Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Learning To Fly"

                                                               Isle Of Wight (2012)

"Learning to Fly" is a song by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner Jeff Lynne for the band's eighth studio album, Into the Great Wide Open.

 

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville (Florida), 20 oktober 1950 - Santa Monica (Californië), 2 oktober 2017)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Swingin'

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville (Florida), 20 oktober 1950 - Santa Monica (Californië), 2 oktober 2017) 

 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performing "Swingin' " in Hamburg, Germany on April 23, 1999. This was from a recent hour long HD broadcast of this classic Rockpalast concert.

Echo is the tenth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Released in April 1999, the album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 aided by the singles "Free Girl Now", "Swingin'" and "Room at the Top", which hit numbers 5, 17 and 19 respectively on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1999.

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Isle of Wight, UK June 22nd 2012

             

 

Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
                                             

                                               

                           Learning To Fly

Tom Petty – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards, ukulele (1976–2017; his death) 

Mike Campbell – lead and rhythm guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, backing vocals (1976–2017)

Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals (1976–2017)

Ron Blair – bass guitar, backing vocals (1976–1982, 2002–2017)

Scott Thurston – rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals (1991–2017)

Steve Ferrone – drums (1994–2017)

 

                        Refugee

Early in the morning on October 2, 2017, Petty was found unconscious in his home, not breathing, and in full cardiac arrest. Following premature media reports of his death, Petty later died at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. He was 66

                                  Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017)R.I.P.
 

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I,mTired Joe Boy

Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) R.I.P.

Prachtige ,ingetogen cover van Van Morrison,s I,m Tired Joey Boy
opgedragen aan Billy Graham die kort tevoren was overleden.


I,m Tired Joey Boy - Reno, NV November 23, 1991

I,m Tired Joey Boy (Van Morrison)

I'm tired Joey Boy
While you're out with the sheep
My life is so troubled
Now I can't go to sleep
I would walk myself out
But the streets are so dark
I shall wait till the morning
And walk in the park

This life is so simple when
One is at home
And I'm never complaining
When there's work to be done
Oh I'm tired Joey Boy of the makings of men
I would like to be cheerful again

Ambition will take you
And ride you too far and
Conservatism bring you to boredom once more
Sit down by the river
And watch the stream flow
Recall all the dreams
That you once used to know
The things you've forgotten
That took you away
To pastures not greener but meaner

Love of the simple is all that I need
I've no time for schism or lovers of greed
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen
When silence will touch you
And heartbreak will mendi