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Woody Giessmann on Fox 25
Woody Giessmann is the CEO and founder of Right Turn. A former drummer who toured with Tom Petty and ZZ Top, Giessmann found himself surrounded by addiction. This lead him to create Right Turn, an...
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Top 10 Most Recognizable Opening Guitar Riffs of All-time
Jamie Reidy reveals his list of Rock-n-Roll’s Top 10 Most Recognizable Opening Guitar Riffs. This is the first in a series; bass lines, drum beats, piano… will follow. Before you start yelling at me...
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Top 10 Most Recognizable Opening Bass Lines of All Time
Jamie Reidy reveals his Top 10 most recognizable Opening Bass lines in Rock-n-Roll. This is the third in a series. I have already covered my Top 10 most recognizable guitar riffs and my Top 10 most...
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Unconquered
Jeff Swain defines ‘unconquered,’ with some help from his friends: William Ernest ‘Captain of My Soul’ Henley and Tom Petty. “In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud....
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Tony Horton Gets Candid About His Latest Book, The Big Picture
The inventor of P90X found success and happiness in helping others fulfill their fitness goals. But none of it came without a whole lot of work. Lauren Lobley reports. At 20 years old, Tony Horton was...
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Gimme the Beat, Boys, and Free My Soul: A Playlist for Divorced Dads
Many of the best songs are written about break-ups, but do any of them speak to what a divorced father is going through? Ben Railton shares this playlist of six songs that do… — There are few themes...
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Sing it! Belt It Out Loud And Proud!
Shawn Henfling isn’t ashamed to sing anywhere. Are you? —- Music, in one form or another, has been around since prehistoric man. We can surmise that it began with very simple percussion instruments...
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Tom Petty’s Brilliant Lyrics Tell A Free Fallin’ Guy Story
Author Jay Cradeur explores themes of a man’s life with the words of poet warrior musician Tom Petty (with video links). — “God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of...
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George Harrison. Bob Dylan. Roy Orbison… and Tom Petty. Watch. Grin.
Tom Petty dead? My god, he was younger than I am. A huge talent, a vast catalogue. But this was special…. Available on Amazon by clicking here. George Harrison had been in a band. He wasn’t looking to...
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She’s A Woman In Love (But It’s Not Me)
I went to my first concert with the girl that I loved. And her boyfriend. She was a junior and I was one of a handful of sophomores who weren’t bright enough for Accelerated Math, but just a little too...
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A Sudden Goodbye to Rock Legend Tom Petty
> Source: 30dB.com – Tom%20Petty Petty’s death was reported Monday afternoon, just hours after a gunman opened fire on a country concert in Las Vegas, killing at least 59 and injuring more than 500....
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For All Who Loved Tom Petty: Sorrow Has Won the Day
Embed from Getty Images Sorrow has won the day. And you can’t tell me it hasn’t. I’m filled with dread on this first week of October, simmering in a low-based depression for both the dead and the...
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Tom Petty, A Heart Breaker, Breaks Our Hearts
— On November 19, 1994, a 44-year-old Tom Petty stepped onto the stage of Saturday Night Live with his band the Heartbreakers. They were ferocious. Not a term often used to describe the Florida bands...
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Gonna Leave This World for Awhile
Embed from Getty Images Warning: this is long. Stupidly long. It’s what I do, I guess. So grab a comfy seat, some coffee or vitamins, and please indulge me in somewhat of a personal history lesson to...
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Tom Petty: The Man Who Sang for Everywoman
— The Wild One, Forever grew up to be the wise one in the end. It was that journey that Tom Petty took – as a man and an artist – that really drew me to him. Obviously everybody liked the hit singles....
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Jason Aldean Covered Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ On ‘SNL’ In Tribute To...
Join The Good Men Project Community. “Here’s the thing about The Good Men Project. We are trying to create big, sweeping, societal changes—–overturn stereotypes, eliminate racism, sexism, homophobia,...
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Dad’s Last Dance With Mary Jane
“Dad, what does this song mean,” my daughter asked, and I immediately regretted my awesome choice in music. The car radio was blaring something that I have been mindlessly singing along too since I was...
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Tom Petty’s ‘Wildflowers & All the Rest’
By Allison Rapp When Tom Petty sat down to write the title track to Wildflowers, there were no elaborate plans in sight. The lyrics came quickly, the melody followed suit, and before long, Petty had...
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Rewind
The most formative twelve months of my life happened between August 1989 and July 1990. When digging around in the basement more than thirty-two years later, my wife uncovered a box filled with...
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The 10 Best Tom Petty Songs You May Have Never Heard
BY JIM BEVIGLIA Most rock and roll fans will always be trying to wrap their heads around the death of Tom Petty. He was an amazingly consistent presence on the music scene, one who always seemed to be...
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