rmartin United StatesPosts: 1434 October 2, 2017 at 3:11 pm #1718306 After today’s awful news, another sad story to report. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/tom-petty-critical-condition-cardiac-arrest-article-1.3536756
pool2foolInactive St. Paul, MNPosts: 1709 October 2, 2017 at 3:17 pm #1718311 Awful. My favorite boat tunes, hands down. One of the greatest rock & roll songwriters of all time. Also made some of the very best music videos back when that actually mattered.
BigWerm SW MetroPosts: 11638 October 2, 2017 at 3:32 pm #1718318 October is off to a miserable start.
BigWerm SW MetroPosts: 11638 October 2, 2017 at 3:35 pm #1718321 KQ is going all Tom Petty for the rest of the day FYI.
zooks Posts: 922 October 2, 2017 at 4:06 pm #1718332 This really sucks, Petty was great. WILDFLOWERS was one of the CD’s we wore out driving around when I was in high school.
404 ERROR MNPosts: 3918 October 2, 2017 at 4:33 pm #1718340 I think October needs to go back to bed and try again…terrible news yet again. Easily one of my favorites…
bigpike Posts: 6259 October 2, 2017 at 4:51 pm #1718349 Grew up on Tom Petty, one of my favorite concerts at Summerfest. R.I.P. you were a classic
biggill East Bethel, MNPosts: 11321 October 2, 2017 at 5:19 pm #1718351 Officially he has not died. Unfortunately reports are that he is not expected to make it through the night but he has not been confirmed dead.
TheFamousGrouse St. Paul, MNPosts: 11640 October 2, 2017 at 5:19 pm #1718352 Traveling Wilburys were the greatest supergroup of all time and Full Moon Fever is in my top 10 favorite albums. Really a sad loss for music. Gregg Allman, Tom Petty, Prince. Who’s going to replace all these artists that had real talent? Jay Z and flippin’ Usher? Not likely. My favorite line from the best music film of all time, The Commitments: “It’s all been shite since Roy Orbinson died.” Grose