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I‘ve never read any other rockstar bios, but I love Tom Petty, so I figured I‘d give this a shot. Zanes does a fine job telling Petty‘s story, focusing more on Petty the frail human being instead of Petty, the drug-fueled rockstar. The last third sorta zips over his career, maybe because Petty was still alive when the book was written, so maybe it was tougher for Zanes to approach it from a distanced viewpoint. Overall, a satisfying read/listen.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️ As a teen, Petty found respite from his father‘s abuse by penning songs and making music. Gainesville was a burgeoning music scene in the late 60s/early 70s, birthing many successful acts. It‘s where bassist Tom Petty form the locally popular Mudcrutch. As we know, he eventually found commercial success with The Heartbreakers. This comprehensive biography presents Petty‘s prolific decades-long career, family tumult, friendships, and drugs.

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I absolutely loved hearing Warren Zanes speak about writing Petty: The Biography. It is one of the best biographies I've ever read! So much interesting information about one of my all time favorite artists. It was really cool meeting him and chatting with him for a few minutes too. He said he thinks he'd like to move here. That would be awesome!

Warren Zanes‘ spoke at the Alabama Book Festival today. Listening to him talk about riding the Petty biography was very entertaining. He had some fascinating stories about the music industry in general.

1. tagged book!
2. too many to count but I'm sticking with Petty, Pearl Jam, Otis Redding, Whiskey Shivers, Sara Bareilles.
3. Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick and my first Pearl Jam concert 😀🎉
4. Haim's the Wire.

#manicmonday @JoScho

when you love the music that much to read an off the chart amazing biography the combines music history and the people that lived it.

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this is fun!

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1. Ooh I'm sticking with Persephone. I've been entranced by that character story forever
2. Not sure. Trying to get through my library haul.
3. Tap unless it's got too much chlorine, than bottled.
4. Kicks. I don't know when or how it started but I've been saying kicks for years.
#fridayfrigesday @SpeculativeFemale

For my reading pleasure.

I ordered this from a Library , it‘s so sad he passed away.

Eric: "I like reading about what makes people who they are. This is Tom Petty's biography. The author toured with Petty and obviously knows him very well. He writes about Petty's grandmother and the conditions under which he grew up. Reading about people who seem larger than life humanizes them and gives context to their success. I'm a musician this is like a bible for people with my interests – or at least a set of guidelines." #repost

Tom Petty was cooler than everyone. RIP 😭💔

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Have only just begun but am ridiculously excited for this. And extremely intrigued by the author. He quotes Blixen in the first 10 minutes?

"I guess I have to believe that the best marketing tool is still a good song. And that it's probably better that I put my time into writing one of those than learning how to do social media properly" (page 303)

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Eric: "Zanes knows Tom Petty very well - they toured together. Reading about people that seem larger than life humanizes them and gives context to their success. I'm a musician. A book like this is like a bible - or at least a set of guidelines."