![]() ![]() We were overwhelmed by the culture shock at the beginning, but we stuck it out, even when Mudcrutch fell apart in the studio. “When we moved to Los Angeles, we were fish out of water. It was like, ‘OK, you’re in the band!’ That’s how it went. ![]() I could see this look in Tom’s eye: ‘This ain’t gonna work!’ Then I ripped into a Chuck Berry song and all their faces changed. I had this cheap Japanese guitar which was all I could afford. I had short hair and cut-off jeans and I weighed 110lb. They took one look at me and wanted to leave. When they came out to this farm on the edge of town to audition Randall, it turned out their guitar player had just left, so Randall brought me out, too. I had a little blues jam band and our drummer, Randall Marsh, auditioned for Mudcrutch. They were kind of a country-rock band, and Tom was the bass player. I was living in Gainesville, where Tom had a band called Mudcrutch. I have a vivid memory of the first time we met. I was very hands-on with the American Treasure boxset. “I’m not a retrospective person, but since he passed away I’ve been forced to look back. Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home! I remember thinking, ‘This guy loves what he’s doing, and he wouldn’t want to be anywhere else than where he is right now, playing with the band in front of these people.’ His love of the craft and of the band and the music was contagious, and I felt it in that moment very strongly. ![]() Near the end I looked over at Tom and his face was beaming just so much happiness. There was one particular moment that stays with me. It had been a long tour, everything had been sold out, we were at the top of our game. “There was something special about the last show we did, a week before he passed, at the Hollywood Bowl. I feel fortunate to have had those moments with him, not knowing what was going to unfold. We were able to touch base, to identify our bond and our friendship in a very powerful way. It’s hard to put into words, but I had an opportunity on the plane a couple of times towards the end of the last tour to connect, to say all the things I really wanted to say to him. He couldn’t communicate but maybe he heard me, I don’t know. MIKE CAMPBELL: “In the hospital, lying in the bed, I talked to him a little bit. On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLII Halftime show.This feature originally appeared in the November 2018 issue of Uncut (Take 258). Petty has been managed by Tony Dimitriades since 1976. However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with 2006's Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. Petty is also a vocal critic of the modern recording industry and the disappearance of independent radio stations. He has recorded a number of hit singles, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and was a member of the Traveling Wilburys. ![]()
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