Tom Petty

Oh no! Big fan of his music.

Google seems to have conflicting results. Hmmm..

Twitter says he's very ill, but not dead.

www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/tom-petty-dead-66-cardiac-arrest-report-article-1.3536756

I saw Tom Petty in the 90's and always hoped to be able to see him again.

I really wanted to see him in London. Always respect the way that, when, at the start of his career a record label wanted him but not his band, he said it had to be all of them or none at all. And, give or take a drummer or two, the line up remained the same. One of the all time greats; I never tire of his music.

No he’s definitely gone

So sad to learn of Tom Petty's death. Another one of the greats. So talented. Sadly I never got to see him in concert, imagine how would have been fantastic.

Free fallin' .........

Gosh, do you know I do not know who this person is!

Sad news - he was only 66.

Lucky you would probably recognise some of his songs.

I also have never heard of him- I am more Queen and Rolling Stones.

Another great talent, quite young too. Who can forget the sublime "Free Falling"

Whoops unnecessary "g" "Free Fallin"

Another Travelling Wilbury gone!
For Lucky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

Never heard of him! Can't believe that, I was, still am very into music!

Sad. I only know of him because of his connection with George Harrison, who I loved. RIP Tom.

Great musician. If you scratch the surface you realise how many great hits he had or was directly involved in. Sad loss on a terrible day for USA.

Loved everything about him. His music both with his own band and the Travelling Wilburys, the fact he was a quiet unassuming, and very nice man according to those who knew him.
And he was good looking too.
Shall miss him a lot.

I'm another who has never heard of him, DH and I were both a bit puzzled, don't even remember seeing a picture of him. DH is very into music of 60s/70s can't understand it .

Refugee is, IMO, his best song. Stevie Nicks wanted to join the band but, although they collaborated together on some stuff, she wasn't allowed to. Their guitarist (whose name I can never remember) is one of the best ever, and Benmont Tench is an amazing organist. There's a very good documentary about the band which is actually @4 hours long but very good watching.

What about Tom Petty's "American Girl"? (My favourite.) A huge hit! I am stunned to realise that I'm actually a year older than he was....a sobering thought.

They're were more garage band/punky in the 70's, Tanith, so maybe if that isn't your dh's genre, he wouldn't have come across him. They became more mainstream from the 80's onwards.

Tegan2, we've watched that documentary, I think, and it is excellent. What a childhood he had, too.

I didn't know him either but I gather he meant a lot to a lot of people.

No, I've never heard of him either - but judging by your posts I've missed a lot ...