Tom Petty believed wholeheartedly in the power of the formative music he grew up listening to as a kid. That meant that he collected a ton of 45s, but he also picked up the albums of the acts he loved ...

Celebrate Tom Petty's legacy ahead of the 6th Annual Tribute Show at Skipper’s Smokehouse. Explore his journey, greatest hits, and lasting impact on rock music.

Eight years ago, the world lost a rock icon when Tom Petty died at age 66 on Oct. 2, 2017. Petty first rose to prominence in ...

Denial can be a powerful character trait to highlight in a song. A narrator who’s broken inside but is putting up a brave front makes for some fascinating emotional terrain. All the better when that ...

Snoop Dogg's new album, Missionary is out now. It features a cameo by the late Tom Petty on one of his own songs, "Last Dance With Mary Jane." Though titled after the original Heartbreakers song, it ...

"That was ad-libbed completely," Petty recalled of "How Many More Days" in 2005's Conversations With Tom Petty. "And not a ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the first year they were eligible, in 2002. As a member of the band the Traveling Wilburys, from '88 to '90, Petty ...

Even if the whole point of heartland rock is for it to come from the heart, Tom Petty admitted some of his albums weren't worth the attention.

Tom Petty’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation may have been a fan-pleasing collection of prime cuts, but as far as Petty was concerned it was a contract breaker and nothing more. Eager to leave MCA ...

“Of all the songs I've written, I think I get the most feedback about that song,” Tom Petty said of “I Won’t Back Down” in the Peter Bogdanovich documentary Runnin’ Down a Dream. “And it is a personal ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...