What is or was the name of Tom Petty's backing group
"Hurricane Katrina-damaged Ninth Ward. On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium. They played ""American Girl"", ""I Won't Back Down"", ""Free Fallin'"" and ""Runnin' Down a Dream"". That summer, the band toured North America with Steve Winwood as the opening act. Winwood joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows and performed his Spencer Davis Group hit ""Gimme Some Lovin'"", and occasionally he performed his Blind Faith hit ""Can't Find My Way Home"". In November 2009 the boxed set ""The Live Anthology"", a"
"Mudcrutch Mudcrutch was an American southern and country rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They are best known for being the band that began Tom Petty's rise to fame. Mudcrutch formed in Gainesville in 1970 and soon became a popular act across Florida. The band moved to Los Angeles in 1974 to attract the attention of a record company. Though they signed a contract with Shelter Records, they released only one poor-selling single before breaking up in 1975. The following year, former Mudcrutch members Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench formed the core of a new band, the Heartbreakers. Most of"
"the original Mudcrutch lineup reformed in 2007 to record their first album as a group. They recorded a second album in 2016. Mudcrutch was formed in 1970 by teenage Gainesville, Florida residents Tom Petty and Tom Leadon, who had been playing together in a band called the Epics. Mudcrutch's lineup consisted of Tom Petty (bass and vocals), Tom Leadon (guitar and vocals), Jim Lenehan (vocals), Randall Marsh (drums) and Mike Campbell (guitar). This incarnation of the band issued a locally-distributed single (""Up In Mississippi""/""Cause Is Understood"") in 1971, with Petty writing and singing both sides. Leadon and Lenehan left the"
"ahead of blues rockers The White Stripes. According to Wennerstrom, the name of the band comes from a question on a Mega Touch trivia quiz game at a bar. A question asked the name of Tom Petty's backing band, and one of the options was ""Tom Petty and the Heartless Bastards"". She thought it was funny, and used it when she later formed a band. In August 2008, a new line-up for the band was announced. Erika Wennerstrom remains the only constant member, rejoined by bassist Jesse Ebaugh and original Heartless Bastards drummer Dave Colvin. Their third album ""The Mountain"""
"an interview with the CBC in 2014, Petty stated that the Rolling Stones were ""my punk music"". He credited the group with inspiring him by demonstrating that he and musicians like him could make it in rock and roll. One of his first guitar teachers was Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident, who later joined the Eagles. As a young man, Petty worked briefly on the grounds crew of the University of Florida, but never attended as a student. An Ogeechee lime tree that he allegedly planted while employed at the university is now called the Tom Petty tree (Petty"
"released, the band embarked on their first national tour in support of the album. The tour began the same way their 2008 tour did: with two benefit shows for the Midnight Mission (on May 23 and 24, 2016, in Los Angeles). Herb Pedersen, who is also credited on ""2"", joined Mudcrutch on the tour. Tom Petty died on October 2, 2017 of cardiac arrest. Band members Timeline Mudcrutch Mudcrutch was an American southern and country rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They are best known for being the band that began Tom Petty's rise to fame. Mudcrutch formed in Gainesville in"
"Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency ""Benmont"" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin Montmorency Tench Jr. and Mary Catherine McInnis Tench. His father was born and raised in Gainesville, and served as a circuit court judge. Tench played piano from an early age and his first recital was at age six. After discovering the music of The Beatles, he ended his classical piano lessons and focused on rock and roll. At age 11,"
"Propaganda (musician) Jason Emmanuel Petty (born May 27, 1979), better known by his stage name Propaganda, is an American Christian hip hop and spoken word artist and poet from Los Angeles, California. He has released four albums as an independent artist and one collaborative album with the rapper Odd Thomas, and has performed and recorded as a member of the underground hip hop group Tunnel Rats and associated act Footsoldiers. Petty was born Jason Emmanuel Petty on May 27, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. In his very early childhood, his family moved into a violent, ethnically Mexican neighborhood. As the"
"The Picks The Picks is an American vocal Quartet that backed Buddy Holly and the Crickets' band on nine of the first twelve Crickets releases on Brunswick in 1957, as well as backing Buddy Holly solos for group sounds. The original members were John Pickering (lead), Bill Pickering (tenor), and Bob Lapham (baritone). In 1940, as young members of the Pickering Family Quartet (Mom, Pop, Billy and Johnny), who were singing daily on KICA, Clovis, New Mexico, the two brothers first met Norman Petty and Violet Ann Brady (later, Vi Petty). At the time, Johnny was seven and Billy and"
"Blue Stingrays The Blue Stingrays were a late 1990s rock band that played surf rock, incorporating some country and western elements, with an overall Hawaiian atmosphere. The band was composed of the members of The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty's backup band. During a short break from their work with Petty they recorded one album, ""Surf-n-Burn"", which included a cover of the theme song ""Goldfinger"" from the James Bond film of the same name. Released by Epitaph Records, the album's liner notes include a faux history of The Blue Stingrays as if they were a legendary instrumental band founded in the late"
"sessions. Referring to recording errors created by faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, """"We'll bury"" 'em in the mix."" Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance. Harrison first suggested ""the Trembling Wilburys"" as the group's name; at Lynne's suggestion, they amended it to ""Traveling Wilburys"". During his ""Rockline"" interview, Harrison voiced his support for Dylan, at a time when the latter was experiencing an artistic and commercial low point in his career. Harrison and Lynne became friends with Tom Petty in October 1987, when Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers, toured Europe as Dylan's backing"
"The Heartbreakers The Heartbreakers, also known as Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers to distinguish them from Tom Petty's band, were an American punk rock band, formed in New York City in May, 1975. The band spearheaded the first wave of punk rock. In May 1975, Johnny Thunders (vocals/guitar) and Jerry Nolan (drums) quit the New York Dolls, the same week that Richard Hell (vocals/bass) left Television. Thunders and Nolan invited Hell to join their new band, and Hell quickly agreed. Their first gig was on May 31 of that year, at the Coventry, a rock club in Queens. The trio"
"recruited Campbell, Blair and Lynch to record demos in the hopes of getting a new record deal in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Denny Cordell, president of Shelter Records, signed Tom Petty to his record label, after which Petty met up with his former bandmates and Floridians and asked if they would like to become his band. They agreed, and soon became known as the Heartbreakers. Blair went on to play with the band through its first four albums, ""Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers"", ""You're Gonna Get It!"", ""Damn the Torpedoes"" and ""Hard Promises,"" although he was occasionally replaced with other bassists,"
"him to move to L.A. to try to make it as a musician. Tom Leadon Tom Leadon (born September 16, 1952) is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of Tom Petty's original band, Mudcrutch, and is still its lead guitarist, following its revival in 2007. He is the brother of Bernie Leadon, the former lead guitarist of the Eagles. In high school, Leadon was a member of the Epics in Gainesville, Florida, where he met Petty. Leadon was the lead guitarist and Petty played bass. Soon after forming Mudcrutch, with Randall Marsh on drums, the group"
"Rocco Rock Theodore ""Ted"" James Petty (September 1, 1953 – September 21, 2002) was an American professional wrestler better known as ""Flyboy"" Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy. Petty graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in nutrition. Following a brief boxing career, Petty started wrestling in 1978 as The Cheetah Kid. Petty wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1990, appearing at Starrcade as Colonel DeKlerk. Along with Sergeant Krueger, he represented South Africa in a tag team match, but the team lost to The Steiner Brothers. In 1993, under the name Rocco Rock and formed a"
"Tom Leadon Tom Leadon (born September 16, 1952) is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of Tom Petty's original band, Mudcrutch, and is still its lead guitarist, following its revival in 2007. He is the brother of Bernie Leadon, the former lead guitarist of the Eagles. In high school, Leadon was a member of the Epics in Gainesville, Florida, where he met Petty. Leadon was the lead guitarist and Petty played bass. Soon after forming Mudcrutch, with Randall Marsh on drums, the group added a second lead guitarist, Mike Campbell. Leadon and Campbell shared lead guitar"
"Norman Petty (who also worked with Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison), but the recording went unreleased. This line-up broke up shortly thereafter and reformed with Gary Blakey on drums, Charlie Hatchett and Stanley Smith on guitars, and an unknown bassist. The band line-up changed again when drummer Harold ""Lucky"" Floyd, bassist Bobby Smith, and guitarist Donnie Roberts joined the group, with Hatchett leaving to form his own group, The Raiders, along with Blakey. This line-up, the third, became quite popular locally and started playing in clubs in west Texas. Due to disagreements among the band members, this line-up also broke"
"band Mudcrutch, which Tench and Campbell were originally a part of, and had a recording contract. But once in LA the producers decided they were not keen on the rest of the band, so it broke up, leaving Petty basically a solo act — something he was not happy about. But because he had the record deal already, after the break Petty went back into the studio and started his pitch. By the end of the evening, Lynch and the rest walked out as Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. After being with the Heartbreakers, Lynch calmed down. ""Tom told me,"
"in the ""Billboard"" top 40. ""Keeping Me Alive,"" an outtake from the sessions for the album. was a Petty favorite, and was eventually released on Petty's 1995 box set ""Playback"". In July 2018, ""Keep A Little Soul,"" another outtake from ""Long After Dark"", was released as the first single to promote Petty's box set, ""An American Treasure"". Long After Dark Long After Dark is the fifth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released November 2, 1982 on Backstreet Records. Notable for the MTV hit ""You Got Lucky,"" the album was also the band's first to"
"Chas Sandford Group. Thurston joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for their ""Touring The Great Wide Open"" tour in 1991, which turned into a permanent spot for Thurston in the band’s lineup. Thurston played rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica, and sang backing vocals. Tom Petty said, ""I was trying to get him out of the corner over there, because he always saw himself as a sideman—'I’m a Sidebreaker'—and he tried to stay over to the side. But we love him, he sings great with me, and we want him out there with us. He’s a good buffer between the rest of"
"The final version of the song is credited to Tom Leadon, Bernie Leadon, Frey, and Henley. Later that year Buck Owens released his own version. Leadon later became a guitar teacher in Nashville. In 2007, Petty reformed Mudcrutch and the band recorded a self-titled debut album in 2008. Recording personnel included original band members: Petty, Leadon, Mike Campbell, Randall Marsh, and Benmont Tench. The band went on to continue being active with touring, recording a live album, and a follow-up to their debut with ""Mudcrutch 2"", in 2016. In his memoir, ""Conversations with Tom Petty"", Petty credits Leadon with inspiring"
"Over Again"" contained a greeting that read ""Merry Christmas from Nelson and Pee Wee Wilbury."" Traveling Wilburys The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were a British–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album ""Cloud Nine"", the band formed in April 1988 after the five members united to record a bonus track for Harrison's next European single. When this collaboration, ""Handle with Care"", was deemed too good for such a limited release, the group agreed to"
"the hardcore tactics that had made them famous in ECW, including the frequent use of tables in matches. He also made a few single-competition appearances as The Cheetah Kid during that time. They were briefly in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999 and competed in the short-lived Xtreme Wrestling Federation as the ""South Philly Posse"" with Jasmin St. Claire as their manager. Petty then competed as a singles wrestler on the independent circuit. Petty died of a heart attack on September 21, 2002, at the age of 49, while en route to a Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling show where he"
"Phil Seymour Phil Seymour (May 15, 1952 - August 17, 1993) was an American drummer, singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for the singles ""I'm On Fire"" (with The Dwight Twilley Band), his own solo hit ""Precious to Me"" and for being the second voice on Tom Petty's hits ""American Girl"" and ""Breakdown."" His solo work is revered among fans of power pop. In 1967, Seymour met fellow Tulsa musician Dwight Twilley at a theater where they had both gone to see a screening of ""A Hard Day's Night"". They soon began writing and recording together, going by the name"
"Howie Epstein Howard Norman ""Howie"" Epstein (July 21, 1955 – February 23, 2003) was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a musical household. His father, Sam, was a top local record producer who worked with various rock and roll and soul groups in the 1950s and 1960s. Epstein often visited the music studios, watching his father work and occasionally making recordings under his father's watchful eye at a very young age. He recalled, ""I would go into the bars with my father"
"Me Up (I've Had Enough)"" which includes ""Jammin' Me"" which Petty wrote with Dylan. In 1988, Petty joined George Harrison's group, the Traveling Wilburys, which also included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The band's first song, ""Handle with Care"", was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, ""Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1"". A second Wilburys album, mischievously titled ""Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3"" and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named ""Vol. 3"" as a"
"plays in the band Mudcrutch which began the career of Tom Petty. For a few years in the mid-1970s, Leadon lived in Topanga Canyon, a bohemian enclave known for its musician residents. Leadon's house-plus-recording-studio had previously been owned by singer-songwriter Neil Young, and was the site of frequent parties. Leadon lived with Patti Davis, the free-spirited daughter of conservative California Governor Ronald Reagan, who was at that time campaigning for president, and distancing himself from his daughter because Leadon and she were unmarried but living together. Leadon and Davis co-wrote the song ""I Wish You Peace"", which Leadon insisted the"
"Runnin' Down a Dream (film) Runnin' Down a Dream is a 2007 documentary film about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The 4-hour documentary chronicles the history of the band, from its inception as Mudcrutch, right up to the 30th-anniversary concert in Petty's home town of Gainesville, Florida, on September 21, 2006, at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, University of Florida. The film features interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, Rick Rubin, Johnny Depp, Jackson Browne and more. Petty's solo career is also touched on, as is his time with The"
". Additional musicians Production Full Moon Fever Full Moon Fever is the debut studio album by Tom Petty, released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records. It features contributions from members of his band the Heartbreakers, notably Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison (who died prior to its release), and George Harrison, Petty's bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys. The record shows Petty exploring his musical roots with nods to his influences. The songwriting is mainly collaborations between Petty and Lynne, who was also a producer on the album. The album became a commercial and critical success peaking"
"Full Moon Fever Full Moon Fever is the debut studio album by Tom Petty, released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records. It features contributions from members of his band the Heartbreakers, notably Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison (who died prior to its release), and George Harrison, Petty's bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys. The record shows Petty exploring his musical roots with nods to his influences. The songwriting is mainly collaborations between Petty and Lynne, who was also a producer on the album. The album became a commercial and critical success peaking at No. 3 on"
"Woody, Joe"" is a tribute to the legendary Clash frontman, Joe Strummer, who has been spoken about and referenced by lead singer Brian Fallon often. Similarly, Tom Petty is referenced in several songs, either by name or through references to particular songs of his. The band has covered Petty's ""American Girl"" and ""Refugee"" live. As a bonus track for the deluxe version of ""Handwritten"", the Gaslight Anthem covered the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song ""You Got Lucky"". Touring member Former members The Gaslight Anthem The Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in"
"Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician and record producer who is best known for his association with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who recorded in his studio. Petty was born in the small town of Clovis, New Mexico, near the Texas border. He began playing piano at an early young age. While in high school, he regularly performed on a fifteen-minute show on a local radio station. After his graduation in 1945 he was drafted into the United States Air Force, returned and married his high school sweetheart Violet Ann Brady"
"from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers played the slide guitar on the song, though he recorded the track in his own studio and never even met the band members. The video, shot in New York, was directed by movie director David Fincher, known for such films as ""Seven"" and ""Fight Club"". There is a slight error in the video: Rama's Cafe, portrayed as a meeting place for the band, was actually on 281 5th Avenue, not 6th Avenue. The building was eventually demolished, and a new apartment building is in the process of being constructed on the site. The song"