The Tom Petty Project

Hey folks. Today's episode covers the fantastic third track from Damn The Torpedoes, Even The Losers. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/5Ue4_MWwKY8 Check out this fantastic live version, recorded on March 6th, 1980 at the legendary Hammersmith Odeon in London: https://youtu.be/_WW-1Fn7NZQ In the episode, I briefly talked abou...

Heya peeps! Hope you're all well wherever in the world you are. Episode 2 of Season 3 is here for you and today we're talking about the marvellous Here Comes My Girl. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/n4nPa35CZPI If you're on Facebook, check out this fantastic video of Mike talking about how he put together the guitar parts f...

Season Three already? Seriously? I just started this thing as something to do! Why are you all still here??? Oh... you love Tom like I love Tom. K. All good. Let's keep going and sharing our appreciation! If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/YbWDV72oQlo Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leav...

Welcome to the fourteenth and final episode of Season Two of the Tom Petty Project Podcast. Today’s episode is another interview slash conversation episode and I’m joined today by the extremely lovely and entertaining Gwen Jones. I managed to convince Gwen to jump on a Zoom call with me to discuss her love of Tom’s music and it wasn’t long before we were chatting like old friends. This episode wil...

Part two of my conversation with Jake Thistle! Check him out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNAkiDIEBKnLWe1hc7GV3A Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475 All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woo...

Part one of my conversation with Jake Thistle! Check him out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNAkiDIEBKnLWe1hc7GV3A Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475 All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woo...

Hello friends! Today's episode covers the final track from You're Gonna Get It!; Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller. This means we're done another album! 2 down, 16 to go!!! If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/G9s5eAG5ks0 I didn't include any other videos today so I'm going to share a song I recorded during lockdown in May of 2020 with m...

Hello friends! Today's episode covers the second-last track from You're Gonna Get It!; Restless. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/e5QKYC7yp3o Don't forget that I will be chatting to Jake Thistle, live, on Facebook today (Jan 19, 2022) at 7PM EST (5PM if your on the US West Coast, or midnight in UK). We're going to talk about...

Hello friends! Today's episode covers the 8th track from You're Gonna Get It!, No Second Thoughts. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/ZHOtRItCHXo I talked a little about the killer live version from 1981, recorded in Philadelphia, that was included on the Live Anthology boxset. You can find that here: https://youtu.be/T483Oopr...

Hey folks! Today we're covering the utterly iconic track Listen to Her Heart. As I say in the episode, in my opinion, simply one of the most perfectly-crafted pop songs of all time. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/pH7nUIHLIC0 . You can also take a listen to Elvis Costello's cheeky appropriation of the ending on his 1978 tra...

Hey folks! Today we're covering the epic opening to side two of You're Gonna Get It; I Need to Know. A great groove, a wonderful lyric, and a timeless staple of rock radio for the past four and a half decades! If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/FJatokoNyg8 I talked about Tom's comment that the rhythm for the song was heavily i...

Merry Christmas friends! As a special treat, I thought I'd switch things up and dedicate an episode to talking about the things that I enjoyed most about the recent documentary, Somewhere You Feel Free; The Making of Wildflowers. I thought I’d switch things up for this ep and go off script for the most part, other than the intro and outro. So, I sat and watched the documentary again and jotted dow...

Hey folks! IN today's episode, we're talking about the last song on side one of the second album, Too Much Ain't Enough. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/FJatokoNyg8 Check out this killer live version from 1980 and watch how they really cut loose and just enjoy jamming around the main lick: https://youtu.be/FyCrUp1P-rQ Tom s...

Hey folks! Today's episode focuses on the fourth track from the Heartbreaker's You're Gonna Get It! album; Magnolia. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/F6htoFxagOE I didn't talk about it in the episode as I only found it after I'd finished recording, but you check out this excellent acoustic version by an artists I only learne...

Hey folks! Today's episode focuses on the third track from the Heartbreaker's You're Gonna Get It! album, entitled "Hurt". If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/ojlIbccEMxc All musical interludes are provided by my very good friend Randy Woods, the leader of and creative force behind the Randy Woods Band . Check out their latest...

Hey folks! Today's episode focuses on the title track from the sophomore album You're Gonna Get It! which is the second track on side one. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/GzrEY9-uQd8 The Alternate version that I discuss in the episode, which is from 2018's box set compilation, An American Treasure, can be found here: https:...

Hey folks! We're back for season two and I'm happy to be moving onto the second album, You're Gonna Get It. Today's episide looks at the lead track from that album, When the Time Comes. If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/ykCmB_ZlI68 I mentioned a slight similarity that I hear to Eight Miles High by The Byrds, which you can fin...

I hope you enjoyed last week's chat with the marvellous Dallas Heliker! I'm looking forward to having more guests on the show but I know I'll be chatting to Dallas again at some point. If you want to listen to Dog on the Run before this episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/3KaZBwsSLqE Today's episode covers the live rarity, taken from 1977's Official Live 'Leg, recorded at the legendary...

Today's episode is a great conversation I had with superfan, Dallas Heliker. Dallas has seen Tom more than a couple of dozen times, been lucky enough to meet him twice, and also contributed a killer Last DJ set to Tom Petty Radio on SiriusXM! I can't overstate how much fun I had chatting to Dallas and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Dallas has mixed a couple of incredible live performances t...

I hope you enjoyed the last couple of episodes talking to Jon Scott. It was a real highlight of the year for me! We're back to the song reviews though and just in time to wrap up the debut album by talking about the iconic track, American Girl. One of my very favourite live versions of this song is from the 30th Anniversary tour concert in Tom's hometown of Gainesville, Florida that was included a...

Today's episode is part two of the fantastic conversation I had with Jon Scott. This episode is much more conversational as we talk about Jon's relationship with Tom, Tom's relationship with his fans, and a wide range of topics that were fun to dig into, including Tom's generosity with both his friends and his fans, his quiet advocacy for certain causes, and his passion for making great music. Ple...

Today's episode is a very special one for me. I threw a hail mary and contacted Jon Scott a few weeks ago to see if he'd be willing to jump on a call with me to discuss Tom Petty and dig into his Memoir, Tom Petty and Me (My Rock n Roll Adventures With Tom Petty). To my delight, he agreed, and we recorded a long, wide-ranging conversation on the 18th of October. Rather wonderfully, this means that...

Today, we're talking about track 9 from the debut TPATH record, Luna. Kev is a little bit worse for wear so there are very few links in this podcast detail other than the following link to the song that you'll need! https://youtu.be/9fOKtWW8Xvo Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject List...

Today's track is number 8 from the debut TPATH record, Mystery Man. This one is a real favourite with people who are physically attracted to Tom Petty! If you're not familiar with the song, check out at the following link on the official Tom Petty YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/wPRSc6IBPtY In the episode, I talk about two live versions of the song that are well worth checking out: A performance...

Today's song is the brilliant Fooled Again (I Don't Like It). Head over to the official Tom Petty youtube channel and go listen to the song: https://youtu.be/iIh3hMRIAbk . You should also check this super heavy live version of the song from 1977 which sees some intro shredding from Mike. https://youtu.be/u18JPFFFIS8 In the episode I discuss some sonic similatiries I hear with an English band from...