Tom Petty : rock 'n' roll guardian / Andrea M. Rotondo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rotondo, Andrea M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petty, Tom.

Heartbreakers (Musical group).

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Rock groups.

United States.

Rock groups--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Rock 'n' roll guardian

Rock and roll guardian

Place of Publication:

New York : Overlook Omnibus, 2014.

Summary:

Tom Petty may be one of rock'n'roll's preeminent artists today - having sold more than 60-million records - but his rise to superstardom was never a foregone conclusion. His band Mudcrutch was a household name in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida, in the mid-1970s, but the band self-destructed just months after moving to Los Angeles in search of a record deal. Tom Petty and former Mudcrutch alums Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench then regrouped with Gainesville ex-pats Stan Lynch and Ron Blair to form Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1976. The new group fought to build an audience only to endure conflict with the record label, which caused Petty to go bankrupt before emerging from a scathing lawsuit with the sweeping anthems - 'Refugee' and 'Don't Do Me Like That' - that catapulted the band's third album Damn The Torpedoes to multi-Platinum status. Tom Petty: Rock 'n' Roll Guardian is the first intimate portrait of one of the most enduring figures on rock'n'roll's world stage. Petty is the ultimate underdog that made good and his honest approach to the craft of songwriting has brought him the respect of music industry insiders and fans alike.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Searching For A Safe Place (1950-1969) 18

Chapter 2 Down On The Farm In Hogtown (1970-1973) 34

Chapter 3 Phone Booths And First Records (1974-1976) 48

Chapter 4 High Adventure (1977) 72

Chapter 5 At War With The Big Dogs (1978-1979) 82

Chapter 6 Success And Its Fallout (1980-1985) 100

Chapter 7 The Hurricane (1986-1987) 131

Chapter 8 I Heard It On The Street That You Might Go Solo (1988-1990) 147

Chapter 9 Into The Great Wide Open (1991-1993) 162

Chapter 10 A Time Of Change-Wildflowers (1994-1995) 173

Chapter 11 Knocked Out (1996-2001) 189

Chapter 12 To Everything There Is A Season (2002-2005) 213

Chapter 13 A Return To Songwriting (2006-2008) 230

Chapter 14 What Lies Ahead I Have No Way Of Knowing (2009-Present) 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1468309447

9781468309447

OCLC:

871671108