What the actual fuck?
Learned that news from you first. :o
Quite a shock. :(
Dude, are you serious? Let me see if I can find some confirmation...
Same here.
Goddamn this one hurts.
Wow, so it is true...a sad day gets even sadder!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-petty-legendary-rocker-is-dead-at-66/
I still remember the first time I heard Refugee when I was a kid. I don't think I knew what rock and roll was yet, but I knew I had to find out who it was, and how to hear that song again!
Quote from: Bret608 on October 02, 2017, 08:57:09 PM
Dude, are you serious?
I wouldn't joke about something like this. :'(
Looks like it hasn't been confirmed yet. Maybe (fingers crossed) it's not true.
Part of me is just hoping he's visiting the other side of life and will wake up any minute to tell us everything is going to be fine. It's kinda hard to believe...only 66.
I was 12 when Wallflowers came out. It was one of the first albums I really listened to front to back. It was the 2nd CD I ever bought.
I was thankful to fulfill a childhood dream and see him this summer on this 40th anniversary tour. He will be missed.
My wife cried when I told her. We've seem him twice, a great show. Once of those you are glad you saw.
Top five TP songs for me:
Southern Accents
Room at the Top
Walls
Straight Into Darkness
It'll All Work Out
LAPD now saying that report of his death is inaccurate. I had noticed the Wasington Post refused to report that since they hadn't verified it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/02/tom-petty-on-life-support-after-cardiac-arrest-according-to-reports/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_tompetty-429pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.1ea30908c5f7
I think they are just saying it wasn't them who leaked the news.
The latest appears to be that he's off life support with no brain activity but not expired yet. Not sure...there are some conflicting stories.
I definitely saw headlines saying he had died. But of course now they are all edited.
Really blown away by this one. Never got the chance to see him live. Was always a Mike Campbell fan and consider "Breakdown" to be one of those sleeper "killer" solo's. I worked so hard to get those notes right at the end. RIP Tom and thanks for all the great tunes.
The confusion that came after the original report was a little disconcerting. But this morning it is all true unfortunately. Hard to believe they did three sold-out stadium shows to wrap up the 40th anniversary tour just last week! Looking back now, from about 6th grade on (1984-ish), Tom Petty was one of the few artists I always liked and listened to no matter what other music I was into at the time.
Kind of surprised he died. I know he wasn't super young or anything but it's not like 66 is extremely old. I know he was a pot smoker but I never thought he did other drugs.
Be curious if anything comes out about this.
Very sad. Tom Petty has always been one of my favorites.
Full Moon Fever still resonates strongly to me. Simple licks. Cowboy chords and brilliance sprinkled liberally.
Great quick read
Tom Petty Was Perhaps Rock's Greatest Writer of First Lines
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/02/tom_petty_was_rock_s_best_writer_of_opening_lines.html (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/02/tom_petty_was_rock_s_best_writer_of_opening_lines.html)