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Biografía

Thomas Earl Petty (born 20 October 1950 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician. Petty is a graduate of Gainesville High School. Petty did not have any musical aspirations before Elvis Presley visited nearby Ocala. After working with his early bands The Sundowners, The Epics, and Mudcrutch (which also included future Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench) he began his recording career with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers when the band broke onto the national music scene with their 1976 self-titled debut album. Still, it took America a full year to catch up to the album. "Breakdown" was re-released to radio and became a Top 40 hit in 1977 after word filtered back the band was creating a firestorm in England. He was also a member of The Traveling Wilburys for a brief time. Petty and the Heartbreakers also toured as a backing band for Bob Dylan, another "Wilbury". Petty is a vocal critic of the modern recording industry, including the disintegration of independent radio stations. Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with his 2006 effort, Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrum

Álbumes

Full Moon Fever

Greatest Hits Of Tom Petty

Highway Companion

Into The Great Wide Open

Playback

Playback, Nobody's Children Disc 6

Canciones