The Tom Petty Project

Welcome back to Season Four of The Tom Petty Project podcast. Thanks so much for staying with my on this journey, or, if you're just finding this ridiculous vanity project, I welcome you with open arms! Today's episode covers the sensational lead track from Hard Promises; The Waiting. If you want to listen to the track before we dig in, check out the official video: https://youtu.be/uMyCa35_mOg I...

In this special episode, Kevin chats to Tom Petty superfan, John Paulsen. The plan is to do a similar album wrap episode with John as often as his schedule allows and I hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did. There was lots of general Petty chat too as Kevin dug into John's background with Tom's music and there's a great story about the time John touched Tom Petty's actual cowboy boot. In the e...

Today’s episode is another interview slash conversation episode and I’m joined today by a rhythm guitarist, songwriter, a clinical psychologist, and a huge Tom Petty fan, Nic Apostoleris. I didn’t edit this one down too much as I think you’ll enjoy our rambling extended discussion. You can check out Nic's music here and I'd recommend picking up the coloured vinyl, if you're into actual records as...

Hey folks! Today's episode covers the gloriously mellow and slick Louisiana Rain. If you want to listen to the song before you crack open the episode, you can do that here: https://youtu.be/F6y4-Rtf0W0 If you want to check out the alternate version from the An American Treasure compilation, you can find that one here: https://youtu.be/irElozIQEQ0 And if you wanna listen to the live version from th...

Hey folks! Today's episode covers the searingly upbeat What Are You Doin' In My Life. You can check out the song here before we get started: https://youtu.be/M24Lfii8O6k In the episode I talk about an alternate version, from 2018's An American Treasure, which has a slightly different ending and mix. If you want to listen to that, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/gnPH766ZP00 I also mentioned...

Hey folks! Today's episode covers the the super bluesy/funky YouTell Me, which is the second track from side two of the immensely third Heartbreakers album, Damn The Torpedoes. You can check out the song here before we get started: https://youtu.be/lQ9n1NU_fwY 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/tomp...

Hey folks! Today's episode covers the superb, Don't Do Me Like That, which is the first track from side two of Damn the Torpedoes. If you want to check out the song before we dig into it, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/EFkJ_BOz88E I start the episode by paying tribute to Taylor hawkins, one of the most brilliant and charismatic rock drummers of the past two decades, who we sadly lost this...

I'm so happy to share my conversation with Paul Zollo with you. I could talk with this guy for days. If you haven't read his book yet, go do that as a matter of some urgency! Chcek out his debut album, Orange Avenue here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1qi8r3T8bzkKUJrwy2kMXG ... and his 2014 effort, Universal Cure (which has a completely different vibe) here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7vWhldL...

Hey all. Today is Jake Thistle's 18th birthday and I wanted to put out this edit which showcases the songs he played during the live stream that we did on February 2nd. There are six Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers) songs, 1 Mudcrutch song and one of Jake's originals in this episode and hope you enjoy them all as much as I did. Don't forget to check out Jake's Youtube channel here: https://www.yo...

Hey folks! Today's episode covers the all out rocker, Century City, which is the last track on side one of Damn the Torpedoes. I tell you in the episode to go and watch the Rock Band video game note chart for this song as it really gives you a sense of how much Ron is playing! You can find that here (Ron's bass is on the left): https://youtu.be/yhwP4V4OCh4 I also talked about a similarity with Dav...

Hey folks. Today's episode covers track four from Damn The Torpedoes, Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid). If you want to listen to the song before you listen to the episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/xPwHYkVnLCI 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 reminded you tha...

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...