Tom Petty has always been regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of the late 20th century – first with the Heartbreakers and then over a solo career that was curtailed in 2017 when Petty died of ...

Even the most brilliant artists usually have to edit their stuff a few times before it's ready for public consumption, and with his "First Drafts of Rock" bit on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon uses ...

In terms of rock superstars making the transition from the 70’s to the 80’s, nobody did it as smoothly as Tom Petty. Perhaps that was because, a few production flourishes here and there set aside, he ...

At Friday’s MusiCares Person of the Year gala, music’s elite dug deep into the Tom Petty catalog to honor the 66-year-old rock legend and three-time Grammy-winner during a nearly three-hour, ...

Tom Petty's 1989 record 'Full Moon Fever' was the first time in his career that he had released a record without his longtime backing band, the Heartbreakers. Still, even though Petty's name alone ...

Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Tom Petty Petty shares the story behind "Free Fallin," his highest-charting Hot 100 song, the mysticism of a hit song, and a downright Buddha-esque analogy between… ...

“Okay, now just place your pinkie on the bottom string, third fret. Strum. Strum again. Pull off the pinkie and strum again. Now do you remember how to play an A?” I don’t remember who taught me how ...