Tom Petty unloaded all his relationship angst into "Echo". Perhaps too much so, because he didn't want to revisit the song.

For all that's made of Stevie Nicks’ songwriting partnership with former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, her ...

Tom Petty had been up a wealth of classics by the 1990s, but he had a hard time getting this fierce deep cut off the ground.

Although Tom Petty never stopped loving playing for his fans, he felt that a few songs had yet to wear out their welcome by ...

It's now over six years since we lost Tom Petty. The American icon suffered a cardiac arrest and died on the 2nd of October 2017, having contributed far more than his fair share to the American ...

Tom Petty realized he was going about writing a song for Stevie Nicks all wrong. So, he decided to trade her tracks instead.

Tom Petty wrote most of the Heartbreakers‘ songs, but guitarist Mike Campbell‘s role in the band over the years should not be ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...

Tom Petty held a deep love for music. Music in the 1980s did not appeal to Tom Petty. The artist did think that Prince was producing inventive music. Petty worked as a musician for the majority of his ...

Tom Petty was nothing short of a titan of American music. The songwriter and guitarist channeled his love for the George Harrison-penned Beatles’ tune “Here Comes the Sun” into a successful career of ...

Gainesville honored its hometown hero Tom Petty with a three-day festival featuring many of his friends and The Wallflowers as well.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the first year they were eligible, in 2002. As a member of the band the Traveling Wilburys, from '88 to '90, Petty ...