Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-22 Thread Jon E. Johnson
John Friedman writes: Jon Johnson: *One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us they were recruiting for the Socialist Worker's Party while you're at it? Hm, if that's a sarcastic remark, which is cool, my guess is that you're not familiar w/Molly Hatchet.

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-22 Thread JP Riedie
I want insight into why the only people I meet wh0 hope for a resurgence of "Southern Rock" are all from north of Virginia ( a state still quite suspect) John Friedman writes: Jon Johnson: *One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us they were recruiting for the

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-22 Thread William T. Cocke
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:57:09 -0500 JP Riedie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want insight into why the only people I meet wh0 hope for a resurgence of "Southern Rock" are all from north of Virginia ( a state still quite suspect) JP, you're kidding, right? Man, Virginia *is* the South and I'll

RE: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-22 Thread Matt Benz
Saw Marshall Crenshaw open a show at the Paradise in '92 with a bitchin' cover of "Flirtin' With Disaster," by the way. [Matt Benz] He opened his Columbus, probably same tour, with that song. Didn't Holsapple Stamey open up for this tour? And Mitch Easter was playing, I

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-22 Thread john friedman
JP Riedie queries: I want insight into why the only people I meet wh0 hope for a resurgence of "Southern Rock" are all from north of Virginia ( a state still quite suspect) Never thought about it, but maybe it's the sameway mallrats from utah dig gangsta rap. Is southern rock yet another

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-21 Thread Debnumbers
In a message dated 4/21/99 9:13:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another gap in my knowledge: I was amazed to read, in the liner notes, that Duane Gregg Allman, Bernie Leadon, and Don Felder all came out of the Gainesville music scene along with Petty co. coming

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-21 Thread john friedman
Another gap in my knowledge: I was amazed to read, in the liner notes, that Duane Gregg Allman, Bernie Leadon, and Don Felder all came out of the Gainesville music scene along with Petty co. Molly Hatchet also hails from FLA. BTW, they toured several years ago w/Danny Jo Brown at

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-21 Thread William T. Cocke
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:53:43 EDT john friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Molly Hatchet also hails from FLA. BTW, they toured several years ago w/Danny Jo Brown at the helm. It was him, a bass player, ONE freakin' guitar player and a drummer. Anybody who knew them new that they used

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-21 Thread jon_erik
John Friedman writes: Molly Hatchet also hails from FLA. BTW, they toured several years ago w/Danny Jo Brown at the helm. It was him, a bass player, ONE freakin' guitar player and a drummer. *One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us they were recruiting for the

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-21 Thread JKellySC1
In a message dated 4/21/99 3:16:01 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, the idea was to out-Skynyrd Skynyrd I always heard. That can't be done. There is only one Skynyrd, and they rule southern rock. Slim

Re: Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-21 Thread john friedman
Jon Johnson: *One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us they were recruiting for the Socialist Worker's Party while you're at it? Hm, if that's a sarcastic remark, which is cool, my guess is that you're not familiar w/Molly Hatchet. They were in the Skynyrd,

Tom Petty's roots are showing (real twangy)

1999-04-20 Thread Stevie Simkin
Last night Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tore up the house at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London - a really small theatre packed to the rafters with rabid fans who seemed to know every word of just about every song. They played two and a half hours. The final encore came when they had already