Here is a show from their 2002 tour, an audience recording, but with excellent sound quality. But, also not surprisingly and as usual, the album actually contains many very good songs. Because of this, the album was unsurprisingly not well-received by the industry, and it became one of the band's least heard and poorest-selling albums. For that next album, which became The Last DJ (2002), Tom still had some things gnawing at him that he wanted to get off his chest, and several songs on The Last DJ were sharp attacks on the Music Industry, their greed and unfair practices. Tragically, Howie Epstein would later die of a heroin overdose in 2003. On their next album, Petty and Mike Campbell played bass on most of the songs, and then they brought back original bassist Ron Blair to play on a couple tracks, and then to join them on their 2002 tour, and eventually, full-time back as a Heartbreaker. Finally, the band had to just move on without him. Petty and the rest of the band tried everything they could to get help for Epstein and get him through this, but Howie just kept going back to drugs. And although Petty was now clean and drug-free, bassist Howie Epstein was mired ever more deeply in drug addiction and was no longer able to function in the band. But the latter months of 2001 also were filled with tragedy, from the 9/11 terror attack to the death of Tom's friend, George Harrison. And by the end of 2001, The band learned they would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. By 2001, Tom had recovered from his heroin addiction and had just married Dana York, whose relationship had re-charged his life. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NYĪudience master recording, excellent qualityĪvailable in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versionsĬontinuing with Tom Petty's Musical History. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year, and a hope that 2018 is better than 2017.īonus tracks ( Capitol Studios, Hollywood)įLAC - Tom Petty_Santa Monica CA_FLAC.rar Since this show was relatively short (about an hour), I've added a couple more songs from the Capitol Studios show (in superb quality - 4 songs from this show were previously featured with the 1977 Record Plant post). So, here is a great NYE show featuring some rarely played gems in addition to the usual high-quality Petty songs and jams from this time. Another rarely played song featured at this show was 'Mystery Man' from their first album. This show features previews of 2 new songs that would be on the new album (which would not be released until late 1979), 'Casa Dega' and 'Refugee', and of special note is that this is one of the only times 'Casa Dega' was ever played live at a Petty show (it was not included in the setlists of any shows post-album release). Remember, this came at a time when Petty was still working on the album that would be his real breakthrough, Damn the Torpedoes, but also would be much delayed in its release due to Petty's issues and legal problems with his record company (resulting in lawsuits, Petty's bankruptcy, and refusal to back down - see previous story related to this time). This one goes back to 1978, and, in addition to it being a NYE show, it has some unique features that make it extra special. But, as always, their music will be remembered and live on, and for the rest of us, time keeps moving, and we must keep moving on too, to the new year.Ĭontinuing the tradition of featuring classic New Year's Eve shows for New Year's Eve, and this year also continuing with our Tom Petty tribute, here is the only Petty NYE show recording I know of, and it is a great one. From Fats Domino, to more recently and unexpectedly, power pop sensation Tommy Keene, and Smithereens singer-songwriter and frontman, Pat DiNizio, all major losses to the music world. Just since October and the incomprehensibly tragic and unexpected death of Tom Petty, when I started this tribute to him and his fantastic contribution to rock music, there have been several more deaths of outstanding rock musicians. A year with much upheaval, and, once again, the loss of so many iconic rockers. Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320kbps) versions
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