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Did You Know...

...that a reunion of the Traveling Wilburys was being discussed?

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

...that a teenaged Tom Petty got put on probation for stealing hood ornaments?

Random Quote

"We're a rock & roll band. We ain't no punk band, we ain't folk rock, jazz rock, or any of that bullshit. Just rock, and we don't put no other name on it than that. We'd be stupid if we did."

- Tom Petty