oin Kev Brown as he digs into Tom Petty’s catalogue, starting with the first track from the debut Heartbreakers album, all the way through to the final song from Mudcrutch 2. Along the way, there will be special episodes dedicated to outtakes, b-sides, and other Tom Petty related material. This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Tom Petty estate and all rights to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch, Stevie Nicks, and the Travelling Wilbury’s are the property of their respective rights holders.
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 If you are able to donate to humanitarian aid relief efforts in Ukiraine, financially, the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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