Tom petty boston 1978

Al Kooper was the headliner, and that was when he had a slick piece group that was supposed to help him along to his umpteenth comeback. The audience had come to see Kooper, but there was a pocketful of young rowdies who wouldn't let Petty and the Heartbreakers leave the stage. If truth be told, Petty did blow Kooper away during that engagement. Petty would seem to be unstoppable now.

The band's second album, "You're Gonna Get It," has just been certified gold , units , and their Paradie appearance here was a cataclysmic success. Like his friend Dwight Twilley, Petty emphasizes a lean, snapping rhythm section Stan Lynch sledgehammered his snare drum much of the night, providing the taut beat and incisive, gut-wrenching guitar and vocals. Petty's originals were exquisite, from his electric string bow to Roger McGuinn on "American Girl," to the cascading "I Need to Know," where the cross-harmonies of Lynch and pianist Benmont Tench lent an ecstatic counterpoint to Petty's own bright, clipped phrasing.

And Petty, although a slight, frail figure, was self-assured throughout. He moved with a compressed boil to his gestures, and he exploded unpredictably, but never vengefully, at the audience. Location: North of Cottage Country. I have it on another release and for the life of me I can't remember and I am not near the collection at present.

Are you a Wolfgang's vault member hint hint. Location: Asbury Park. I even recall a promo only 12" with live tracks, that may have been from that Boston show. Perhaps a Petty completest may know more. Just checking google, I was correct. But 'Breakdown' isn't on that.

I really think the live Breakdown was on a regular stock copy 12" B-side. UK import perhaps? Saint Johnny , Dec 8, Location: Somewheres. Does it have a long breakdown haaah in the middle where petty does this little monologue involving him saying "i'm sorry baby" and such? And it is something like minutes long? It could very well be the live version off Pack Up the Plantation. They play it on the radio often around here. Billy Hunt likes this. Maybe he is looking for a version from 77 or 78, but until I know where those years came from, often the simplest answer is the best answer.

Location: Memphis, TN. MikeVielhaber , Dec 8, Location: Upstate South Carolina. I think eelkiller is right. Check out the Boston show at Wolfgang's Vault. That show was recorded for KBFH, so that's probably what you were hearing on the radio. Location: Mass. Location: CA. It cracks me up when Petty quips, after the audience sings the chorus, "You're trying to put me out of a job," or something like that. Yes, amazing live version. Location: Bretagne. Purple Jim , Dec 9, I'm still looking for this amazing version of Breakdown.

So, i guess it was sent to radio stations as a reel and never pressed to vinyl, but someone must have released in as an underground release prehaps? Cake , Nov 15,