Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers:

stuartk

nice mention on "Will The Wolf Survive?"

Happy Listening!

Brunswick is the only town I know of named after a bowling ball.

Petty wrote amazing simple songs that just worked and the Heartbreakers were great. But best band? As Zappa said (about guitar players, but still...), "It's not a pushup contest." I was and still am a The Band fan, and when they were past their prime I (and lots of fellow musicians I knew in the 70s) sort of transferred my "fave" label to Little Feat as a live act for sure, as Lowell George was astonishing as an all around singer-producer-guitar player...Steely Dan were amazing but they toured rarely back then, and sort of weren't a band per se after a few albums...Los Lobos kill me, and certainly deserve props as a great American band.

Love and respect to nearly every band mentioned here but just one listen to waiting for Columbus should put this issue to bed.

@bdp24. I appreciate your vast knowledge of music/bands.  A previous thread you contributed to caused me to listen to Buddy Miller, rhonda Vincent and many Others.  Marty Stuart is a very good band.  Recently listened to early Joni Mitchell.  Great minimalist recordings and superlative song writing.  Thank you and lucky to have streaming or would never heard this.  Favorite Tom Petty song is Breakdown.  Now i will explore Los Lobos. 

@marantz33;

"Love and respect to nearly every band mentioned here but just one listen to waiting for Columbus should put this issue to bed"

Just curious: did you ever hear Los Lobos in their prime, live ? ? ? 
I'm a fan of WFC but Los Lobos were every bit as great when I saw them...