Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty)

03/01/22 • 75 min

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Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries

Today's documentary is Runnin' Down a Dream, about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 2007, directed by the late, great Peter Bogdanovich.

Is Runnin' Down a Dream the first example of Peak Rock Doc? Or is the genre still in its nascent phase? Does Dave Grohl appear? (Of course he does.) What's up with the Roger McGuinn section? Will there ever be a Get Back-style mega doc about the Traveling Wilburys? All this and more on today's episode.

Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries

Today's documentary is Runnin' Down a Dream, about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 2007, directed by the late, great Peter Bogdanovich.

Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

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Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries

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Is "The World's A Little Blurry" just a PR piece for an up-and-coming pop star? A classic rock doc? Or a parenting guide in disguise?

Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

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Plus: Our thoughts about the upcoming Meet Me In the Bathroom rock doc.

Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts

Twitter: @RockDocsPod

Instagram: @RockDocsPod

Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt