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Did You Know...

...that the Hard Promises tour was delayed because Tom Petty injured his knee on a trampoline?

...that recording of "The Waiting" was held up by a gorilla?

...that Tom Petty wrote a song called "Reptiles" about "what scumsuckers lawyers are"?

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"This is rock & roll in the Eighties. Your own bus, a tape deck that doesn't work, and a Power Bar." - Tom Petty