Tom Petty The Life & Music

<B>Experience the extraordinary career of beloved rocker Tom Petty with this richly illustrated slipcase edition.<br><br></B>Twenty-eight Billboard Top-10 singles, induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a string of best-selling studio albums…nearly a decade after his passing, Tom Petty remains one of rock’s most beloved figures. In <I>Tom Petty: The Life & Music</I>, veteran rock journalist Gillian G. Gaar<B> reveals this rock icon through 75 career releases, performances, and accolades</B>. This luxuriously produced collectible edition features:<br><br><ul><li>A slipcased hardcover format</li><li>Stunning concert and candid offstage photography</li><li>Images of memorabilia, including gig posters, vinyl record sleeves, ticket stubs, period ads, and more</li></ul><br>Through the decades, Gaar <B>covers it all:</B><br><br><ul><li><B>Petty’s childhood in Florida and early band</B>, Mudcrutch</li><li><B>All 13 studio albums</B>, including those with The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist such as the breakouts Damn the Torpedoes and Wildflowers</li><li><B>A selection of his greatest singles</B>, like the rock standards “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Free Fallin’”</li><li><B>Relationships with notable rock figures</B> such as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, and Stevie Nicks</li><li><B>Legendary gigs</B>, from his first SNL appearance to his 2004 performance with Prince and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and his Super Bowl halftime performance</li><li>and much more</li></ul><br>Beginning with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1976 self-titled debut LP and continuing right through the band’s final release, <I>Hypnotic Eye</I> in 2014, Tom Petty is one of the most beloved performers and musicians in rock ’n’ roll history, influencing countless acts for decades.<br><br>This book is <B>your unprecedented retrospective of Petty’s life and art</B>, from teenage Florida rock ’n’ roll enthusiast to international star and celebrity.