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Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers:

"I’ve never made any bones about it. I think Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were the greatest Rock & Roll Band the United States Of America has ever produced."

Wow. Better than The Hawks/The Band (though composed of only one American and four Canadians, I consider the U.S.A. responsible for their formation)? Better than NRBQ, and The Byrds? And Los Lobos? As I consider Marty and his band The Fabulous Superlatives the current best band in the world, his opinions carry a lot of weight with me.

Okay, maybe I’ve been wrong about TP & TH. ;-)
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tomic601
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The latest TP  and HB release has had me playing it 1x per day…. Angel Dream

do I like Lucindas own version of change the locks ? H$$ yes, but I enjoy this take…and indeed the entire disc.


jaym759
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Hwy61 Again are you posting from Desolation Row? Being from any particular place does not support’best’ of anything ie Gainesvlle…IMO place does not correlate to any type of talent in anything. “The Titanic sails at dawn, which side are you on”?
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Let's just say I'm not stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey.
jaym759
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but have you heard Jeff Jourard??

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I heard Jourard when he was in The Motels, who were pretty big in L.A. in the early-80's. At that time I was playing with a real fine songwriter-singer who loved them, but they didn't ring my bells; too New Wave for me (the same reason I don't like The Attractions. Listen to how they perform Soul music---on Costello's Get Happy!!, then listen to how The Funk Brothers---the Motown house band---and The Swampers---the great Muscle Shoals recording band---do it. No comparison imo).

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