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Tom Petty: Bob Dylan
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During 1988, Petty became a member of the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, which ... featured Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The Wilburys released their first album at the end of 1988 and its sound became the blueprint for Petty's first solo effort, 1989's Full Moon Fever. Produced by Lynne and featuring the support of most of the Heartbreakers, Full Moon Fever became Petty's commercial pinnacle, reaching number three on the U.S. charts, going triple platinum, and generating the hit singles "I Won't Back Down," "Runnin' Down a Dream," and "Free Fallin'," which reached number seven. In 1990, he contributed to the Traveling Wilburys' second album, Vol. 3. Petty officially reunited with the Heartbreakers on Into the Great Wide Open, which was also produced by Jeff Lynne. Released in the spring of 1991, Into the Great Wide Open sustained the momentum of Full Moon Fever, earning strong reviews and going platinum.
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The members the Traveling Wiburys (Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Petty) only got together to record a B-side for Harrison, and wound up making an entire album. “Last Night” has a melodic bass line and features Petty working through the whimsical, humorous lyrics about a brief love affair in a barroom. Roy Orbison comes in to sing the bridge, and the contrast between their vocals works well. After spending years inexplicably out of print, the Wilburys albums are set for reissue in 2006.
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Throughout his long, successful career, Petty has been compared musically to the likes of the Byrds, Bob Dylan and Neil Young. But as “American Girl,” and the rest of his huge catalog reveal, this Florida boy hails from the same story-telling tradition as fellow Southerners Flannery O’Conner, Carson McCullers and Truman Capote. Like the best of their work, Petty’s songs create sparse, sharp images, with something desperate underneath.
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In 1988, Petty showed up as one-fifth of the playfully organic, often acoustic supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Along with fellow rock legends George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison, Petty seemed to be playing music just for the fun and camaraderie of it. Nonetheless, the group generated some considerable pop success, enjoying a Top 10 album in its Vol. I. Petty stayed very busy during this time, preparing his first solo album, Full Moon Fever, which became ubiquitous in 1989 on the strength of singles like "Free Fallin'" and "I Won't Back Down."
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It was clear that while most fans respect Dylan's place in musical mythology, they were really here to see Petty dish out his amazing number of hits spanning three decades of radio play. The band opened with the rousing "American Girl," and hands were pumping from the get-go.
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An hour-long weekly radio program that Tom hosts on XM Satellite Radio Network. The first season of twenty shows wrapped up on May 2, 2005, and Tom plans to do a second season in 2006. He personally chooses landmark songs, offbeat cuts and live-in-concert classics recorded by legendary artists from Jimi Hendrix to Carl Perkins, ELO to Little Richard, Elmore James to the Beatles, Bob Dylan to Jerry Lee Lewis, with Petty providing informed and passionate commentary.
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