Tom Petty‘s “Free Fallin'” is one of the most famous classic rock songs of the late 1980s. The song itself seems serious. During an interview, Petty said he wrote the song to make another celebrity ...

Tom Petty is known as one of the greatest singer/songwriters of his generation, as well as one of the most noteworthy heartland rock guitarists of all time. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers songs like ...

Kevin Bacon's transformations for "First Drafts of Rock" on The Tonight Show have always struck the right chord. The actor and musician — who is one half of The Bacon Brothers duo with sibling Michael ...

Tom Petty wrote countless memorable songs, many of them chronicling a litany of women who came to vivid life in his lyrics — “American Girl,” Mary Jane of “Last Dance with Mary Jane,” and the various ...

In June, Fleetwood Mac fired longtime guitarist Lindsey Buckingham from the band following a disagreement about their then-upcoming tour. He was replaced by a pair of guitarists, Mike Campbell of Tom ...

Photo provided Lead singer Wade Kirby of Free Fallin - The Tom Petty Concert Experience is shown at an earlier concert. For almost 20 years now, Free Fallin – The Tom Petty Concert Experience has been ...

With hits like “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” “Free Fallin’” and “I Won’t Back Down,” his work will remain in the popular music ether for generations to come. American Songwriter is taking a look at one ...

Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig dedicated the latest episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis” to Tom Petty. Throughout the episode, he and painter Jake Longstreth discuss Petty’s life and work. There’s ...

Tom Petty -- the real one -- not blowing 'Free Fallin' at some high school talent show. Credit: Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Our guitarist was flying into an anxiety attack at the worst possible moment ...

Turntable Kitchen's Sounds Delicious series has been getting artists to do full-length covers of albums for a couple years now, and their latest entry has the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart doing all of ...