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]]>According to The Rolling Stone, “For Real” was recorded in August of 2000 at Bill Bottrell’s music studio in Mendocino, California. The song was done as part of the session in which Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded a new version of 1979’s “Surrender.” Hear it below.
The Best of Everything will be the second Tom Petty posthumous release after An American Treasure from 2018. The previous collection was focused more on the previously unreleased and lesser-known tracks, while the new one will lean more towards hits and more popular tunes. It will contain 38 tracks and is scheduled for release on March 1st.
“Rather than chronological order, the special cross-label collection was sequenced as a hard-hitting playlist giving the entire catalog equal prominence,” said Geffen Records/UMe in a press release while adding that The Best of Everything will contain “songs from his solo projects, songs with world-class musicians the Heartbreakers, as well as essentials from the reformed Mudcrutch.”
Besides these collections, there are numerous other Tom Petty-related projects in works including the musician’s 1997 live performance at the Fillmore West and Wildflowers box set.
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]]>The late singer-songwriter passed October 2017. To celebrate his contribution to music, his local town in Florida has named the park he grew up in ‘Tom Petty Park’ in his honor.
The naming ceremony took place Saturday night (October 20) which would have been Petty’s 68th birthday. His brother and his daughter gave heartfelt speeches to fans and shared their favorite memories of Tom.
Bruce Petty said that he spent a lot of time in the park with his brother as children: “We played as kids. My cousin reminded me the other day of my remark that it was a sanctuary, and it really was,” he said. “It was a place for us to escape and be kids and have fun. The fact that we are doing this today and the part that we played in it makes it so much more special.”
Petty’s daughter, Adria Petty, added: “Gainesville is an extraordinary place and if you listen to my dad’s music here, it has a different meaning,” she said. “The idea of the air smelling good and the trees are green — there is nothing like this park to really illustrate that. ‘Gainesville’ has been blasting in my head since I landed… It’s a very important town to Florida.
She continued: “Florida is a really beautiful and complex state and (Gainesville) fosters a lot of intelligence and compassion and incredible manners and incredible decency.”
You can watch the ceremony here:
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]]>The post Hear Tom Petty’s Previously Unreleased Song “For Real” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>According to The Rolling Stone, “For Real” was recorded in August of 2000 at Bill Bottrell’s music studio in Mendocino, California. The song was done as part of the session in which Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded a new version of 1979’s “Surrender.” Hear it below.
The Best of Everything will be the second Tom Petty posthumous release after An American Treasure from 2018. The previous collection was focused more on the previously unreleased and lesser-known tracks, while the new one will lean more towards hits and more popular tunes. It will contain 38 tracks and is scheduled for release on March 1st.
“Rather than chronological order, the special cross-label collection was sequenced as a hard-hitting playlist giving the entire catalog equal prominence,” said Geffen Records/UMe in a press release while adding that The Best of Everything will contain “songs from his solo projects, songs with world-class musicians the Heartbreakers, as well as essentials from the reformed Mudcrutch.”
Besides these collections, there are numerous other Tom Petty-related projects in works including the musician’s 1997 live performance at the Fillmore West and Wildflowers box set.
The post Hear Tom Petty’s Previously Unreleased Song “For Real” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The post Tom Petty’s Hometown Names a Park After Him appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The late singer-songwriter passed October 2017. To celebrate his contribution to music, his local town in Florida has named the park he grew up in ‘Tom Petty Park’ in his honor.
The naming ceremony took place Saturday night (October 20) which would have been Petty’s 68th birthday. His brother and his daughter gave heartfelt speeches to fans and shared their favorite memories of Tom.
Bruce Petty said that he spent a lot of time in the park with his brother as children: “We played as kids. My cousin reminded me the other day of my remark that it was a sanctuary, and it really was,” he said. “It was a place for us to escape and be kids and have fun. The fact that we are doing this today and the part that we played in it makes it so much more special.”
Petty’s daughter, Adria Petty, added: “Gainesville is an extraordinary place and if you listen to my dad’s music here, it has a different meaning,” she said. “The idea of the air smelling good and the trees are green — there is nothing like this park to really illustrate that. ‘Gainesville’ has been blasting in my head since I landed… It’s a very important town to Florida.
She continued: “Florida is a really beautiful and complex state and (Gainesville) fosters a lot of intelligence and compassion and incredible manners and incredible decency.”
You can watch the ceremony here:
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