo album "Wildflowers" with a bonus disc of unreleased material. He had also hoped to play a special "Wildflowers" tour.
The rocker kept his hands full with his SiriusXM channel, Tom Petty Radio, as well. He personally oversaw the station and had his own interview show called "Tom Talks to Cool People" where he interviewed musicians like Micky Dolenz of the Monkees and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. He said he wanted to become a musician when he was 13 and saw The Beatles play on "The Ed Sullivan Show." He told Grammy.com, "This was the great moment in my life, really, that changed everything. I had been a fan up to that point. But this was the thing that made me want to play music." He added, "It did have a great profound effect on my life, and I thank them for that. I still think the Beatles [made] the best music ever, and I'm sure I'll go to my grave thinking the same thing."R.I.P. Tom Petty Shine On Michael
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Post by bonzo on Oct 2, 2017 21:13:47 GMT
What a shame, seemed like a nice guy as well.
R.I.P Tom Petty
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 2, 2017 21:59:45 GMT
There are now conflicting reports and the LAPD are now saying that Tom Petty’s death is not confirmed.
Shine On Michael
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Post by slide496 on Oct 2, 2017 22:29:50 GMT
Very very very sad news ... I love his music. Here's a clip from last week at the Hollywood Bowl. With his power, flame burning bright.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 22:44:19 GMT
This clarifies things:https://news.google.com/news/search/section/q/tom%20petty/tom%20petty?hl=en-GB&ned=uk
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Post by leeophonic on Oct 3, 2017 5:41:48 GMT
Sad news, another sad day for music, I will get some Heartbreakers & Wilbury,s out later today to celebrate Toms music.
Lee
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 3, 2017 7:04:12 GMT
It is confirmed now. R.I.P. Tom Petty. Shine On Michael
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 7:26:14 GMT
RIP. Very sad that he said he wanted to spend more time with his granddaughter, but not to be. Message for us all there... TT
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Post by Stevie on Oct 3, 2017 11:04:19 GMT
Another deal gone down.
In the 1970s, I loved TP and TH-Bs. I had no in car entertainment in my little yellow Mini Cooper, so I had an early battery powered ghetto blaster on the ledge behind the back seats and it seems to me now that I had that first album on permanent loop. It had "that" overall sound. It was an obsession.
I admit I tired of his own work thereafter, however good / catchy / popular it was, but I always retained a soft spot for those great tracks from the first waxing. Then we had the Traveling Wilburys: some superb stuff there. An example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. Five great guys getting along and making some great recordings.
After confusing Ravi Shankar with Ravi Shankar, I have been reluctant to post much on obituary threads, but TP was special. Because of that, I checked straight away and the Beeb only had him down as being in hospital. I thought that a bit odd for the usually reliable BBC, but it seems they were rightly awaiting confirmation too. This is still a bit of a shock mainly due to his age, but it seems 2017 has not let go yet...
A life lead well then- performing right up to the finishing line. Would that we could all enjoy that degree of sucess.
Condolences to Tom's family and close acquaintances.
e&oe...
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 3, 2017 13:27:37 GMT
TOM PETTY - Old Grey Whistle Test - BBC TV, London - May 10th 1977 © Photograph by Alan MESSER Shine On Michael
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 16:54:19 GMT
Very sad. Probably was one of the few major artist whose contemporary albums I have bought. Been visiting our grandkids a lot
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Post by gouranga on Oct 4, 2017 5:53:52 GMT
Sad news!!! Thank Tom for all you gave us. Travel on Wilbury! Travel on safely.
Gouranga
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Post by thebluesbear( al) on Oct 5, 2017 22:28:13 GMT
Hello all i am also sad to hear this, i still recall seeing tom petty with Dylan in 1986 in Melbourne .. he was great as i recall.his death is indeed a huge loss
RIP Tom Petty and thanks for your music
al
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