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"For too long the kids have had to listen to rock music handed down to them by their older brothers and sisters. They've never had any rock and roll bands they could call their own."

- Tom Petty

Did You Know...

...that after leaving the Heartbreakers in the early 1980s, Ron Blair ran a swimwear shop?

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

...that Tom Petty met Phil Everly while picking his daughter up from school?

Random Quote

"I don't know if it's just Gainesville, maybe it's the whole country, but there are few places where you can go into a club and actually hear musicians doing things, playing rock. 'I'm into jazz, I'm past rock & roll.' That's a fairly common excuse. Rock music is just pretty rare these days."

- Tom Petty