Tom Petty’s Bandmates Were Irritated With Him Over a Stevie Nicks Song on Their Album

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks recorded duets in 1981. Petty's bandmates weren't happy that Nicks got one of them.
American Songwriter

Neil Diamond’s “Honest” Song With Two of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers and an Album That Broke a Bob Dylan Record

Home Before Dark, Neil Diamond‘s 27th album, was a collection of original songs that topped the Billboard 200 and featured several musicians who continued on with his Rick Rubin-produced releases from ...

Tom Petty Respected Stevie Nicks More After He Accidentally Betrayed Her

Tom Petty wrote a song for Stevie Nicks. Her reaction when he decided he couldn't give it away made him respect her.

As Tom Petty’s world fell apart, he made his most deeply personal album

Tom Petty thought he was just making another solo album. Instead he ended up performing open-heart surgery on himself, ...
American Songwriter

4 of Tom Petty’s Hardest-Rocking Classics

Tom Petty made his mark on the rock world by writing some of the strongest songs the genre has ever witnessed. But this guy ...
Santa Barbara Independent

From Heartbreaker to Heartfelt

Where do you begin describing the ineffable legacy that is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers? In this case, Mike Campbell is the key. Campbell, the celebrated Heartbreakers guitarist and songwriter, ...