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Topic: Tom Petty takes a STAB/SLAM at Todays Country Music |
Nick Reed
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Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 5:13 pm |
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On May 26, Tom Petty took a swipe at modern country music from the stage of the Beacon Theater in New York City. He called today’s country “bad rock with a fiddle,” and further expanded on those comments during a recent interview.
It was far from a clarification or apology. During a chat with Rolling Stone published Monday (Aug. 5), Petty laments what is missing in country music, a genre he says roots the Heartbreakers.
“I don’t really see a George Jones or a Buck Owens or any anything that fresh coming up,” Petty explains. “I’m sure there must be somebody doing it, but most of that music reminds me of rock in the middle 80s where it became incredibly generic and relied on videos.”
Petty didn’t name names or call out a specific sound before backing away from the topic. “I hate to generalize on a whole genre of music, but it does seem to be missing that magic element that it used to have,” he furthers. “I’m sure there are people playing country that are doing it well, but they’re just not getting the attention that the s—tier stuff gets.”
Petty is expecting to release his 13th album with the Heartbreakers early next year. The new project doesn’t yet have a title.
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Dave Hopping
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 5:52 pm
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| Can't say I disagree with TP's sentiments,but he might be well advised to compose and perform some material that makes his point.He can afford it....I do have to say after hearing his take on that old Conway tune someone posted here that I'm still waiting. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2013 2:14 am
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How many times is this Tom Petty "Quote Myth" going to circulate through the internet?
This same exact story comes up every two or three years.
They just change the date and the location of where some interview supposedly took place, but I've read this same story every few years for over a decade.
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2013 4:05 am
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| Yeah . . . . I wouldn't exactly call "Free Fallin" or "Last Dance with Mary Jane" traditional country songs |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 6 Aug 2013 9:14 pm
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I had to think about this one some more........I agree from an artistic standpoint with most of what Tom says about "modern" country music.It really isn't very authentic country.But I differ with Tom about modern country's rock and roll qualities.I say modern country is the best rock to come out in the last forty years!   |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 6 Aug 2013 9:23 pm
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| Nick Reed wrote: |
| Yeah . . . . I wouldn't exactly call "Free Fallin" or "Last Dance with Mary Jane" traditional country songs |
I don't think Tom Petty would either.
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 2:55 am
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| I can't take someone seriously that looks like Martina Navratilova with a beard.... |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 3:16 am
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| I say modern country is the best rock to come out in the last forty years! |
Are you saying that Kid Rock is better than Eric Burdon?
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Dave Hopping
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 8:19 am
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| Joachim,I'm afraid you have me........I had to go look up Kid Rock on Youtube.Saw 2 vids.One had something to do with sweet werewolves at home in London,Alabama.The other was a 600-words-per-minute recitation about cowboys.Cringeworthy,but no more or less so than Eric singing about "warm San Franciscan(sic) nights".To Eric's credit,though,he apparently didn't need to punctuate his singing with images of very young,nearly naked women. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 8:45 am
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"Others gave flowers away, down in Monterey" can it
get more innocent and beautiful!
The Heartbreakers doing an Animals number:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRp7cQqjVIU
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 12:04 pm
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Tom did well with Eric's vocal phrasing,and except for somebody missing a descending melodic line in the intro/turnaround,the band sounded OK.IIRC that tune is from '65-'66,before things became "innocent and beautiful",so it was worth covering.
Q for TP fans:Has he ever employed a steel player live? |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 7 Aug 2013 1:39 pm
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Dave, it was either Mike Campbell or Howie Epstein that played lap steel on "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" when they performed the old Byrds song. It was McGuinn and Petty singing it together. It was on a Bob Dylan/ Heartbreakers tour through Europe in '87.
Marty Rifkin played some inaudible stuff (imo) on a track from "Wildflowers".
Nevertheless, I'm no expert on T.P. 
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Nathan Golub
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Durham, NC
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Posted 10 Aug 2013 5:10 am
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I always liked this track from Timeless, a tribute to Hank Williams. Jay Dee Maness plays steel, Tom Petty plays everything else. Pretty cool!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgJhrKiYBe4 |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2013 7:57 am
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| One of the coolest things about a Tom Petty show for me is the display of high-end vintage instruments that Petty and Mike Campbell strut around with on stage. Seems they both have a special instrument for each different song. The busiest guy on a Heartbreakers tour must be the guitar tech. Must take a separate trailer for all the guitars, and a second one for that backline of cool vintage amps. |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2013 10:55 am
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
| One of the coolest things about a Tom Petty show for me is the display of high-end vintage instruments that Petty and Mike Campbell strut around with on stage. Seems they both have a special instrument for each different song. The busiest guy on a Heartbreakers tour must be the guitar tech. Must take a separate trailer for all the guitars, and a second one for that backline of cool vintage amps. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5hu-ux4CY
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2013 8:29 am
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Alvin, thanks for the link. I had never seen it before, but it seems to validate my statement in a way that simple words can not accomplish. Definitely drool bucket material. Very interesting, although the guitar tech was mistaken in some of his descriptions of Mike Campbell's instruments.
For what it's worth, most of my family lives in Green Valley. Spent about a year there in 2008-2009. Hope to return soon, preferably during the winter! |
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