![]() ![]() The last three days on the road illustrated why a hit record is so vital to this band on the verge of stardom. And second, what’s champagne going for these days? Two bucks a bottle?” “I mean,” says Petty, “first of all it’s anti-cocaine. The problem is that “Listen to Her Heart,” the second single off the album, contains the line, “You think you’re gonna take her away/With your money and your cocaine.” And despite record company and radio-station pressure, Petty has refused to change “cocaine” to “champagne.” Though their second album, You’re Gonna Get It!, has gone gold, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers still need a big hit single to make their mark in the platinum-oriented business. “Everything’s banking on that one song right now,” he says in a slow drawl, “and I’m prepared for the worst.” All except for Petty, who orders coffee and in an uncommonly talkative mood, reflects on the past two years. Once on board the plane, the band members happily collapse for the two-hour flight. Hands dart to the radio dial, and these weary rocker come alive with schoolboy notes of their new single, “Listen to Her Heart,” on AM radio, the Heartbreakers – Petty, Lynch, guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench and bassist Ron Blair – give themselves a whooping cheer and continue on to the airport. Wildly motioning to roll down the window, drummer Stan Lynch shouts: “We’re on! Right around 102.” Suddenly, one of the cars pulls up alongside the other. He was also part of the occasional supergroup the Traveling Wilburys along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne (of the Electric Light Orchestra) and Roy Orbison.Two rent-a-cars carrying Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers roll toward Vancouver International Airport for an early-morning flight back to Los Angeles, where the band will take a two-day break from touring before heading to England for more shows. ![]() This spawned the song Free Fallin' which Nicks covered for the soundtrack of Party of Five (1996) and was performed by her and Campbell with Fleetwood Mac on their 2018 An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour. Lindsey Buckingham also appeared on two Heartbreakers tracks doing backing vocals - Walls, from Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996) and The Man Who Loves Women from The Last DJ (2002).Īway from the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty had an occasional solo career, although Mike Campbell still played on most of these recordings. ![]() After Petty's death from an overdose of prescription pills, Campbell would join Fleetwood Mac in 2018. Most of their collaborations were released on her solo albums although one, Freedom, featured on Fleetwood Mac's 1990 effort Behind the Mask. She also guested on Petty's 1985 live album Pack Up the Plantation duetting with him on Insider and the old Jackie DeShannon hit Needles and Pins.įrom 1985 onwards, Mike Campbell would frequently co-compose with Nicks. The connection continued when Petty contributed I Will Run to You to Nicks' second solo album The Wild Heart (1983). When Nicks began touring as a solo artist she frequently included Petty's I Need To Know (from 1978's You're Gonna Get It) in the set list. The band also backed her on the song Outside the Rain while Tench played on most of Bella Donna, gaining a composer credit on Kind of Woman, and Campbell featured on closing track The Highwayman. Nicks had wanted to include Insider on her debut solo album Bella Donna but Petty and Campbell instead gave her Stop Draggin' My Heart Around which Nicks and Petty duetted on. He conceded by allowing her to sing on two tracks on the Heartbreakers' fourth album Hard Promises in 1981: Insider, where she sang harmony with him, and You Can Still Change Your Mind where she sang background with her future sister-in-law Lori Perry. She begged Petty to allow her to join, despite the fact that Petty was the singer/main songwriter. The band's connection with Fleetwood Mac began when Stevie Nicks became a big fan. ![]() They released their debut album in 1976 and remained active until the death of Tom Petty in 2017.īesides Petty, the only musicians to play in every line up of the group were keyboardist Benmont Tench (real name Benjamin Montmerency Tench) and lead guitarist Mike Campbell, both of whom had previously worked with Petty in the country-rock outfit Mudcrutch (who would reform for two albums in the 21st Century). Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a band from Gainesville, Florida. ![]()
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