Best wishes for Tom Petty

The local news is reporting TP is "clinging" to life. Apparently, an official declaration TP is deceased, was premature.

Regardless,  it doesn't sound encouraging. 

Please don't misinterpret this message but I never cared for Tom Petty's music. When I first heard him I thought....oh my gosh, here is the next Bob Dylan, but he seemed to veer more toward pop music and I never cared for his sound. With that said, I know he was loved by many and if indeed he is clinging to life then I wish him a speedy recovery. If indeed he has passed then I offer my most sincere condolences to his family and his devoted fans. Regardless of my opinion he was an icon of popular music.

This is terrible news. Saw TP&THB several times in the early days. Always put on a terrific show and is one of those artists who continued to release great work.

Any fans of 'Lucky?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zC2Lnk4Do

Rest In Peace Tom wishing your family and friends my deepest sympathy.

"Please don’t misinterpret this message but I never cared for Tom Petty’s music. When I first heard him I thought....oh my gosh, here is the next Bob Dylan, but he seemed to veer more toward pop music and I never cared for his sound."

falconcrest- while TP earned his long, prolific career, my interest dropped off after his 3rd release "Damn the Torpedoes" I think the MTV era was nearing about that time, which is when I tuned out many rock bands.

Regarding those 3 releases-IMO, this is his peak. Music and songwriting with "substance(story telling and solid playing). Nice sounding albums to boot.
After that, the music just didn’t hold my attention.
Never the less, terrible event. We’ve already had enough bad news lately. At least TP isn’t physically suffering right now. Whoever is controlling the media machine at the hospital, needs to do a better job.