Hey folks! Another bonus episode for ya today. It’s the latest in the “10 questions with…” series and this week it’s not just another author, but another musician! What song is Michael gonna play with the Heartbreakers? Well, he threw me a little curveball! Don’t worry though, I threw one right back when I asked…

Today’s episode is another guest interview and another author and fan. This time I’m chatting with the fiercely brilliant Michael Washburn, who tackled this season’s album, Southern Accents, in his 2019 book in the 33 1/3rd series. The book talks about the songs on the album and the story behind how it came together, it…

“Lyrically this one is basically a story song. Another brilliant Tom Petty opener; “She probably works in a restaurant. That’s what her momma did.” So it’s that faraway dreamy recollection that we’re dropped into where the picture is just very slightly out of focus and we can’t quite make out what’s happening. No matter, whatever…

“A pretty short episode this week, but really, there’s not a ton of meat to scrape off the bones of this song. For me, Mary may have a new car, but it simply never gets out of second gear. In fact, it barely makes it off the driveway. I think it’s one of the only…

Due to not be able ro record because of covid brainfog, I’m putting out this “10 Questions with” bonus episode pulled from my talk last fall with the wonderful Dan Spiess, the producer of the 2022 Tom Petty Weekend in Gainesville. Hope you enjoy it! If you are able to donate financially to humanitarian aid…

“Rebels, Southern Accents, Spike, and Dogs on the Run all feel connected by a sonic thread that sits slightly outside the dynamics of each of those four tracks. In its nostalgic wistfulness, it shares part of its soul with Southern Accents. In terms of tempo and feel, it shares its it’s skin and bones with…

“It’s brilliant in that it’s a character song, but the character isn’t Spike. We never learn whether Spike is a good guy or a bad guy. We don’t know his age, any of his characteristics, where he’s from, or what he’s doing there. He just doesn’t belong he’s just there for caricature of unwelcoming yokels…

“What song would you perform on stage with the Heartbreakers”? Katie told me she’s sing The Waiting and went on to deliver this incredible, succinct reason why. “It’s so good. It’s got this aphoristic chorus that is towing that wonderful Petty line; not joyful, not sorrowful, but that sort of tense, bright line that is…

In this episode, I share the fantastic conversation that I had with writer, editor, music critic, and Tom Petty fan, Katie Moulton. In June of 2022, Katie released her memoir “Dead Dad Club: On Grief and Tom Petty” on Audible and forever changed the way most of us (or me at the very least) are…

Welcome to the first “Non Petty” bonus episode folks. I think these episodes might focus on slightly-less or smaller artists who either I listen to and other people may not or are close to me in one way or another. The timing of Jake’s first full studio-released single was perfect as I was thinking about…