Love me some Tom Petty. He was an early influence on my life but on a ski trip to Apex Alpine something oddly clicked. That would be 1989 for those keeping track. I sort of obsessed from that point on and was really fortunate to see him in concert probably more than any other band I've ever seen in concert. Last show I saw was Target Center in the summer before he passed away. I'd been down to Minneapolis a number of times to see him and thankfully made that trip as well. He was always so humble and almost every show I ever saw he had the opening act up on stage for a number of songs. The exception was a Winnipeg show with Joe Cocker who never came out, totally weird. The last show in Minneapolis was with Joe Walsh who played almost a 90 minute show and indeed had a couple of songs with Tom later in the show.
One of the few artists I've seen that has been able to separate his politics from his performance (Tom was a strong democrat) which I appreciate immensely.
