![]() ![]() The three men played all the instruments, sang all the vocals and handled all the production. ![]() On Highway Companion, Petty has given most of the Heartbreakers the month o? and has made the entire album with just two collaborators: Heartbreakers lead guitarist Mike Campbell and Petty’s fellow Traveling Wilbury, Jeff Lynne. Think of his brightest moments-“American Girl,” “Refugee,” “Even the Losers,” “The Waiting,” “Free Fallin’,” “I Won’t Back Down.” Do we remember them for their philosophical insights or for their ever-expanding swirl of vocal, guitar and keyboard harmonies? So why is his new album so underwhelming? Because Petty has gotten away from his strength-whipping pop hooks into an emotional frenzy of harmonies-and has focused on his weakness: overly ambitious lyrics. Plus, Petty has a clear-cut advantage over such role models as Young and Bob Dylan: He has the same nasal tenor that can bend notes and twist timbres into new meanings, but he has a much surer sense of pitch, so he can marry these meanings to juicy melodies. Young has scarcely exhausted the possibilities of country-rock or of encroaching mortality. There’s nothing wrong with treading in another artist’s footsteps. Moreover, Petty is tackling some of Young’s recent obsessions: the running-out-of-time for the baby-boomer generation and the need to clear all distractions and get back to life’s fundamentals, back to what the second track describes as “Square One.” If this echo of Neil Young (and his motto, “It’s better to burn out than it is to rust”) weren’t enough, the lazy country-rock-stomp intro of “Turn This Car Around” and “This Old Town” make Petty’s new songs sound like outtakes from Young’s Harvest album. “If you don’t run, you rust,” Tom Petty sings on his new album, Highway Companion. On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLII Halftime show.Bare-bones production draws attention to lackluster lyrics on Petty’s latest Petty has been managed by Tony Dimitriades since 1976. ![]() However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with 2006's Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. Petty is also a vocal critic of the modern recording industry and the disappearance of independent radio stations. He has recorded a number of hit singles, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and was a member of the Traveling Wilburys. E Bb A G E Bb A G E Bb A G A E Bb A G E Bb A G E Bb A G A B Eĭon't you baby?E Bb A G E Bb A G E Bb A G E ![]()
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