Birthday Cheers To Tom Petty

Mystery & Manners Cheers To Tom Petty
10/20/07

...Raise a glass to Thomas Earl Petty, born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida...Petty's songwriting ranks as some of the finest material written by any southern son. Not only has Petty sold 50 million records world wide, but his non-radio songs prove even more interesting...songs such as "Mystery Man", "The Wild One", "Even The Losers", "Something Big", "You Can Still Change Your Mind", "Dogs On The Run", "Southern Accents", "Rebels", '"Jammin Me", "House In the Woods", "Wake Up Time", "Billy The Kid", "Swingin'", "Saving Grace" and a truckload of others mark his work as seminal.

Tom Petty's new film is now available on DVD. Buy it, this documentary proves a definitive insight into the legacy of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. I'd also like to send out a birthday cheers to my soul brother Daniel Hutchens of Bloodkin (born October 20, 1964, in Ripley, West Virginia) of the Athens, Georgia band, Bloodkin.

I received high-octane news today which should bring some interesting stories to tell at Swampland in the coming days...more on that next week...

James Calemine

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