Tom Petty

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Originally Posted by Steve R

He's got my respect after what he did to the Jacks. :ayatollah:

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:hehe:

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Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68

R.I.P. Tom

Another great rock artist has gone :(

Caught him live in '78 at Knebworth. An excellent live set

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I saw him there. Genesis and Jefferson Starship were above him on the bill, but I enjoyed him much more.

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Originally Posted by RichardM

I saw him there. Genesis and Jefferson Starship were above him on the bill, but I enjoyed him much more.

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The two main bands that weekend for me were Tom Petty who played an amazing set and Jefferson Starship. I love Jefferson Airplane and really wanted to see Starship live with Grace Slick. Sadly she was thrown off the bands European tour a night or two before (I think!) for taking the stage pissed and unable to perform. This had allegedly happened too many times, so she was thrown out of the band before they got to Knebworth. Although there set was nice, I was disappointed not see Slick perfrom with them. I also enjoyed the first band on Atlanta Rhythm Section as it was very 'southern rock' sounding. They also dedicated one song to Lynyrd Skynyrd whose plane crash only months before had killed several of the band members. Being a huge Skynyrd fan at the time this went down well in my eyes, as well as a large proportion of the crowd. Many of whom I suspect had been at Knebworth less than two years previously when they had blown the self proclaimed 'greatest band in the world' i.e The Rolling Stones right out out of the water

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Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68

The two main bands that weekend for me were Tom Petty who played an amazing set and Jefferson Starship. I love Jefferson Airplane and really wanted to see Starship live with Grace Slick. Sadly she was thrown off the bands European tour a night or two before (I think!) for taking the stage pissed and unable to perform. This had allegedly happened too many times, so she was thrown out of the band before they got to Knebworth. Although there set was nice, I was disappointed not see Slick perfrom with them. I also enjoyed the first band on Atlanta Rhythm Section as it was very 'southern rock' sounding. They also dedicated one song to Lynyrd Skynyrd whose plane crash only months before had killed several of the band members. Being a huge Skynyrd fan at the time this went down well in my eyes, as well as a large proportion of the crowd. Many of whom I suspect had been at Knebworth less than two years previously when they had blown the self proclaimed 'greatest band in the world' i.e The Rolling Stones right out out of the water

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Yes, that's all bringing the memories back. I lived in Knebworth and went most years around that time. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Atlanta Rhythm Section were good. Nils Lofgren was there one year but can't remember which. I went to both of the Led Zep gigs in '79. There was some God support for them, Marshall Tucker Band and Southside Johnny amongst them.

His early stuff is really good, although I must admit I've never paid much attention to it before now. I can see how he has influenced a lot of the later generation musicians. He music will most certainly live on, nice one Tom :thumbup: