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The Tom Petty Project

By: Kevin Brown
  • Summary

  • Join Kevin Brown as he digs into Tom Petty's catalogue, starting with the first track from the debut Heartbreakers album, all the way through to the final song from Hypnotic Eye. Along the way, there will be conversations with musicians, fans and people connected with or inspired by Tom in some way. This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Tom Petty estate.


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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/

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  • 10 Questions with Mary Beth Donnelly
    Jul 3 2024

    Today's episode is my ten questions with the wonderful Mary Beth Donnelly, who very kindly joined me on the kick off episode of season ten to talk about the title track from Wildflowers. We chatted about Paul Simon, Jeff Lynne, and everything in between as we went through my ten questions to find out which of Tom's songs she'd like to hear one of CSNY sing and which her favourite other band member is!


    Also, rather than a lot of links to Mary Beth on social media, I asked her to give me three book recommendations, but she gave me four instead and you can find those here!

    Charlotte's Web - E.B. Webb : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24178.Charlotte_s_Web

    Lincoln's Melancholy - Joshua Wolf Shenk : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106591.Lincoln_s_Melancholy

    Educated - Terra Westover : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133922-educated

    Into The Wild - John Krakauer : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60869516-into-the-wild


    Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.


    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw


    All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com


    The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise. If you want merchandise for this podcast, please check out https://www.teepublic.com/user/eight-ninety-eight/albums/245634-tom-petty-project


    A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo and Warren Zanes without whose books, Conversations with Tom Petty and Petty: The Biography, this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.


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  • Tommy Edwin Returns
    Jun 26 2024

    Today's episode is another conversation I had with the wonderful Tommy Edwin. We discussed Travis picking and talked about putting set lists together and whether choose the songs you think the crowd should hear, not the songs you think they want to hear. Tommy was wonderfully warm, engaging, and just generally a wonderful hang and I hope you enjoy our conversation about his music as much as I did!


    Please check out Tommy's (brilliant) website here: https://www.tommyedwinmusic.com


    The song at the end of the episode is his single, Drive, which will be included on his upcoming album and can be found here: https://youtu.be/VlIMbusFncg

    The other songs we discussed in the episode can be found here:

    Radio On: https://youtu.be/pq4tqYi_rpg

    Tell Me That I'm Crazy: https://youtu.be/avLmX060bcE


    Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show:


    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6BLRWuuAR43zHpNKIirOw


    All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/

    Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.com/


    The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise.


    A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, Conversations with Tom Petty, this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.


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    57 mins
  • Don't Fade On Me
    Jun 19 2024

    When I think about the solo in this song, it has a gravity to it that makes it feel centuries old. You could almost imagine that it has been living underground in some secret grotto since time began, just waiting for the right song to come along and feed it. It feels like a primal life force all its own, as if Mike is possessed by it rather than being its architect and its master. And I know that isn’t the case and the reality is that Mike Campbell just has such complete mastery over his instrument and over the musical form that he can write and play something this good and just make it sound effortless and timeless.


    Today’s guest conversation sees the return of the always entertaining Tommy Edwin. We chatted about the music he’s released since he was last on the show as well as Wildflowers and of course, this week’s song. Once I’m editing, I may break out part of our conversation to release as a standalone bonus episode, but for now, sit back, relax, and enjoy my chat with the marvelous and hugely talented, Tommy Edwin.


    Check out Tommy's website here: https://www.tommyedwinmusic.com and go check out a live show if you get a chance!


    To listen to the song, check out the official lyric video here: https://youtu.be/4gBnTnZRneo

    And to listen to the home recording, check that here: https://youtu.be/PHtEBn3CbWs

    And for the alternate version from American Treasure and Finding Wildflowers, check that one here: https://youtu.be/lqDHyrPW9vo


    Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.


    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetompettyproject

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPettyProject

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetompettyproject/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thetompettyproject


    All music other than the piano version of Wildflowers, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com


    The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise.


    A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography".


    Producer: Kevin Brown

    Executive Producer: Paul Roberts

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Great work by Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown did his homework for the Tom Petty Project Podcast. I’m enjoying it immensely. He is uncanny at stripping the songs down and pointing out things most never hear but what gives the songs their tonality and fabric. Love the Trivia too. Nice touch. Thank you Kevin.

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