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Tom Petty then closes the video with the classic fairy tale ending, sardonically, that "they all lived happily ever after". Petty took the line "a rebel without a clue" from Jim Steinman , who wrote "Rebel Without a Clue" for Bonnie Tyler on her 1986 release Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire .
"Breakdown" was a song written and recorded for the band's debut album. Initially, the song had lead guitarist Mike Campbell with a distinct guitar lick being played only near the end of the song. While playing it back one night, Tom Petty and Dwight Twilley , a friend of Phil Seymour , were in the studio, and Twilley enjoyed it.
Runnin' Down a Dream is a 2007 documentary film about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.The 4-hour documentary chronicles the history of the band, from its inception as Mudcrutch, right up to the 30th-anniversary concert in Petty's home town of Gainesville, Florida, on September 21, 2006, at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, University of Florida.
The album was the second that Petty produced with Jeff Lynne, following the successful Full Moon Fever (1989). Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded the album in Studio C at Rumbo Recorders, which charged a rate of $600 per day. The studio was equipped with a 24-input Trident 80 B console and an Otari MTR90 MkII two-inch, 24-track machine.
The early-’80s documentary “Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party,” which had a one-weekend-only release in cinemas as a theatrical event in October, is set to have its streaming premiere ...
Tom Petty’s been gone for seven years, but he seems as ubiquitous as ever in 2024. The concert film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, directed by Cameron Crowe and aired on MTV just once in ...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, for their contribution to the recording industry. [107] In December 2001, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, [108] which further honored Petty with an exhibit of his items from July 2006 until 2007. [109]
Tom Petty's 1992 "life on the road" tune "Drivin' Down to Georgia" is now accompanied by a nostalgic new music video. The video takes viewers through a grand time on tour with the Heartbreakers.