Podcast: The Tom Petty Project

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.

Doc Wiley & Chris Gillette

Today’s episode is the fourth installment of my #Guestember series of conversations. This one is with the wonderfully funny and insightful Doc Wiley and Chris Gillette, who are the bass player and singer/rhythm guitarist in Montana-based tribute band, The Waiting. Like my previous tribute band guests, The Waiting don’t put on wigs and costumes and…

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Too Good To Be True

Maybe she’s the girl who is gonna be picked up in King’s Highway. Maybe the thing she’s finally managed to break free from is a relationship with a self-obsessed movie star who has been pulled into a world of glamour and glitz. Maybe, just maybe, I’m massively overthinking this, but it sure is fun to…

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10 Questions with Will Porteous

Today’s episode covers the Ten Questions part of my conversation with Will Porteous. It’s no surprise which album Will chose as his favourite, but our conversation about which song we’d give to someone who didn’t know Tom’s music saw us talking about a few deep cuts that don’t often get a shout out on that…

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Will Porteous

Today’s episode is a conversation I had with powerhouse multi-disciplinarian and resident of Diss, Will Porteous. As a quick warning, there’s a bit of profanity in this episode, but when you get two Englishmen in a room (even virtual) the langauge will change on a dime! I’ve been looking forward to this chat for somewhere…

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All The Wrong Reasons

There are, again, some very big ideas packed into this very simple almost-four-minute pop song and as always, Tom isn’t preaching or judging, just observing. As my wonderful guest Matt Jaffe said during our Ten Questions episode, Tom is never didactic. He’s not saying that celebrity is bad, he’s not judging the family’s luck or…

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10 Questions with Russell Mark

Today’s episode covers the Ten Questions part of my conversation with Russell Mark of The Nextdoors. Russell took a completely unique approach to the question about which artist he’d like to hear cover Tom’s music and which song they’d perform. It’s a really cool take on preserving Tom’s musical legacy with a new audience. Please…

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Russell Mark of The Nextdoors

Today’s episode is a conversation I had with the wonderful Russell Mark, of the Pasadena-based husband and wife due, The Nextdoors. Russell is also a long time performer, composer, sound engineer, producer, music camp director and was a very easy person to sit and talk to for just over an hour and a half! I…

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All or Nothin’

“You could almost take Mike [Campbell] for granted, because anything you asked him to do, he did it. And more. I don’t remember ever throwing anything his way that he couldn’t do. He could do it, and do it better than you thought. He will give you back your idea better than you had it…

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10 Questions with Matt Jaffe

Today’s episode covers the Ten Questions part of my conversation with Matt Jaffe. We had a great conversation about Walls (Circus) vs Walls (No 3), Matt surprised me with who he would have cover a Tom Petty song, but since he’s said it, it’s been stuck in my brain. He also gave a superb answer…

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Matt Jaffe

Today’s episode is a conversation I had with the wonderful Matt Jaffe. After cutting his teeth on open mics around the Bay Area, San Francisco songwriterMatt Jaffewas discovered byJerry Harrisonof Talking Heads. Together, they produced his first album at the age of 16, cementing Matt’s dedication to music. Soon, he formed a band, dropped out…

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