Actor Johnny Depp, along with his partner Faye Dunaway took part in the process of filming the music video for the song "Into The Great Open." In the scandalous music video for the song "Mary Jane's Last Dance" the actress Kim Basinger performed the part of the dead woman. Together with the band, the musician was among the first in the rock genre, who began to shoot music videos. At the same time, Tom actively worked with the Heartbreakers.
The third album of the rock musician, Highway Companion, saw the light after twelve years. Since the 1990s, Petty collaborated with producer Rick Rubin and in 1994 presented the album Wildflowers.
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The first of them was the album Full Moon Fever. Since 1989, Tom Petty moved on to start a solo career. Song "End of the Line" by The Traveling Wilburys The band's songs, including "End of the Line," became real hits of the era. For a guy from a small town, it was a massive turn in his career. He was invited to join the band The Traveling Wilburys, which consisted of Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Jeffrey Lynne, and himself. Gradually Tom Petty became one of the best-known rockers of the country.
Several musical compositions were recorded together with Bob Dylan. In his songs began to appear details and elements that weren't previously used by the musician. Such statements appeared for a reason because in the 1980s the Heartbreakers were Bob Dylan's accompanists, and this fact could not but affect the work of Petty. Speaking about his work, critics also mentioned Bruce Springsteen. The performing style of singer Tom Petty was often compared with the manner of Bob Dylan and Neil Young. The band's third album, Damn the Torpedoes, released in 1979, sold two million copies, that was an absolute success. For a long time, it held the top lines of the charts of the United States and Great Britain. The band's second record, You're Gonna Get it! was received by the audience enthusiastically. They were somewhat different from those songs that were massively released by the rock industry of "new wave," so the rapid growth of the popularity of the band came out of the blue. The debut album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers consisted of simple songs easy for the public to understand. The band members even managed to find money for recording the first album. In 1976, Tom Petty formed a new band, calling it the Heartbreakers. Moving to Los Angeles did not bring the rapid growth of popularity expected by the friends, and the band broke up. The band changed its name and performed as The Epics and then as Mudcrutch. MusicĪt first, Petty's band made out of his friends rehearsed in the garage. It appeared that it was that place where something big and incredible always started. Los Angeles seemed to him the most suitable place for self-realization and growing as a musician. The apparent decision for Tom was to move from the small town to a big city. He took his first lessons from Don Felder, who later became a member of the legendary band The Eagles. The teenager began to learn to play the guitar. Petty was very impressed after watching the episode of the show. The guests of the episode were The Beatles. The Ed Sullivan Show, broadcast on February 9, 1964, changed the situation. At that time, America literally lived for this musical style, so such an interest of the guy was reasonable.Īt first, music was just a hobby, and Tom did not dream of climbing the heights of this field. Little Tom was brought to see a celebrity, and when he saw the idol of millions, he was forever obsessed with the style of rock and roll.
Musician Tom PettyĮlvis Presley starred in the motion picture.
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His uncle was a part of the filming crew of the movie Follow That Dream, which was in production in 1961. The boy's passion for music became a matter of chance. Thomas Earl Petty was born on October 20, 1950, in a small American town of Gainesville, located in Florida. His music was called the "logical continuation of the legacy" of the most famous rock bands. As the vocalist of the band the Heartbreakers, the singer performed on stage for several decades. Tom Petty is an American rock musician, whom critics called a bright representative of the classic style of this genre of music.