Post by Kaz ~;~ on Dec 29, 2009 11:09:05 GMT -5
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Date of Birth
20 October 1950, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Birth Name::
Thomas Earl Petty
Height
5' 9ΒΌ"
Spouse::
Dana York (3 June 2001 - present)
Jane Benyo (26 March 1974 - 9 September 1996) (divorced) 2 children
Trivia::
Rock singer/guitarist, recording and performing solo as well as leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1975 - present).
Daughters Adria Petty and Anna Kim Petty.
2002: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in(as a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers).
Teamed up with Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Jeff Lynne from Electric Light Orchestra and Roy Orbison in the band The Travelling Wilburys.
His birthday (October 20) is also the anniversary of the deaths of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant, bandmate Steve Gaines and sister Cassie Gaines in a plane crash.
Shares a birthday with Viggo Mortensen and Snoop Dogg.
Was the only blonde member of the Traveling Wilburys.
He has said that he regarded his and the Heartbreakers best work was when they collaborated with Johnny Cash on the legend's album "Unchained." The Heartbreakers would perform on Cash's next two albums after that (which would be his last), but Petty, due to other engagements, was less involved with those.
Ranked #43 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
He and the Heartbreakers were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
He and his band recorded several platinum selling albums at Cherokee Recording Studios, including "Hard Promises" and "Damn the Torpedoes." He also collaborated with Stevie Nicks at Cherokee on the platinum recording "Stop Dragging My Heart Around.".
Personal Quotes::
I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
On Howie Epstein's death: It's like you got a tree dying in the backyard. And you're kind of used to the idea that it's dying. But you look out there one day and they cut it down. And you just can't imagine that beautiful tree isn't there anymore.
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