Just watched that Tom Petty marathon Runnin' Down A Dream

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Just watched that Tom Petty marathon Runnin' Down A Dream

Postby juan_10 » Wed May 19, 2010 8:17 am

Hi everyone, they just showed the Peter Bogdanovitch film here on the BBC .. it went on for hours !
But another lovely example of keeping the band together, like The Ventures and the Ramones . I found myself re-discovering that Rickenbacker sound again.
The jangle of guitars, rather than the twang :-) That song American Girl is such a show opener .
What was it about Gainsville Florida ? Coincidentally , I'd just got through reading the book by Don Felder who comes from there too.
Like Bakersfield , just a load of musicians came out of Gainsville ... awesome .

You just have to get over the thing that he sounds a bit like Bob Dylan ... but it turns out to be a bonus :-)

Just thought I'd phone one in ..haven't posted in a while , but I still read all the threads .

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Re: Just watched that Tom Petty marathon Runnin' Down A Drea

Postby Sarah93003 » Wed May 19, 2010 10:53 am

Very cool. I've always been a Tom Petty fan. You should here my version of Last Dance with Mary Jane. I sound just like Dylan too. Okay, not really, but I can do the singing through my nose thing.
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Re: Just watched that Tom Petty marathon Runnin' Down A Drea

Postby juan_10 » Wed May 19, 2010 10:14 pm

Oh yes , hard to forget Kim Basinger in the Mary Jane video. I found a fun cover version of American Girl on YouTube by cruiserweight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2KrxTb ... re=related
Thumbs up for the singing through the nose thing :-)

... Looking forward to seeing your Celebrity website when it gets going Sarah !


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