TOM PETTY SETS LEG THREE

if anyone has not seen tom petty live, for godsakes get of your butt and go see him before you can't!

Tom was cool before jambands were cool. i respect him endlessly as an artist. i do need to pause and ask; is he mentioned here because;

A. he makes awesome music and we as readers need to finally learn of this guy we have never heard of before.

B. his people are in bed with boneroo, boneroo says "cover petty" to jambase and jambase rolls over and puts out.

C. who cares? the pressies i bought in front of the x box tent are kicking in and i dont really care as long as im having fun! who needs to understand art and culture?

america, you decide....oh and i do plan to turn on mtv and look for toms new stuff... that alice in wonderland video was awesome!

I'd love to smoke with Petty, Trey, Gordon and duh Benevento Russo Duo cruo.

I had the opportunity to see Petty and Pearl Jam at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center in one of their two shows in early June. A euphoric event. Petty was a showman throughout, brandishing maracas one moment and slowly easing into "Free Fallin'" under a single spotlight the next. Opening his encore with "Don't Come Around Here No More" was memorable, but it was equaled two songs later when Petty had Eddie Vedder come out to help close with "American Girl."

The Allmans w/ Petty? Goodness. If you have yourself a nice seat for one of these shows you're a fortunate being. Enjoy it.

petty was my first show as a child... it's been kind of eerie to see him all over the jam scene... but who cares..

Tom Petty is a legend.

I caught TP a few years ago when he was doing a big run at the Fillmore in SF. Bo Diddley opened and it was a hell of a show. Definitely recommend checking him out. However, some of this tour just does not sit right with me. The Allman Brothers OPENING for Tom Petty???? Give me a break, that should be the other way around. I have no idea why ABB would sign on for an opening slot (money I guess). And I have to agree with another comment up there about why exactly Tom Petty gets a mention on Jambase. Most of his songs are 3 minutes long. About as far away from a jamband as you can get. Somebody is pullin some strings around here....

The Allman Bros. are opening for Petty?!? And the Derek Trucks Band!!! WOW! If it were up to me it would be Petty, the Derek, and then the Brothers would headline, but this ain't Burger King. That is still a freakin' killer lineup. Wish they were coming to the Music City.

"all over the jam scene"

what a combination, some good movin>classic rock and roll! party in hartford with allman brothers. Yippee!

Too bad he pussed out at bonnaroo, lost total respect for him then

I thought Tom rocked at Bonnaroo, but that just my opinion man but at least it's not negative.

I don't know what everybody's beef is with petty...

a) being on jambase
b) other acts, like ABB, opening for him
c) "pussing out" of his 4 HOUR SLOT at bonnaroo

who cares...he freakin' rocks, i mean did you even see his show at bonnaroo...it was one of the top acts BY FAR!

I wouldn't go so far as to say that he "pussed out at Bonnaroo". I just think that people are upset with the pure and simple fact that he started 45 minutes late and he finished his performance at 11:00 p.m.. His advertised show time was 8:30 - 12:00. Compare that to Radiohead who started promptly at 8:30 took only a 5 minute set break, and played till their allotted time of 11:00. Even the other Headliner Phil Lesh & Friends started between 8:30 - 8:45 and still played till Midnight. He played great, but it was still a downer for me because of his apparent "to hell with the fans I'm a friggen Rock Star I'll start and finish whenever I feel like it attitude". I'm just glad I paid for a festival and not one of his solo headliner shows. Even Bob Dylan started on time at Bonnaroo two years ago and he's much more ancient (and a bigger rock star).

I saw Tom Petty after finishing high school and it was by far and away one of the best shows I have ever seen, hands down - he rocked an 11-12 minute Refugee, and everyone should know that it is always a classic rock greatest hits tour with someone like him, we should just appreciate the fact that we are getting to see him with openers like Trey, ABB, PJ, the Storkes, and so on...

Quit bitching and open your eyes and ears people!

Whatever....As I said he played great, and he damn well should he's been doing this for 30+ years. Plus I've been fan since I was a kid, hence my comments.
Peace be to all