The Tom Petty Project

One of my very favourite virtuoso pianists is a Canadian/German guy named Michael Kaeshammer. The guy absolutely tears the roof off every time I’ve seen him live and what Benmont does here really reminds me of his playing. It’s technically superb, rhythmically perfect, and so, so, so melodic! As much as I love hearing a perfectly-crafted Mike Campbell guitar solo, it makes my heart sing possibly even more when we get something like this from Benmont, probably because the instances of his solos are fewer and further between. Long Live Benmont Tench.

Today’s guest conversation sees the return of the only other Englishman to appear on the podcast so far, Will Porteous, who also has a brilliant new song out that we’re going to talk about. Be advised that there is some profanity in this conversation as Will and I always seem to default to our two-mates-chatting-in-a-pub-forgetting-that-it’s-being-recorded mode of conversation.... It’s always a pleasure and a really good laugh chatting to Will so I hope you enjoy our conversation about this week’s song, Wildflowers in general, and beyond!

Check out Jeff Slate's new album here: https://tinyurl.com/4xrazhx5

You can find Jake's live album here: https://tinyurl.com/ykzh74fm

Listen to the Honest & Unmerciful Record Review Podcast episide on the Black Crowes sophomore effort here: https://tinyurl.com/a93u89vp

Listen to the song:

Album version: https://youtu.be/PeEj8M1K_mI

Home Demo recording: https://youtu.be/e_4QsL3pCu4

Live: https://youtu.be/ktR8eaecWmU

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All music other than the piano version of Wildflowers, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise.

A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research. And further thanks to Warren Zanes for his outstanding book "Petty, the Biography".

Producer: Kevin Brown

Executive Producer: Paul Roberts

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Welcome back to Season Four of The Tom Petty Project podcast. Thanks so much for staying with my on this journey, or, if you're just finding this ridiculous vanity project, I welcome you with open arms! Today's episode covers the sensational lead track from Hard Promises; The Waiting.

If you want to listen to the track before we dig in, check out the official video: https://youtu.be/uMyCa35_mOg

I talked about Linda Ronstadt's version in the episode and you can check that out here (it's pretty damned good!): https://youtu.be/GI6mCtHcIvw

And if you're feeling particularly frisky, check out the Live Aid version (in front of 100,000 people!) here: https://youtu.be/Txnv9muzZgk

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All music, including the theme song, provided by Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/

Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.com/

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise.

A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, Conversations with Tom Petty, this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

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The lyrics in this one are again, really direct and simple. Tom reminisces about his two room apartment and that he’s glad he doesn’t live there any more, but there’s a fondness in the tone. In the second verse, we hear that there’s a similar nostalgia for a former relationship that he sometimes remembers wistfully. The chorus underscores all this by giving his current state. “Oh yeah, I’m alright, I just feel a little lonely tonight. I’m okay most of the time, I just feel a little lonely tonight.” So, I’m OK but I could be doing better. There’s a romantic pragmatism on display here that elevates the song from being another rumination on lost love over 8 bars or a wallowing self-pity. It’s a glass that is definitely half full rather than half empty.

You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/UR_t-tk1B5U

You'll find the demo version included on the Playback boxset (and the American Treasure release!) here: https://youtu.be/vkKPklG2QVE

For the bootlef live version from January 21, 1997, click here: https://youtu.be/-U57BbIz3Ow

The Tom Petty Project is a proud member of The Deep Dive Podcast Network, which you can find on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepdivepodnet

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All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/

Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.com/

A last very special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, Conversations with Tom Petty, this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.

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I hope you enjoyed last week's chat with the marvellous Dallas Heliker! I'm looking forward to having more guests on the show but I know I'll be chatting to Dallas again at some point.

If you want to listen to Dog on the Run before this episode, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/3KaZBwsSLqE

Today's episode covers the live rarity, taken from 1977's Official Live 'Leg, recorded at the legendary Paul's Mall in Boston, Dog on the Run. An epic 10-minute experimental jam, this one features some extraordinary performances from every member of the band. Thanks to Paul Roberts for pushing me to cover this one in sequence, rather than once I've been through the rest of the catalogue, when I will be circling back to B-sides, previously-unreleased material etc.

This wraps up season one and next week we'll be diving straight into the sophomore album, You're Gonna Get It and digging into the lead song, When The Time Comes.

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In this special episode, Kevin is joined, once again, by co-host John Paulsen. Today's album wrap up episode covers the Heartbreakers' fourth album, Hard Promises.

In the episode, the guys both picked their top three songs from the album and both (once again) picked the two heavyweight tracks from the album, but different third tracks. You can find a combined "EP" on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/3QOgSI3. As with the other album wrap episodes, the boys chatted about the track listing and agreed it was pretty damned tight. Based on that conversation though, here is an alternate track listing which brings in Stop Draggin My Heart Around and adds it to the mix: https://spoti.fi/3dbIbND

If you want to check out Gator on the Lawn (the B-side to the single release of A Woman In Love) you can find that here: https://youtu.be/ZABzLa2WRf4

If you want to listen to the "demo" version of Stop Draggin My Heart Around, without Stevie's vocal, you can find that one here: https://youtu.be/64W5IYuL1Is

If you are able to donate financially to humanitarian aid relief efforts in Ukraine, the Red Cross is coordinating a large-scale effort which you can contribute to by visiting their website here: https://donate.redcross.ca/page/100227/donate/1

Do check out www.4for4.com if you're into fantasy football and follow John on Twitter at https://twitter.com/4for4_John

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All music, including the theme song, provided by Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com/

Logo provided Ed Booth, who you can find here: https://edboothart.com/

The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way and when you’re looking for Tom’s music, please visit the official YouTube channel first and go to tompetty.com for official merchandise.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

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