Tom Petty died today

[culturejam]

I definitely saw headlines saying he had died. But of course now they are all edited.

[gordo]

Really blown away by this one.  Never got the chance to see him live.  Was always a Mike Campbell fan and consider "Breakdown" to be one of those sleeper "killer" solo's.  I worked so hard to get those notes right at the end.  RIP Tom and thanks for all the great tunes.

[Bret608]

The confusion that came after the original report was a little disconcerting. But this morning it is all true unfortunately. Hard to believe they did three sold-out stadium shows to wrap up the 40th anniversary tour just last week! Looking back now, from about 6th grade on (1984-ish), Tom Petty was one of the few artists I always liked and listened to no matter what other music I was into at the time.

[peAk]

Kind of surprised he died. I know he wasn't super young or anything but it's not like 66 is extremely old. I know he was a pot smoker but I never thought he did other drugs.

Be curious if anything comes out about this.

[mjcyates]

Very sad. Tom Petty has always been one of my favorites.

[atreidesheir]

Full Moon Fever still resonates strongly to me.  Simple licks. Cowboy chords and brilliance sprinkled liberally.

Great quick read
Tom Petty Was Perhaps Rock's Greatest Writer of First Lines
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/02/tom_petty_was_rock_s_best_writer_of_opening_lines.html