Tom Petty would have been 75 today. I'd have loved dearly to have seen him tread the boards at some point but, alas, the planets never aligned; not helped by the fact that that in his illustrious 40 year career he only played a meagre 61 dates in the UK (and 23 of those were in 1977). I think it's time to dig out the time machine (again). If I can source a new flux capacitor I think I'll set the coordinates for that debut trek around around Blighty. I've never been to the Glasgow Apollo before (I've heard it can be, er, lively). Who's coming with me?
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (1977)
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Thomas Earl Petty (1950-2017)
I'm tempted. Never a particular fan of Mr Petty but liked that debut album very much at the time.
ReplyDeleteThat's good enough for me, Ernie - you can be my chief Petty officer (see what I did there?).
DeleteI'll get my (time travelling) coat.
The Apollo was indeed bouncy the times I saw The Clash and The Ramones there!
ReplyDeleteI think you've Top Trumped me there, CC.
DeleteYou just about gave me a heart attack John with that title. Thought it was going to be a new health update!
ReplyDeleteSorry about that, Alyson! All good on that front you'll be pleased to know.
DeleteI’m not a huge fan, but I have always loved the song you feature today. I will, however, hitch a ride to ‘77. While you are at the Apollo, I’ll be checking the listings for Nick Lowe, Costello, Parker and several others. Heck, Subway Sect must be playing somewhere in town. - Brian
ReplyDeleteTop man, Brian! Always room for one more. The Subway Sect are bound to be on somewhere.
DeleteI was lucky enough to see Tom in 1987, 1992 and 1999. Needless to say he played the thrilling American Girl on each of those occasions, though if I could half-inch your time machine for just ten minutes, I'd revisit the epic performance of Don't Come Around Here No More in 1992, which was jaw-droppingly great.
ReplyDeleteThanks, TS. It was only after I'd hit 'publish'' I realised I'd mentioned TP a couple of years ago and you told us then that the Heartbreakers were practically your house band.
DeleteBlimey, I don't remember that post or my reply, even though I managed to replicate the first sentence almost word for word!
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