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 Acey68 Gainesville Sun - September 21, 1999 Gaineville's Tom Petty: He reconnects with band for 'Echo' By Gary Graff Gainesville Sun - Tuesday, September 21, 1999 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS When: Tonight at 7:30 Where: Ice Palace, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa Tickets: $30 and $45, at Ticketmaster outlets Despite his northern Florida drawl and laid back demeanor, there's a discernible ebullience in Tom Petty's voice as he talks about the current state of his music and his band. "It's an exciting time to be in the Heartbreakers," says Petty, the singer, songwriter and guitarist who started playing in his native Gainesville as a teen-ager. Two of the current Heartbreakers were at Petty's side in the band -- originally called Mudcrutch -- in the early '70s. "I think that right now it's actually better than I ever counted on it being," says Petty, 48. "It's great to be improving this many years along the line with the band. "Usually when a band's been around this long, it's just sort of paying lip service to itself. "But I think our music is actually improving. It's getting easier to do. It's not nearly the chore it's been. Those are nice things to have happen." Among other nice things happening in Petty's life are the strong sales for the group's latest album, "Echo," which had its debut at No. 10 on the Billboard chart in April and sold more than 81,000 copies in its first week of release. And Petty's observations about the creative state of the band are certainly borne out on the record, which includes all-our rockers ("Free Girl Now," "I Don't Wanna Fight," "About to Give Out") as well as moodier fare ("Lonesome Sundown," "Rhino Skin" and "Echo.") The record includes 15 sinewy, tightly-performed songs that convey a sense of looseness and space within the parameters of their careful arrangements. The album is a testament to the resilience and allegiance Petty and the Heartbreakers now feel toward one another. It was just a decade ago that Petty recorded his first solo album, the multimillion-selling "Full Moon Fever." Its success seemed to herald a period of creativity without the Heartbreakers. The band had cause to worry, and fans wondered whether real heartbreaker might be in store for the unit, particular in light of angry statements to the press made by Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch after he had split from the band. "There may have been some concern ... that I was drifting away, but I wasn't, really," Petty says. "I've always felt like a member of the band, and I think they treated me like a member of the band." During the past 10 years, however, Petty has alternated between Heartbreakers albums ("Into the Great Wide Open" in 1991 and "She's The One" in 1996), solo projects ("Wildflowers" in 1994) and occasional work with the Traveling Wilburys, the ad hoc supergroup that features Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne. Petty says the wizened quartet, which originally included the late Roy Orbison, may come out of retirement and put together another album in 2000. The outside projects, in fact, actually outsold his albums with the Heartbreakers, save for a 1993 "Greatest Hits" set. But with "Echo," there's a palpable sense of reconnection, and Petty now says he's through with solo albums. "I think in 25 years together, you're going to go through some hills and valleys, you know," he says, citing other tensions that arose when the band began to experience success with hits such as "Breakdown," "Refugee," "The Waiting" and "You Got Lucky." "We became sort of victims in our own success in some way, in that when we did play it was usually in a giant place ... with all those expectations and preconceptions people had," Petty says. The antidote to stadium tours came in the form of a 20-show residency at San Francisco's fabled Fillmore Auditorium in early 1997. There, the Heartbreakers tinkered with set lists, playing seldom-heard album cuts and spontaneously performing cover songs. It was great fun, Petty says, allowing the musicians to play as a unit again and "reconnect with something." "We felt like we had a really good rock 'n' roll band, and we were kind of glad to be in it," he says. Instilled with that spirit, Petty and the Heartbreakers -- guitarist Mike Campbell, bassist Howie Epstein and keyboardist Benmont Tench, plus cohorts Steve Ferrone on drums and Scott Thurston on guitar and bass -- set to work on "Echo." Campbell, born in Jacksonville, has been with Petty since 1970. Tench, the son of a retired Alachua County circuit judge, is a Gainesville native who joined not long after. Epstein, a former session bassist, was added to the Heartbreakers lineup in 1982, after "Damn the Torpedoes" had made them international rock stars. The original idea for the new album, Petty says, was to have the material well-prepared "so we wouldn't have to overdub much and we could concentrate on live takes." Campbell, who collaborated with Petty on both of the solo albums, handled the engineering. But Petty eventually brought in co-producer Rick Rubin when the sessions required a more disciplined approach. "It felt very informal," Petty says, "and it was usually pretty productive." So productive, in fact, that some songs, such as "Swingin'," were made up on the spot. "That just came to me while we were working on something else," Petty says. "I kind of came up with these chords and started to play them, and the band fell in on it, and I just improvised the lyric. "When we played it back, we were all kind of surprised at how good a song it was. So we listened back to it one more time, straightened out this or that, and then we did one more take and that was the record -- before we hardly knew the song." The band has been on the road since mid-June, playing plenty of hits and even pulling out long-discarded favorites like "Don't Do Me Like That." But the freedom to experiment like the Heartbreakers did during their Fillmore shows also has been present. "We've gotten used to not playing the same show night after night," Petty says. "I hope some of that feeling comes along with it, some of that freedom to explore. I've seen people that have been around a long time, and they just fall into routine and self-parody. "That's just not where we want to wind up. We really believe in this music, this rock 'n' roll music that we're playing. And we want to keep it fresh and avoid any sort of routine to it." Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Jul 06, 2023
 Acey68 Petty's 'Caravan' tour revives the '60s spirit By Bill DeYoung Gainesville Sun - July 30, 1987 TAMPA -- When Tom Petty conceived the "Rock 'n' Roll Caravan" tour, he saw it as the modern-day equivalent of a 1960s roadshow -- three strong acts on one bill, barnstorming the country with electric guitars wailing, leaving no Anywhere, U.S.A. audience unsatisfied. With the Georgia Satellites and the Del Fuegos, Petty and his Heartbreakers hit the road in early June. By the time the Caravan rolled into Tampa last weekend, for its next-to-last show, the tour had become quite a different kind of flashback to the '60s. Petty's 90-minute, 19-song set was heavy on oldies, rocky chestnuts from that long-ago time when his group was playing six nights a week in Gainesville bars. And with the onstage appearance of Roger McGuinn, once the leader of the Byrds, and a big influence on Petty and the Heartbreakers, the evening took on the tangible spirit of a '60s concert -- not repackaged nostalgia but a careful, loving and altogether fun celebration of an exciting period in rock 'n' roll history. The sold-out audience of 9,300 saw and heard a lean, muscular band, at the top of its form. After two months of roadwork they were playing like a well-oiled machine. There were the usual, gotta-play-'em songs from their hit catalogue (including "Breakdown," which opened the show, "Refugee," which closed it, and venerable warhorses like "Listen to Her Heart," "American Girl," "The Waiting" and "Even the Losers"). Each song came across with more energy than might be expected after years of in-concert renditions, and with most of the long hot summer tour already over. In the past, the band members have sometimes seemed to just be going through the motions onstage, but at this show they were feeding off the energy, and in turn contributing to it. As if they didn't know exactly where it would go next, and enjoyed the challenge. This excitement was never more apparent than during McGuinn's appearance, halfway through the set. With his trademark 12-string guitar slung over his shoulder, the legendary rocker steered the Heartbreakers through three of hs classic songs -- "Mr. Spaceman," "Eight Miles High," and Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." The combination was magical, since Petty's sound was in part styled after the Byrds. But it was especially noteworthy because the Heartbreakers had not rehearsed with McGuinn; he simply showed up and tossed out some song titles. So guitarist Mike Campbell's ominous fretwork on "Eight Miles High," bassist Howie Epstein's letter-perfect runs on the Dylan song, and pianist Benmont Tench's honky-tonk fills on "Mr. Spaceman" were all unreheased. They knew the songs (Petty even sang on "Eight Miles High," getting nearly all the words right) from years ago, and they played them like they were part of every night's show. Petty began a long rap about how it's hard to trust anyone in the '80s. "Who do you trust?" he asked the audience. "Ronald Reagan? Jerry Falwell? The KKK? Ollie North? Do you trust condoms?" Then he paused, a mischievous glimmer in his eye. "You'd better trust condoms before you trust Ollie North," he advised. Then he added "How about Oral Roberts?" before musing on Roberts' claim that he has raised the dead. "I think we coulda used him in Vietnam," Petty said, and began "For What It's Worth," the Stephen Stills classic about deceit, change and social upheaval. It was a slow, bluesy version, with simmering background vocals from Epstein and drummer Stan Lynch. "Don't Come Around Here No More" was transformed into a simple song of angst, stripped of its sitar and drum-machine accompaniment. Petty and the Heartbreakers performed it as it was originally written -- as a blue, Otis Redding-style soul ballad. They barreled into a joyous rendition of the old Bobby Freeman/Beach Boys song "Do You Wanna Dance." It was spontaneous; they had not played the song before on the tour. The least successful numbers were the new ones, from the "Let Me Up" album. "Runaway Trains" was sluggish, and "Think About Me" and "Jammin' Me" were somewhat mechanical. The Heartbreakers seemed tired of them. The final delirious encore was a call-and-response arrangement of the Isley Brothers classic "Shout." And, just for this show, Petty sang "Southern Accents," his poignant lyric about growing up in Florida. It was a fitting addition to an evening that was all about looking back. The Del Fuegos / Georgia Satellites / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Jul 06, 2023
 Acey68 Petty, Heartbreakers in top form By Philip Booth Lakeland Ledger - Tuesday, July 28, 1987 Tampa -- His bony arms crossed in front of his face, strands of stringy blonde hair half-shrouding an earring, Gainesville-bred rocker Tom Petty leaned into the microphone as guitarist Mike Campbell cranked out the lean, familiar lead lines on "Breakdown." Petty, pale-skinned and clad in worn blue jeans, a T-shirt and a black leather vest, played the role of a rock and roll gypsy Sunday. It was an awe-inspiring performance on the second-to-last date of Petty's deservedly celebrated three-month-long Rock 'n' Roll Caravan. "If I've never met you before, my name is Tom Petty, and these are the Heartbreakers," the singer said in his patented slur-drawl after a blistering work-out on "Think About Me." Petty's show, at the University of South Florida Sun Dome, was a homecoming of sorts for the 34-year-old singer-songwriter who learned his rock-and-roll pedigree at bars and fraternity parties in and around Gainesville. Petty's father and brothers numbered among the 9,264-strong USF crowd, which gave "Breakdown" the kind of attention usually reserved for encore numbers. Petty, Campbell and Heartbreakers Stan Lynch on drums, Benmont Tench on keyboards and Howie Epstein on bass are in top form this time out, renewed by a fire inspired in part by last year's touring backing Bob Dylan. "This one here's an old song," Petty said as The Heartbreakers reached back 11 years for an invigorating, guitar-anthem version of "American Girl," from the band's debut album. Here, and on Petty favorites including "Refugee," "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Even the Losers," all from "Damn the Torpedoes" (1979), Campbell let loose with snippets of crackling lead-guitar lines. Campbell is the kind of guitarist who doesn't overwhelm with shlocky displays of virtuosity, opting instead say more than less. And Petty is the kind of band leader who seldom hogs the spotlight. On "The Waiting," an exception to that rule of thumb, Petty strummed out the chugging guitar introduction, and launched into the hit single from 1981's "Hard Promises." "You take it on faith/You take it to the heart/The waiting is the hardest part," he sang, on a tune about patience and fidelity (take that, Tipper Gore), later offering some Pete Townshend-worthy guitar slashes before the Heartbreakers kicked in. The show slowed down only once, when Roger McGuinn, the ex-Byrds leader who now lives in the Tampa Bay area, fronted the Heartbreakers for a trio of hits, including "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Eight Miles High." Petty also borrowed from Buffalo Springfield for an affecting cover of "For What It's Worth," the 1967 protest-charged song; from The Clash, for a slamming version of "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"; and from the Isley Brothers, for an infectious "Shout." Petty's newest material, from the album "Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)," was equally invigorating -- "Runaway Trains" benefited from Lynch's measured drum staccato and Tench's vigorous organ work; and "Jammin' Me" was no less than the jammingnest tune of the evening. If the Heartbreakers' nearly two-hour set was uncompromising and riveting, the performance gained even more as the result of some enthusiastic playing by the Del Fuegos and the Georgia Satellites, the opening-act bands on the Rock and Roll Caravan. The Boston-baned Del Fuegos, were fronted by lead singer Dan Zanes, who held onto his six-string for dear life and kept both feet firmly planted to the stage. The Del Fuegos, darlings of the critics, played roots-rock material that wouldn't be out of place at a dive in the Southwest or the Deep South. At their best, their five-piece band sounded like Lone Justice without Maria McKee; at their worst, they were merely energetic and overconfident. The Georgia Satellites, as ferociously scary looking as they were rambunctious, plowed through a 45-minute set that included "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," their sassy radio hit, and a cover of the Rolling Stones' 1974 hit, "It's Only Rock and Roll." It may only be rock and roll, but the work of the Del Fuegos and the Georgia Satellites paled in comparison to that of the Heartbreakers, a band whose energy, proficiency and showmanship were matched by the substance of the writing, mostly provided by Petty and Campbell. The opening bands were long on jams, and short on inspired material. The Del Fuegos' Zanes made a promise at the beginning of his band's eight-song set: "I think you're probably going to see the best show of the tour." That promise was more than fulfilled in a nearly four-hour rock and roll marathon that seldom let up, a knock-down blast that reaffirmed the durability of American-rooted guitar-oriented music. Attendance: 9,264 Ticket Price: $17 Show time: 8 p.m. Total music time: 200 minutes Ledger rating: Excellent The Del Fuegos / Georgia Satellites / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Jul 06, 2023
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