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.
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