I got the phone call and told the folks in my house, Bruce Springsteen says, recalling the sudden, shocking impact of that news. After Petty finished off his solo projects, he asked Lynch to return behind the mixing board for The Heartbreakers new album Into the Great Wide Open. I was doing my job but struggling to keep my vibe up. One night, in the middle of a song, Petty came over to Campbell, stood next to me, and he goes, Just remember, up here, nobody can touch us., Springsteen calls it the debt the chance, if it comes, to honor a pivotal teacher and repay that gift of inspiration. Its felt really nice to get my friend back., They finally met up a few months ago at Campbells Los Angeles home studio he calls Knobville. Cage singer Matt Shultz contends that like David Bowie, Petty conquered the popular belief that creativity dies with age, especially in rock & roll. But once in LA the producers decided they were not keen on the rest of the band, so it broke up, leaving Petty basically a solo act something he was not happy about. Steve Ferrone joined the Heartbreakers in 1994 after original drummer Stan Lynch's departure. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. " Even though he was still in the band in 1989, Lynch did not perform on any songs on Petty's solo album Full Moon Fever, even though Campbell, Tench and Epstein did. But when he gets to the hook, slam, its there. In a 2008 interview with Modern Drummer , Lynch described how he felt after . Were not going to do any more long tours like this, but we have a lot of stuff were gonna do, because this is the best the band has ever been., When he walked past me, Campbell continues, I put my arm out, I pulled him close to me and said, Im so proud of you. Even though Tom Petty's . To the all-star Traveling Wilburys, he brought an insouciant slouch; in tandem with Stevie Nicks on The Insider and Stop Draggin My Heart Around, he brought weaponized heartbreak. Lets do some more. Early life. August 12, 2014. Just a week before his death, Tom Petty completed which . Or the ninemonths from hell? 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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakershad been off the road for nearly a year when the 1994 Bridge School Benefit came around. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time She was also in the video 'Make It Better (Forget About Me)'. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. Theyd kick your ass. His perfectionism sometimes ran him and band both ragged, but he never let us see him sweat in public, even during the energetic if happily quirky stage shows, for which he(a great interpreter and helpmate to Bob Dylan and the Byrds)would be reliably garbed in the post-Rolling Thunder gear that would run to stovepipe hats and undertakers long coats. George put it on his jukebox, Dhani says, and just had it on repeat., Earlier this year, Dhani stopped by Pettys house to play him some new music: Dhanis first solo album, IN///PARALLEL. Lynch decided to show up within 24 hours after Ringo Starr was initially substituted because he didnt want to be outdone. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. You couldnt quite believe it. And there was always great coffee. Yonge School in 1973. Providence Civic Center, Providence, RIDate: February 1st, 1990Mike Campbell's 40th Birthday From: Mike's Music Archive That was one of the great things about him. Lynch started to work with various Florida bands, among them Styrophoam Soule and Road Turkey, and when he was 15 he met Ron Blair, who was six years older than Lynch. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. The documents claim Adria wanted the box set collection to be titled, "Tom Petty" and not "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers." By the time Petty and the Heartbreakers closed with their own set, a broad corps of stars and disciples including Williams, Foo Fighters, Don Henley, Regina Spektor, the Bangles and the modern-rock band Cage the Elephant performed Petty songs from across his entire canon. "[citation needed], "I played guitar and piano, and I always thought I was going to be a guitar player," said Lynch. That he most certainly was. Petty didnt wander. When original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch was let go from the group in 1995 or excommunicated, to use his own term he started a new chapter of his life in Florida as a producer-songwriter and rarely looked back. They preferred the punkier numbers, like Even the Losers and Refugee, to the Byrds-ier T.P. Tom was a completely masculine personality, Nicks says, but it softened him and made him much more understanding. Nicks, who first met Petty in 1978, was never afraid to pick up the phone and explain a situation to him. The musician revealed that he wishes he had handled the situation in the band in a more proper way regarding his departure. Then, on February 10th, 2017, Petty was honored by MusiCares, the musicians health-care charity, as their Person of the Year at a dinner and tribute show. Thirty minutes before he walked onstage, Petty welcomed singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams into his dressing room. Another intense moment in the show is Southern Accents. Midway through the tour, Campbell changed the lyrics from Theres a dream I keep having where my mama comes to me/And kneels over by the window and says a prayer for me to Theres a dream I keep having where my brother comes to me Its a change of just one word, but its had a profound impact on the crowd. undefined. In addition to backing Dylan on the road and making two albums with the Traveling Wilburys, Petty produced a 1981 comeback album for the early-Sixties rock & roll singer Del Shannon, Drop Down and Get Me; backed Johnny Cash, with the Heartbreakers, on the country titans 1996 album, Unchained; and appeared as a singer and co-writer on a 1991 album by the Byrds Roger McGuinn. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. You learn them. Mike is a pivotal player in a previous life of mine. And with that, there can be the ultimate cost. But we had a quiet moment at the rehearsals. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? Petty gave him complete editorial freedom, and told him that he could interview whomever he liked, because thats how Tom Petty does things. Pettys only condition was that he get to read the completed manuscript and be given the opportunity to respond to anything he felt needed it. You know that without this guy and without that guy, there would be no you.. So it was no small surprise in late 2021 when Lynch picked up his phone one day and heard Campbells voice on the other end. (Blair returned; Epstein died of an overdose in 2003.) He was 66. Theyre good to go. I think Stan didn't like Iovine (not sure any of the band except for maybe Petty appreciated him), but he was OK at that point because TP supported Lynch's playing style. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google, Visit Billboard Pro for music business news, Why David Crosby Hopes His New Doc Will Serve As AnApology, Norman Seeff Shares Stories Behind Iconic Photos of the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac &More. It was getting close to showtime. I wasn't going to college. Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch recalled working with Stevie Nicks in a July 2021 interview. What could be cooler in the entire world than for your target demographic to be Tom Petty?, Petty characterized his roots and ambition this way, in the title song of his 1985 album, Southern Accents: I got my own way of talkin/But everything gets done, with a Southern accent. He was born Thomas Earl Petty on October 20th, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida; a brother, Bruce, arrived in 1958. Youve been up there like a soldier, man. We had a nice hug and said we loved each other. After that, at the Bowl, it was backstage, Hi, how you doing?, a little patter between songs.. We started around the same time and had a lot of the same influences. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. "[I'd] gotten looser, more pliable over the years," he commented. Stevie Nicks on the Last Time She Saw Tom Petty But plans for that somehow evolved into Its the 40th year. We connected instantly, like wed known each other already, the guitarist says. I think I have some Tom nuances in my voice. The one-two punch of The Wild One, Forever and Anything Thats Rock and Roll seemed to rise from a thoroughly singular new talent, blowing away rock musics post-punk irresolution to point a towards a sound both classic and original. I'm interested in rock music, literature, cinema, and doing research in Cultural Studies. The other night I looked down during that song and there was a woman in the front just sobbing, says Campbell. And then you feel the gut punch and you break down a little bit. He got the balance he wanted, Campbell says of the 40th Anniversary shows, and the story he wanted to tell., Very few people beyond the Heartbreakers immediate circle knew that Petty was suffering, at each gig, from a hairline fracture in his left hip, which he planned to deal with after the tour. Michael was able to be the calming factor.. Heres the definitive guide to Tom Pettys best songs. He famously fractured his left hand when he punched a wall during a contentious mixing session for Southern Accents. In December 2016, during a radio interview to announce the 40th Anniversary Tour, he described a recent rehearsal with the Heartbreakers, their first in two years. We never even tried one of my songs., When the tour ended, Zanes left the band and went back to New England, drifted around, and ended up in New Orleans, where he became a bike mechanic. What people dont know is that Lynch and Pettys conflict started way back at the time of their legendary singles. At the time that The Heartbreakers went full steam until the late 80s, Petty created a solo record because he needed a change of pace. Petty later got a solo deal with Shelter but turned to Campbell and Tench again to form a band with Pettys name up front, playing his songs. Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Jim Spellman, WireImage. I knew that there was the capacity within that group to push boundaries, he says. As the jaunty acoustic guitar in his hands filled the room with a capoed, sonorous chime, he opened his mouth and started to sing. U2 played bits of Free Fall-in and Learning to Fly during Beautiful Day., I thought the world of Tom, said Bob Dylan, who hired Petty and the Heartbreakers as his road band in 1986, then became Pettys bandmate with Harrison, early rock & roll legend Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra in a supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys. Their father, Earl, was Jerry Lee Lewis if he didnt play the piano. He beat the living hell out of me.. We played with X, we played with Gun Club, but we never stopped loving Tom Petty, Zanes said. She said, Elvis, this is my nephew and my niece. He said, Hi, how are you? Then he went to his trailer. In that moment, Petty claimed, Presley made my life. Aside from a few odd jobs in his youth in a Gainesville musical-instrument store, as a groundskeeper at the University of Florida, short stints in a barbecue restaurant and a funeral home Petty only played, wrote and recorded music for a living, until his death. There was a lot of things that were not said that should have been said, he says. We got together and played at that and talked and were friendly, Petty said in 2007. Tom made a lot of great music, Springsteen points out, enough to carry people forward.. Stan Lynch, the band's longtime drummer, who eventually quit in 1994, is unsurprisingly the most critical of Petty. He hopes hell get another chance to play with Campbell in the future, but he says hes ready for whatever happens. It was the greatest thrill of my life, Zanes said. . The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had been off the road for nearly a year when the 1994 Bridge School Benefit came around. All rights reserved. You see a friends tweet first, and he closes with Ugh. Yes, thats the noise you make when you get a gut punch. The music was beautifully written, beautifully constructed. I have regrets. Tom Petty Proteges the Shelters Remember Their Mentor Petty was found unconscious at his home. Michael and Tom were able to get through anything because they were the yin and yang of it. Petty was in some ways not the easiest person to get along with. He may have fallen, leaving us to try to grow strong without him. I was lucky enough to know him a bit over the decades; it was a kind of (again) professional association with benefits. My familys complaining that I dont take any time off. Earlier this year, Petty produced an album, Bidin My Time, for an idol: Chris Hillman, the singer-bassist in the Byrds and a founding member of the Flying Burrito Brothers. And its a new life. The two had not previously met or spoken in twenty years, other than a brief phone call following Petty's death. Dhani recounts a story that Petty once told him about the Heartbreakers tour with Dylan a story that says everything about the way Tom interacted with people: honest but cheeky. Onstage one night, Dylan kept complaining that the stage lights were too bright and threatened to leave if they were not turned down. Petty then eventually felt that it wouldnt be a good idea for Lynch to perform on his next solo album, Wildflowers, so he hired session musician Steve Ferrone instead. So now we must press on. "We have the same musical pulse we always had," says Campbell of hitting the road with his old Tom Petty bandmate after decades of estrangement. It really wasnt Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers it was Tom Petty in the Heartbreakers, claims Ferrone, an English-born session musician and former member of the Average White Band who played drums on Wildflowers as a sideman prior to becoming a Heartbreaker. The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History After his departure, Lynch moved back to Florida, where he partnered with longtime friend Don Henley to help put together the Eagles' reunion album Hell Freezes Over. (I also remember Rick Rubin, who was with him on what must have been a work break from recording Wildflowers, giving me a very fishy look when we emerged.). Lynch moved to Los Angeles, and hooked up again with fellow Floridian Ron Blair, during a recording session set up by Benmont Tench in 1976. "We all kind of thought Howie would get the job," says original Heartbreakers' drummer Stan Lynch. Bob used to say, These guys communicate without talking. He liked that., Petty had a great bullshit detector he didnt suffer fools, just like my dad, says Dhani Harrison. Id need you to play a leg of the tour. I didnt need to be that way. The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History Thats when it fell apart with Stan., The tensions between Lynch and Petty had been building ever since the late 1980s when Petty recorded with the Traveling Wilburys and followed that up with his first solo album. Their mother, Kitty, was a very kind, good person, Tom said in 2009. Theres a reason why he was in the Wilburys with Bob, Roy and a Beatle. Hed be there every day., One of the projects that had been put on hold when Petty died was an expanded reissue of Wildflowers all of the tracks for the intended double album plus additional, unreleased songs followed by a tour showcasing Pettys breakthrough writing on that record. They would go to the Formula One races together., George really felt at ease with Tom, Dhani says, because it was like having another you next to you. Lynch left the . "He seemed to have a real good . But Toms attitude and personality gave it a modern edge., Tench believes that as a writer, Petty walked in this strange penumbra between the shadow and the light. Free Fallin, Pettys Top 10 single from Full Moon Fever, has a catchy chorus, Tench says. [citation needed] "The drums were sort of a happy accident. Hed met my aunt before, Petty recalled. 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Tom Petty's song "The Best of Everything" sounds like it was meant to be the title track for something.Now, long, long after it was initially recorded and released in the 1980s, it finally . She was having a moment. Lynch reunited with his former bandmates in 2002 when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, playing "American Girl" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance". Im not going back out there. He ended up recording harmonies on the bands Warner Brothers dbut album, and he brought the Del Fuegos with him on tour. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, There was the early signature jangle of American Girl from the 1976 studio debut, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and the legendary perfectionism of Refugee more than 100 takes in the studio, Petty claimed from his 1979 multiplatinum breakout, Damn the Torpedoes. But I havent seen him again since then.. I wouldnt want to let anyone down, says Lynch. All rights reserved. At the end, he looked at me, gave me this big, beaming smile, and said, Guess you found your target demographic., He was so proud, like a dad, Dhani says. Tom formed Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in 1976 when he joined up with musicians Mike Campbell, Ron Blair, Stan Lynch and Benmont Tench. / Youtube. Im really proud of the legacy. They were cool with it right away. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Blair and original drummer Stan Lynch, both from Gainesville released their self-titled debut album in November 1976, then hit the road in earnest. "Tom told me, 'Look man, you can call anybody anything you wantbut you can't lay a hand on anyone in this band.' You play this beat [Ferrone mimics the songs distinctive shuffle]. You guys were great. Original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch recently joined an interview with Rolling Stone. I came out the good side., Nicks credits Campbell with being a vital, balancing force in Pettys life. Editors picks He died at 8:40 p.m. the next night, after a daylong vigil by his family, friends and bandmates. His last gig with the Heartbreakers was on October 2, 1994, at the Bridge School Benefit Concert in Mountain View, California. Tom Petty died of an accidental overdose on October 2, 2017, only a couple of weeks before his 67th birthday. I never knew how it got there, but it sure wasnt left over from the night before. His parents made him take lessons before they bought him a kit, and he recalls with a laugh, "as soon as I got my first set they took up tennisthey just split, and I don't blame them. I was roadieing for him!" The more experience he had, the more it enhanced his ability. There will be a time and place to talk about the music as I was doing with a longtime colleague from Rolling Stone days for a long stretch of a Sunday hike on what I could not have known was the last full day of Tom Pettys life but each Petty fan has their personal stash. Thats a long run to have someone in your life one way or another., Campbell sent over the two recent albums he released with his longtime backing band the Dirty Knobs, 2020s Wreckless Abandon and 2022s External Combustion, and told him to learn the songs. There sat the fantastic coffee. And I couldnt wait for it to end, he said, sipping his coffee. They were laughing their asses off, says Lynch. I didnt want to stay too long. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions. It's hard to even imagine that album without Stan. And so I have regrets, but they dont hold me back. I was just trying to do the best job I could. Still, Petty confirmed with relish a story about a meeting to renegotiate a contract during which he pulled a switchblade knife out of his boot and started cleaning his fingernails. My parents didn't have money. The 1993 edition of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers included, left to right: Mike Campbell, Tom Petty, Stan Lynch, Benmont Tench and Howie Epstein. Propelled by Stan Lynch's rollicking drumming and the band's now-signature soaring guitars, this high-octane rave was a close-up of Petty's vocal prowess and persona: sweet then sour . Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Even when hed turn to a video crew trying to film the band arduously getting a song rejiggered at sound check and say, You guys are gonna have to fuck off, with that half-dismissive grin of his, he was gracious enough to ignore the sight of me writing it down. And Petty was keen to work on the next album by his protgs the Shelters. Its become a very special moment and the crowd picked up on the love between us.. See latest videos, charts and news. By the end of the evening, Lynch and the rest walked out as Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. The crowd will go crazy. Original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch recently joined an interview with Rolling Stone. "As a kid I had very little opportunity. I havent been a drummer since I was in my thirties. Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The Del Fuegos were originally an Oberlin band that Dan Zanes, Warrens older brother, started with some college friends; Warren joined after Andover. The idea for a new unauthorized Tom Petty biography came from a surprising source: Tom Petty. According to Colin Larkin, Gainesville is Lynch's place of birth. I kneeled down, took her hand, and I went, Its going to be OK. I think its a bit of healing and closure for people to revisit that feeling and revisit Tom in a positive way., Playing Pettys music night after night has also given Lynch the opportunity to grieve for his friend. Bass guitarist Howie Epstein, who joined in 1982 when Blair decided to quit the road, was let go in 2002 over his addiction to heroin. It was a short walk, 20 steps, from his front door to his studio, Dimitriades says. In 2022, Lynch accepted an invitation from Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell to fill in for drummer Matt Laug for several shows on tour with Campbell's band The Dirty Knobs. Stevie Nicks reprised her duet with Petty, Stop Draggin My Heart Around, a Top Five hit in 1981. They are always filled with the promise and hope and life essence of their creator. When Petty called Lynch just before The Heartbreakers were scheduled to perform at The Viper Club in Los Angeles, Lynch informed him that he would not be able to make the event because he was on the east coast. Petty fell into his own hard-drug use in the Nineties as he coped with a difficult divorce and a rough spell musically, commercially, emotionally with the Heartbreakers. By 1974, the future core of the Heartbreakers Petty, Campbell and Tench, another Gainesville native had played on Mudcrutchs debut single, Depot Street. Released the next year, it was a commercial bust on Shelter Records that eventually broke up that group.

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