Just saw this. What a sad day with everything happening in Vegas as well.
Rock in Peace, Tom. You were a true American rock legend.
Tom Petty is a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. This one hurts.
Quoted from jar155:This one hurts.
Totally. Fell out of his music for a few years, and then rekindled the love this summer with the Tom Petty channel on XM. Had it playing wherever I was - in the car, yard work, pool. It was just a perfect soundtrack to the summer. Was feeling hopeful for a recovery all day but heard 10 min ago he was taken off of life support. Today sucks.
oh shit so glad i got to see him 4 times, twice at red rocks. what a great artist. would not have seen this coming. super sad days
Very unfortunate news. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" was one of my favorite songs as a kid. As I live in his home town, I expect I may hear about this in public as well.
I just saw him in July. He put on a great show. I saw him back in the 90s and honestly he was every bit as good this summer. This is a day to put on some Tom Petty and crack open some good whisky.
Dang no way! Tom Petty was a great artist and will be greatly missed. Had so many great tunes, Free Fallin' being one of my favs. Sucks big time. RIP.
this is bad news. It's coming to the time, when all the rock gods we have grown to love are now at the age to start dying. Pretty soon all the legends will be gone. Guess he's "into the great wide open" now.
Fantastic musician and song writer. He has been a part of so many great songs over the years. I wish I would have caught him in concert again now.
"Learning To Fly" is my favorite song of his and always enjoyed listening to his music to get through the day on the road for work. Gone way too soon.
Now there are conflicting reports that he's not dead. Doesn't anyone verify their sources before they report a story?
Wow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty
Wikipedia had his death date and 'this person has recently died' up an hour ago (I checked). Now it is gone. Also, USA Today (as of 2 minutes ago) is saying he died - and there are MANY celibates tweeting about his impact to their lives.
The singer is not expected to live throughout the day, but he's still clinging to life. A report that the LAPD confirmed the singer's death is inaccurate -- the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept
Man one of the greats for sure! A few of his songs were played at a mid mountain bash in steamboat springs. Just so happened it was the day we got married!
The Waiting” from Pack up the Plantations is a lovely song.
Have listened to Tom Petty for over thirty years. R.I.P
Quoted from chalkup8:The Waiting” from Pack up the Plantations is a lovely song.
Have listened to Tom Petty for over thirty years. R.I.P
you left out monty hall, hopefully thats the 3...
FUCK. Legend.
His radio station was spectacular when he was hosting and playing obscure stuff like 60's Chicago Blues or 50's country. Saw him many times, consummate gentleman and could rub a Rickenbacker like nobody else.
FUCK.
Quoted from Pinballlew:» YouTube video
Love this video growing up...and it's Pinside related
RIP
Yeah that was a big one as a kid for sure.
Quoted from Pinballlew:» YouTube video
Love this video growing up...and it's Pinside related
RIP
and there is a Stern machine in the video so it's somewhat pinball related.
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