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10/2/2017 Tom Petty dies

 

A guy we still have a hard time believing is gone died on this day in 2017.  Tom Petty had just concluded a triumphant tour with a command performance at the Hollywood Bowl just a few nights earlier. 

Meeting Elvis Presley on the set of the movie Follow that Dream in 1961 set Thomas Earl Petty off in pursuit of that dream and seeing the Beatles onthe Ed Sullivan Show convinced him it was attainable.  He took guitar lessons from future Eagles guitarist Don Felder before starting a band dubbed the Epics.  It morphed into Mudcrutch, a group that included Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. A solo stint Tom did brought Stan Lynch and Ron Blair into the fold and the realigned combination of players became the Heartbreakers.

 

Other Noteworthy events in Classic Rock on October 2 include...

 

1945 Don 'I drove my Chevy to the levee' McLean born.

1950 Genesis guitarist, bassist, singer and songwriter Mike Rutherford born born.

1951 Sting (Gordon Sumner) born.

1960 Robbie Neville born.

1964 Kinks release self-titled album.

1965 The Who make US TV debut on Shindig.

1967 Grateful Dead members busted at 710 Haight Street home in San Francisco.

1970 Pink Floyd releases Atom Heart Mother in the UK (10/2 in the US)

1975 Bomb threat delays show and Bruce Springsteen hangs out at Milwaukee hotel.

bar and rides to venue on roof of a car.

1976 John Belushi impersonates Joe Cocker on Saturday Night live.

1978 Neil Young releases Comes A Time.

1981 Police release Ghost In The Machine.

1982 Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett join in Genesis set to benefit WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) at Buckinghamshire, England.

1985 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band close the Born in the U.S.A. tour in Los Angeles.

1989 Neil Young releases Freedom.

1994 Stan Lynch does his final set as a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

1994 John Mellencamp confirms he had a heart attack and vows to cut back on cigarettes.
1995 Journey announces reunion plans.

1996 Pearl Jam Hartford, CT concert ends in a riot.
1999 Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones does his first solo concert in Galway, Ireland.

2003 John Mellencamp gets the Woody Guthrie award.

2004 Billy Joel marries Kate Lee.

2007 John Fogerty releases Revival.

2007 Bruce Springsteen releases Magic.

2010 Farm Aid staged in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Amos Lee, Band of Horses, the BoDeans and others.

2020 Robert Plant releases Digging Deep solo anthology...