Here's an article on a great new documentary on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ....
Must See: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Documentary
The heart of Runnin’ Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, is clear enough—the enduring power in the Heartbreakers’ 30-some-odd-year career is rooted in the classic ideal of band-ness.
Bill Flanagan, MTV exec and author, remembers hearing Petty say that it’s always been important to him that the Heartbreakers remained a real band with real personal, musical, emotional interaction. “They can never become what some bands become,” Flanagan says, “just a brand name with a bunch of hired guns.”
The truth in that theory is easily apparent. In the documentary, a stringy, wiry young Petty links up with longtime guitarist Mike Campbell and piano player Benmont Tench. Then, decades later, the thr .......................
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