TomFest

1/23/18
Bob Dylan
 

I listened to this last night. It kicks a** so bad!
 
 

Not a show but enjoyable:
 

The problem isn't Donald Trump.  It's the 62 million American racist assholes that voted for him.  We did that, America.   Own it.  It's who we are.

1/17/18
Mountain
 

Just curious - at what age do we add "young" to the end of our age?   I'm 59, but am I 59 years young?

1/11/18
The Cars
 

The album looked ahead exactly fifteen years to the future but something was all mixed up, jammed you could say in the process. Some letters were left off the title and scrambled.
 
The Last Dj...The Last Jedi.
 

 
 

1/9/18
The Raspberries
 

1/10/18
Badfinger
 

^^  TomFest. I only have 1 Lester cuz I was never a huge fan of Gibson's, except for some of their acoustic models. I finally bought the goldtop after thinking how can anyone collect guitars without a Gibson Les Paul. It's much better than I thought it would be, playing a note is like pressing your finger into butter, it's really that good. Other electrics I like are the 6-12 double neck SG and the SG 6 string with lyre tailpiece. I think my next Gibson will be the J200 acoustic, but we'll see. I also want the RIC that you pictured above, but with 2 toasters in a 6 string with catseye sound hole, but I don't think that's available to the public, unless you're Tom Petty. I'll keep looking.

Let's make it a good one!

Just curious - at what age do we add "young" to the end of our age?   I'm 59, but am I 59 years young?

I got just the CD's, and I've listened through a couple of times.  You forget how many great songs Jeff has until you hear them back to back to back. I sure wish he was coming to Seattle.

12/23/17
TPATH
 

12/20/17
TPATH
 

12/19/17
TPATH
 

12/2/17
Tom talks about George
 

11/27/17
TPATH
 

11/28/17
TPATH
 

11/26/17
TPATH
 

This was posted at TomPetty.com. 
YOUR CONDOLENCES HAVE BEEN A LIFE SAVER FOR ME. THIS HAS BEEN SO SURPRISING AND DEVASTATING FOR ME AND THE BAND AS I KNOW IT HAS BEEN FOR YOU. IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME BEFORE I GET OVER THIS. I WILL CARRY ON FOR MYSELF AND ALL OF YOU WHO LOVE THE MUSIC. I FEEL YOUR LOVE AND AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALL THESE YEARS. REMEMBER, WITHOUT YOU, ALL OF OUR DEVOTED FANS, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS. TOM WILL ALWAYS BE HERE ON MY RIGHT SHOULDER URGING ME ON TO KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE AND INSPIRING ME WITH HIS SPIRIT. HE IS A ONE OF A KIND AND I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE YEARS WE RODE TOGETHER AND THE SONGS WE WROTE TOGETHER. BLESS YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
‐ MIKE
HEY Y’ALL.
I’M SURE I DON’T NEED, NOR DO I REALLY KNOW HOW, TO TELL YOU HOW AWFUL THESE PAST WEEKS HAVE BEEN. I KNOW YOU ALL FEEL IT TOO.
WHAT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU IS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS & SUPPORT. I’VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM & SPEAK WITH MANY OF YOU, BOTH IN PERSON IN LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK, AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF COMFORT.
THIS BAND, AND THE EXTENDED FAMILY TOM GATHERED AROUND HIM, IS A STRONG & LOVING GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND WE’RE ALL VERY TIGHT, AND ALL LEANING ON EACH OTHER. LOVE WILL CERTAINLY SEE US ALL THROUGH THIS.
FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO DO WHAT I’VE DONE SINCE I WAS EIGHTEEN OR NINETEEN YEARS OLD: TAKE WHAT I’VE LEARNED OVER THESE YEARS, FROM TOM, ABOUT PERSISTENCE, PURSUIT OF & INSISTENCE ON ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, AND A CERTAIN KIND OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY, AND CONTINUE TO APPLY IT GOING FORWARD, IN WHATEVER “FORWARD” MIGHT BE. MAYBE EACH OF US, OF YOU, CAN DO THE SAME.
AND, OF COURSE, NEVER FORGET TO TURN UP TO TEN AND LET THAT SUCKER BLAST.
PEACE & LOVE TO YOU AND YOURS, 
‐ BENMONT

I already have most of Neil's material, but not everything.  I hope there are some new things in there.  I keep waiting for the "Time Fades Away" stuff to be re-released.  I have a needle-drop recording from vinyl, but I'd love a pristine new copy.  
Neil Young is absolutely one of the greatest artists of our lifetime.  Period.